Patents by Inventor Robert Alan Clements

Robert Alan Clements has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Usage based lifing
    Patent number: 10678969
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting usage based lifing and low cycle fatigue consumption are provided. In one example embodiment, a method can include obtaining historical flight data associated with one or more gas turbine engines of an aerial vehicle; obtaining data indicative of one or more operational conditions of the aerial vehicle during an operating period; determining whether the flight data is indicative of a usable flight; and constructing a model correlating low cycle fatigue consumption with flight data using a machine learning technique.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Craig Wesley Stevens, Simon Shu Kong Chan, Siyu Wu, Lauren Ashley Vahldick, Ronald Burton Wight, Robert Alan Clements
  • Usage Based Lifing
    Publication number: 20180307784
    Abstract: Systems and methods for predicting usage based lifing and low cycle fatigue consumption are provided. In one example embodiment, a method can include obtaining historical flight data associated with one or more gas turbine engines of an aerial vehicle; obtaining data indicative of one or more operational conditions of the aerial vehicle during an operating period; determining whether the flight data is indicative of a usable flight; and constructing a model correlating low cycle fatigue consumption with flight data using a machine learning technique.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2017
    Publication date: October 25, 2018
    Inventors: Craig Wesley Stevens, Simon Shu Kong Chan, Siyu Wu, Lauren Ashley Vahldick, Ronald Burton Wight, Robert Alan Clements