Patents by Inventor Robert David Jones
Robert David Jones 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).
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Patent number: 11928526Abstract: Techniques for standardizing a catalog of data and for using the standardized data to implement various APIs are disclosed. Non-standardized data is received. This data includes information describing items, customer information, and unstructured review data. The non-standardized data is converted to a standardized format, resulting in the generation of standardized data. The standardized data includes a hierarchy of defined categories. Each category is associated with a set of attribute types. The standardized data also includes anonymized profiles. The unstructured review data is also provided structure. A data model is generated based on the standardized data. Various APIs can then use the data model to perform operations.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2023Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: PRODX, LLCInventors: Brodrick David Yastrum, Robert Lawrence Bertsch, Meaghan Carroll Jones, Matthew James Vezzani
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Patent number: 11925991Abstract: A milling device for machining a slot into an inner surface of a casing for a gas turbine engine. The milling device includes a frame assembly including multiple structural guides configured to engage structural features on the inner surface of the casing to maintain an axial position of the milling device relative to a longitudinal axis of the casing. The milling device also includes a milling cutter coupled to the frame assembly. The milling device is configured to be displaced in a circumferential direction relative to the longitudinal axis to machine the slot, via the milling cutter, along the inner surface of the casing in the circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: July 14, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Fabian Gubelmann, Andrew David Ellis, Robert David Jones, Thomas Gloor, Roman Stefan Peter
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Patent number: 11635750Abstract: A measurement system for a gas turbine engine is provided. The measurement system comprises a sensor assembly. The measurement system also includes multiple sensors coupled to the sensor assembly. The sensor assembly is configured to be removably inserted within a space defined by a circumferential track embedded within an inner diameter of a casing of the gas turbine engine without having to disassemble the casing.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Andrew David Ellis, Robert David Jones, Stephen Paul Wassynger
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Patent number: 11519298Abstract: A mounting member for a sensor for a turbomachine having an axis is disclosed. The mounting member includes a body configured to mount to a portion of a circumferential interior surface of a casing of the turbomachine. An opening extends through a radially inner surface of the body, and is configured to position the sensor facing radially inward relative to the axis. A passage in the body extends longitudinally through the body to route a communications lead of the sensor circumferentially relative to the circumferential interior surface of the casing.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Robert David Jones, Michael Allen Ball, Andrew David Ellis, Mario Joseph Arceneaux, Donald Shaw
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Publication number: 20220362865Abstract: A milling device for machining a slot into an inner surface of a casing for a gas turbine engine. The milling device includes a frame assembly including multiple structural guides configured to engage structural features on the inner surface of the casing to maintain an axial position of the milling device relative to a longitudinal axis of the casing. The milling device also includes a milling cutter coupled to the frame assembly. The milling device is configured to be displaced in a circumferential direction relative to the longitudinal axis to machine the slot, via the milling cutter, along the inner surface of the casing in the circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2022Publication date: November 17, 2022Inventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Fabian Gubelmann, Andrew David Ellis, Robert David Jones, Thomas Gloor, Roman Stefan Peter
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Patent number: 11400527Abstract: A milling device for machining a slot into an inner surface of a casing for a gas turbine engine. The milling device includes a frame assembly including multiple structural guides configured to engage structural features on the inner surface of the casing to maintain an axial position of the milling device relative to a longitudinal axis of the casing. The milling device also includes a milling cutter coupled to the frame assembly. The milling device is configured to be displaced in a circumferential direction relative to the longitudinal axis to machine the slot, via the milling cutter, along the inner surface of the casing in the circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 30, 2019Date of Patent: August 2, 2022Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Fabian Gubelmann, Andrew David Ellis, Robert David Jones, Thomas Gloor, Roman Stefan Peter
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Patent number: 11248495Abstract: A casing for a turbomachine is disclosed. The casing includes a casing body including an interior surface and an exterior surface. At least one sensor is coupled relative to the interior surface of the body, the at least one sensor at most only partially extending through the body. A communications lead is operatively coupled to the at least one sensor, and extends circumferentially along the interior surface of the body.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: February 15, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Mario Joseph Arceneaux, Michael Allen Ball, Andrew David Ellis, Robert David Jones, Donald Shaw
