Patents by Inventor Stephen Chiaco

Stephen Chiaco 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).

  • Turbine compartment ventilation control system and method using variable speed fan
    Patent number: 6983607
    Abstract: A method to ventilate a rotary machine housed in a compartment having a ventilation air inlet and air exhaust, a variable speed ventilation fan and a temperature sensor, wherein the method includes: sensing a temperature level of the rotary machine; applying the sensed machine temperature level to a controller for the fan; drawing ventilation flow through the compartment and over the machine; determining whether the sensed machine temperature level is above a desired temperature level of the rotary machine, wherein the desired temperature level is determined by the controller, and the controller setting an operational condition of the fan to increase the ventilation flow through the compartment if the sensed machine temperature level is above the desired temperature level.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gerald Wilson Grove, Mark David D'Ambruoso, Michael John Barno, William Andrew Parker, David Martin Johnson, Gregory Allan Crum, Stephen Chiaco
  • Turbine compartment ventilation control system and method using variable speed fan
    Publication number: 20050086943
    Abstract: A method to ventilate a rotary machine housed in a compartment having a ventilation air inlet and air exhaust, a variable speed ventilation fan and a temperature sensor, wherein the method includes: sensing a temperature level of the rotary machine; applying the sensed machine temperature level to a controller for the fan; drawing ventilation flow through the compartment and over the machine; determining whether the sensed machine temperature level is above a desired temperature level of the rotary machine, wherein the desired temperature level is determined by the controller, and the controller setting an operational condition of the fan to increase the ventilation flow through the compartment if the sensed machine temperature level is above the desired temperature level.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 22, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gerald Grove, Mark D'Ambruoso, Michael Barno, William Parker, David Johnson, Gregory Crum, Stephen Chiaco