Patents by Inventor Ruben BLANCO

Ruben BLANCO 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).

  • Air turbine starter and starting method thereof
    Patent number: 10914238
    Abstract: An air turbine starter (ATS) assembly includes a rotatable pinion gear (72) wherein the rotatable pinion gear is coupled to a combustion engine (10), a speed sensor (78) measuring the rotational speed (302) of the rotatable pinion gear (72), a torque sensor (79) providing a torque output (304) indicative of a torque experienced by the pinion gear (72), and a controller module configured to operate a starting sequence for the ATS assembly such that the rotational speed (302) is controllably increased while the torque output (304) is kept below the start sequence torque threshold (310).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2021
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Ruben Blanco, Saul Ledesma
  • AIR TURBINE STARTER AND STARTING METHOD THEREOF
    Publication number: 20190017484
    Abstract: An air turbine starter (ATS) assembly includes a rotatable pinion gear (72) wherein the rotatable pinion gear is coupled to a combustion engine (10), a speed sensor (78) measuring the rotational speed (302) of the rotatable pinion gear (72), a torque sensor (79) providing a torque output (304) indicative of a torque experienced by the pinion gear (72), and a controller module configured to operate a starting sequence for the ATS assembly such that the rotational speed (302) is controllably increased while the torque output (304) is kept below the start sequence torque threshold (310).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2016
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Ruben BLANCO, Saul LEDESMA