Patents by Inventor Tho V. Nguyen

Tho V. Nguyen 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).

  • Publication number: 20240226769
    Abstract: A vapor separation system including a cooler having an inlet configured to receive an air-oil-water mixture, and an outlet configured to discharge separated oil and water in two different phases of matter. A first sensor is at the outlet of the cooler. A controller is communicatively coupled to the cooler, wherein the controller is configured to receive temperature feedback from the first sensor, and increase or reduce the amount of cooling, with the cooler and based on the temperature feedback, the oil-water mixture to a separation temperature configured to liquefy at least a portion of the oil in the air-oil-water mixture, while maintaining at least a portion of the water in the air-oil-water mixture in a vaporized state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 11, 2024
    Inventors: Victor Alfonso Gonzalez Tellez, Tho V. Nguyen, Haitham J. Khamissi, Oswaldo Alberto Sanchez Rubio, Douglas A. Jones
  • Publication number: 20240131448
    Abstract: A vapor separation system including a cooler having an inlet configured to receive an air-oil-water mixture, and an outlet configured to discharge separated oil and water in two different phases of matter. A first sensor is at the outlet of the cooler. A controller is communicatively coupled to the cooler, wherein the controller is configured to receive temperature feedback from the first sensor, and increase or reduce the amount of cooling, with the cooler and based on the temperature feedback, the oil-water mixture to a separation temperature configured to liquefy at least a portion of the oil in the air-oil-water mixture, while maintaining at least a portion of the water in the air-oil-water mixture in a vaporized state.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2022
    Publication date: April 25, 2024
    Inventors: Victor Alfonso Gonzalez Tellez, Tho V. Nguyen, Haitham J. Khamissi, Oswaldo Alberto Sanchez Rubio, Douglas A. Jones
  • Patent number: 11951435
    Abstract: A vapor separation system including a cooler having an inlet configured to receive an air-oil-water mixture, and an outlet configured to discharge separated oil and water in two different phases of matter. A first sensor is at the outlet of the cooler. A controller is communicatively coupled to the cooler, wherein the controller is configured to receive temperature feedback from the first sensor, and increase or reduce the amount of cooling, with the cooler and based on the temperature feedback, the oil-water mixture to a separation temperature configured to liquefy at least a portion of the oil in the air-oil-water mixture, while maintaining at least a portion of the water in the air-oil-water mixture in a vaporized state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Victor Alfonso Gonzalez Tellez, Tho V. Nguyen, Haitham J. Khamissi, Oswaldo Alberto Sanchez Rubio, Douglas A. Jones
  • Patent number: 11572829
    Abstract: A flow combiner is provided for a gas turbine engine. The flow combiner includes an outlet duct, a compressor bleed inlet duct coupled to the outlet duct, and a ventilation inlet duct coupled to the outlet duct. The compressor bleed inlet duct is configured to receive a bleed flow from a compressor of the gas turbine engine. The ventilation inlet duct is configured to receive a ventilation flow from an enclosure surrounding the gas turbine engine. The bleed flow and the ventilation flow are combined as an outlet flow through the outlet duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ravinder Yerram, Quoc Hoai Nguyen, Mohammad Mahabub, Tho V. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20220065135
    Abstract: A system includes an alignment assembly. The alignment assembly includes a receiver and a transmitter to be positioned on two components of a gas turbine system. The alignment assembly further includes an adjustment pad and a hydraulic cylinder to further aid in the alignment of the two components of the gas turbine system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Tho V. Nguyen, Tuy C. Huynh, Vineet Sethi, Piotr Krzysztof Dzieciol
  • Publication number: 20210355868
    Abstract: A flow combiner is provided for a gas turbine engine. The flow combiner includes an outlet duct, a compressor bleed inlet duct coupled to the outlet duct, and a ventilation inlet duct coupled to the outlet duct. The compressor bleed inlet duct is configured to receive a bleed flow from a compressor of the gas turbine engine. The ventilation inlet duct is configured to receive a ventilation flow from an enclosure surrounding the gas turbine engine. The bleed flow and the ventilation flow are combined as an outlet flow through the outlet duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2020
    Publication date: November 18, 2021
    Inventors: Ravinder Yerram, Quoc Hoai Nguyen, Mohammad Mahabub, Tho V. Nguyen
  • Patent number: 10436072
    Abstract: This application provides elastomeric shock absorbers for turbine transportation. Example engine mounts may include a first plate, a second plate, and an elastomeric bearing positioned between the first plate and the second plate. The engine mount may be configured to absorb or dampen vibration along an X-axis, a Y-axis, and a Z-axis of a turbine during transportation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Quoc Hoai Nguyen, Ashish Agrawal, Horacio Solis, Yunyi Zou, Tho V. Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20180349269
    Abstract: A lifecycle of an item is controlled based on a type of the item. Particular item types may be required by law, industry, or organizational policies and procedures to be retained for a defined time period. Often these required retention policies are triggered by events, and thus embodiments are directed to providing event triggered data retention. Items stored in a hosted service environment may each be associated with a label that defines an item category, a retention type, a retention period, and/or a retention trigger for the item. In response to detecting an occurrence of a retention trigger event associated with a person or a project, the items may be queried to determine each item associated with an asset identifier identifying the person or the project. The retention period and type for each item may be updated or set based on a retention policy associated with each item.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2017
    Publication date: December 6, 2018
    Applicant: MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
    Inventors: Nakul GARG, Yong Hua YANG, Tho V. NGUYEN, Dheepak RAMASWAMY
  • Patent number: 10125628
    Abstract: The present application provides a power generation system. The power generation system may include a core turbine positioned about a core rotor shaft, a power turbine positioned about a power rotor shaft, a synchronous generator including a generator rotor shaft coupled to the power rotor shaft for rotation therewith, and an electronic controller in operable communication with the synchronous generator. The synchronous generator may be configured to generate reactive power for or absorb reactive power from an electric power grid when the power generation system operates in a reactive power mode. The electronic controller may be operable to cause the core rotor shaft to rotate when the power generation system operates in the reactive power mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Tho V. Nguyen, Douglas Jones, Harley M. Ross, Vineet Sethi, Tuy C. Huynh
  • Publication number: 20180298777
    Abstract: The present application provides a power generation system. The power generation system may include a core turbine positioned about a core rotor shaft, a power turbine positioned about a power rotor shaft, a synchronous generator including a generator rotor shaft coupled to the power rotor shaft for rotation therewith, and an electronic controller in operable communication with the synchronous generator. The synchronous generator may be configured to generate reactive power for or absorb reactive power from an electric power grid when the power generation system operates in a reactive power mode. The electronic controller may be operable to cause the core rotor shaft to rotate when the power generation system operates in the reactive power mode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2017
    Publication date: October 18, 2018
    Inventors: Tho V. Nguyen, Douglas Jones, Harley M. Ross, Vineet Sethi, Tuy C. Huynh
  • Publication number: 20180238195
    Abstract: This application provides elastomeric shock absorbers for turbine transportation. Example engine mounts may include a first plate, a second plate, and an elastomeric bearing positioned between the first plate and the second plate. The engine mount may be configured to absorb or dampen vibration along an X-axis, a Y-axis, and a Z-axis of a turbine during transportation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2017
    Publication date: August 23, 2018
    Inventors: Quoc Hoai Nguyen, Ashish Agrawal, Horacio Solis, Yunyi Zou, Tho V. Nguyen