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Patent number: 11179820Abstract: A mounting system for a tool for machining a half-shell casing of a turbomachine is disclosed. The mounting system includes a base frame including a mounting element configured to fixedly mount the base frame to the half-shell casing, wherein the base frame spans at least a portion of the half-shell casing. A tool mount includes a first end pivotally coupled to the base frame to pivot about a pivot axis that is substantially parallel relative to an axis of the half-shell casing, and a second end configured to couple to and position the tool for machining the half-shell casing.Type: GrantFiled: June 11, 2019Date of Patent: November 23, 2021Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Cale Brittain, Andrew David Ellis, Robert David Jones
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Publication number: 20210129236Abstract: A milling device for machining a slot into an inner surface of a casing for a gas turbine engine. The milling device includes a frame assembly including multiple structural guides configured to engage structural features on the inner surface of the casing to maintain an axial position of the milling device relative to a longitudinal axis of the casing. The milling device also includes a milling cutter coupled to the frame assembly. The milling device is configured to be displaced in a circumferential direction relative to the longitudinal axis to machine the slot, via the milling cutter, along the inner surface of the casing in the circumferential direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Fabian Gubelmann, Andrew David Ellis, Robert David Jones, Thomas Gloor, Roman Stefan Peter
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Publication number: 20210132598Abstract: A measurement system for a gas turbine engine is provided. The measurement system comprises a sensor assembly. The measurement system also includes multiple sensors coupled to the sensor assembly. The sensor assembly is configured to be removably inserted within a space defined by a circumferential track embedded within an inner diameter of a casing of the gas turbine engine without having to disassemble the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 30, 2019Publication date: May 6, 2021Inventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Andrew David Ellis, Robert David Jones, Stephen Paul Wassynger
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Publication number: 20200392867Abstract: A mounting member for a sensor for a turbomachine having an axis is disclosed. The mounting member includes a body configured to mount to a portion of a circumferential interior surface of a casing of the turbomachine. An opening extends through a radially inner surface of the body, and is configured to position the sensor facing radially inward relative to the axis. A passage in the body extends longitudinally through the body to route a communications lead of the sensor circumferentially relative to the circumferential interior surface of the casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Robert David Jones, Michael Allen Ball, Andrew David Ellis, Mario Joseph Arceneaux, Donald Shaw
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Publication number: 20200391332Abstract: A mounting system for a tool for machining a half-shell casing of a turbomachine is disclosed. The mounting system includes a base frame including a mounting element configured to fixedly mount the base frame to the half-shell casing, wherein the base frame spans at least a portion of the half-shell casing. A tool mount includes a first end pivotally coupled to the base frame to pivot about a pivot axis that is substantially parallel relative to an axis of the half-shell casing, and a second end configured to couple to and position the tool for machining the half-shell casing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Cale Brittain, Andrew David Ellis, Robert David Jones
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Publication number: 20200392868Abstract: A casing for a turbomachine is disclosed. The casing includes a casing body including an interior surface and an exterior surface. At least one sensor is coupled relative to the interior surface of the body, the at least one sensor at most only partially extending through the body. A communications lead is operatively coupled to the at least one sensor, and extends circumferentially along the interior surface of the body.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 11, 2019Publication date: December 17, 2020Inventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Mario Joseph Arceneaux, Michael Allen Ball, Andrew David Ellis, Robert David Jones, Donald Shaw
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Patent number: 8998568Abstract: A turbine is provided and includes a rotor, which is rotatable about a centerline thereof, a sensor to measure a condition at a point of measurement interest defined on the rotor at a radial distance from the centerline, a communication system by which condition measurements are transmittable from the sensor to a non-rotating recording system and a probe holder to secure the sensor and a portion of the communication system on the rotor proximate to the point of measurement interest.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2010Date of Patent: April 7, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Gregory Quentin Brown, Philip Michael Caruso, Fernando Jorge Casanova, Seung-Woo Choi, Josef Scott Cummins, Matthew Ryan Ferslew, Andrew Clifford Hart, Robert David Jones, Jong Youn Pak, Francesco Soranna
