Patents by Inventor Sean P. Harper

Sean P. Harper 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).

  • Patent number: 6522990
    Abstract: Methods and apparatus for reducing temperature overshoot in an engine, such as in a gas turbine aircraft engine, are described. In an exemplary embodiment, an unmeasured temperature to be regulated in an engine is determined by measuring a temperature in the engine wherein the measured temperature being related to the unmeasured temperature, determining a bias of the measured temperature wherein the bias being an amount estimated to be a difference between the measured temperature and a steady state measured temperature and adding the bias to the measured temperature to restore the relationship between measured and unmeasured temperature so that the unmeasured temperature may be properly regulated. The bias is determined using a heat transfer model.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark A. Rains, Sean P. Harper