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Patent number: 8347698Abstract: A sensor is provided and includes a body disposed at a point of measurement interest on a rotor at a radial distance from a centerline thereof and having a substantially cylindrical shape and first and second opposing ends and a sensing end coupled to one of the first and second opposing ends, the other of the first and second opposing ends being coupled to a communication system, the sensing end including a sensing device configured to generate a signal reflective of a detected condition at the point of measurement interest, and at least one of the first and the second opposing ends being formed to define a shoulder portion for absorbing gravitational loading.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2010Date of Patent: January 8, 2013Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Philip Michael Caruso, Seung-Woo Choi, Robert David Jones, Jong Youn Pak
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Patent number: 8220319Abstract: A communication system is provided and includes a sensor to measure a condition at a point of measurement interest defined on a rotor of a turbine at a radial distance from a centerline about which the rotor is rotatable, wiring disposed on the rotor at a radial distance from the centerline, the wiring including a first wiring section coupled to the sensor, a second wiring section and a first connection by which the first and second wiring sections are connectable, a second connection by which the second wiring section transmits a signal reflective of the detected condition to a non-rotating recording element and a temperature compensation module disposed on the second wiring section to adjust the signal.Type: GrantFiled: October 21, 2010Date of Patent: July 17, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Gregory Quentin Brown, Philip Michael Caruso, Fernando Jorge Casanova, Seung-Woo Choi, Josef Scott Cummins, Matthew Ryan Ferslew, Andrew Clifford Hart, Robert David Jones, Jong Youn Pak, Francesco Soranna
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Publication number: 20120096961Abstract: A turbine is provided and includes a component having a body, which is rotatable about a rotor centerline and which is formed to define a cavity radially proximate to a point of measurement interest defined at a radial distance from the centerline, a sensor to measure a condition at the point of measurement interest, a communication system by which condition measurements are transmittable from the sensor to a non-rotating recording system and a probe holder insertible into the cavity to secure the sensor proximate to the point of measurement interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Gregory Quentin Brown, Philip Michael Caruso, Fernando Jorge Casanova, Seung-Woo Choi, Josef Scott Cummins, Matthew Ryan Ferslew, Andrew Clifford Hart, Robert David Jones, Jong Youn Pak
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Publication number: 20120096934Abstract: A communication system is provided and includes a sensor to measure a condition at a point of measurement interest defined on a rotor of a turbine at a radial distance from a centerline about which the rotor is rotatable, wiring disposed on the rotor at a radial distance from the centerline, the wiring including a first wiring section coupled to the sensor, a second wiring section and a first connection by which the first and second wiring sections are connectable, a second connection by which the second wiring section transmits a signal reflective of the detected condition to a non-rotating recording element and a temperature compensation module disposed on the second wiring section to adjust the signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Gregory Quentin Brown, Philip Michael Caruso, Fernando Jorge Casanova, Seung-Woo Choi, Josef Scott Cummins, Matthew Ryan Ferslew, Andrew Clifford Hart, Robert David Jones, Jong Youn Pak, Francesco Soranna
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Publication number: 20120096933Abstract: A sensor is provided and includes a body disposed at a point of measurement interest on a rotor at a radial distance from a centerline thereof and having a substantially cylindrical shape and first and second opposing ends and a sensing end coupled to one of the first and second opposing ends, the other of the first and second opposing ends being coupled to a communication system, the sensing end including a sensing device configured to generate a signal reflective of a detected condition at the point of measurement interest, and at least one of the first and the second opposing ends being formed to define a shoulder portion for absorbing gravitational loading.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Philip Michael Caruso, Seung-Woo Choi, Robert David Jones, Jong Youn Pak
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Publication number: 20120096946Abstract: A turbine is provided and includes a rotor, which is rotatable about a centerline thereof, a sensor to measure a condition at a point of measurement interest defined on the rotor at a radial distance from the centerline, a communication system by which condition measurements are transmittable from the sensor to a non-rotating recording system and a probe holder to secure the sensor and a portion of the communication system on the rotor proximate to the point of measurement interest.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2010Publication date: April 26, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Gregory Quentin Brown, Philip Michael Caruso, Fernando Jorge Casanova, Seung-Woo Choi, Josef Scott Cummins, Matthew Ryan Ferslew, Andrew Clifford Hart, Robert David Jones, Jong Youn Pak, Francesco Soranna