Patents by Inventor Thomas Harrington

Thomas Harrington 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: 20160189066
    Abstract: A method, medium, and system to receive a planned flight schedule and an actual flight schedule; determine root cause disturbances for the actual flight schedule based on the planned flight schedule and the actual flight schedule; evaluate a robustness of the planned flight schedule based on an execution of a simulation-based model to generate a set of quantitative metrics for the planned flight schedule; generate a record of the root cause disturbances and a record of the set of quantitative metrics for the planned flight plan; evaluate a robustness of a test flight schedule based on an execution of the simulation-based model and the determined root cause disturbances applied to the simulation-based model to generate a set of quantitative metrics for the test flight schedule; and generate a record of the set of quantitative metrics for the test flight plan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Hongwei Liao, David So Keung Chan, James Kenneth Aragones, Mark Thomas Harrington
  • Publication number: 20160189080
    Abstract: A method, medium, and system to receive actual flight schedule data, including flight details associated with each flight of the actual flight schedule; determine an estimate of at least one of airline operations performance constraints and metrics based on the actual flight schedule data and at least one of business rules and an execution of a simulation-based model; and generate a record of corrected actual flight data based on the estimate of at least one of airline operations performance constraints and metrics and the actual flight data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Hongwei Liao, David So Keung Chan, James Kenneth Aragones, Mark Thomas Harrington, Pierino Gianni Bonanni
  • Patent number: 9008892
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for scheduling aircraft maintenance events. One system includes a user interface and at least one processor. The system is configured to receive an indication that an unscheduled maintenance event for an aircraft is to be scheduled, and to determine, using the at least one processor, a maintenance schedule for completing the unscheduled maintenance event on the aircraft, a modified flight schedule for the aircraft, and a modified aircraft schedule for the aircraft based on the unscheduled maintenance event, an initial flight schedule, an initial aircraft schedule, and at least one selectable parameter indicative of user preferences to reduce a total cost of operating the at least one aircraft. The system is configured to provide at least one of the maintenance schedule, the modified flight schedule, and the modified aircraft schedule to the user interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Srinivas Bollapragada, Jon David Petersen, Weiwei Chen, Mark Thomas Harrington
  • Publication number: 20150019065
    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatuses for scheduling aircraft maintenance events. One system includes a user interface and at least one processor. The system is configured to receive an indication that an unscheduled maintenance event for an aircraft is to be scheduled, and to determine, using the at least one processor, a maintenance schedule for completing the unscheduled maintenance event on the aircraft, a modified flight schedule for the aircraft, and a modified aircraft schedule for the aircraft based on the unscheduled maintenance event, an initial flight schedule, an initial aircraft schedule, and at least one selectable parameter indicative of user preferences to reduce a total cost of operating the at least one aircraft. The system is configured to provide at least one of the maintenance schedule, the modified flight schedule, and the modified aircraft schedule to the user interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Srinivas Bollapragada, Jon David Petersen, Weiwei Chen, Mark Thomas Harrington
  • Publication number: 20140279802
    Abstract: A computer includes a processor and a memory device. The computer is configured to a) receive decision-making criteria from at least one of at least a portion of a plurality of agents associated with a plurality of agent devices, the memory device, and a user, b) generate valid decision combinations using at least a portion of received decision-making criteria, c) transmit, to the plurality of agents, valid decision combinations, d) receive, from a deciding agent, a decision, and e) constrain, using the received decision, valid decision combinations. The computer is configured to f) return to c) until determining that no more decisions can be received. The computer is configured to g) transmit a final decision set to the plurality of agents upon determining that no more decisions can be received. The final decision set represents a complete combination of decisions including at least a portion of received decisions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LIMITED, GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Mark Thomas Harrington, Bernhard Joseph Scholz, Jonathan Mark Dunsdon, Tony Cecil Ramsaroop, Rajesh V. Subbu, Maria Louise Watson
  • Publication number: 20140277921
    Abstract: A method for identifying and analyzing data entities from (maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO)) data is provided. The method includes obtaining MRO data comprising unstructured text information. The method also includes performing named entity recognition on the MRO data to extract entities from the unstructured text information and label the entities with a tag. The method further includes analyzing the labeled entities via a heuristic to estimate an effectiveness of a fix for a specific issue or to estimate a reliability of a component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Vineel Chandrakanth Gujjar, Debasis Bal, Gopi Subramanian, Brian David Larder, Andrew James Smith, Mark Thomas Harrington
  • Publication number: 20140281712
    Abstract: A computer-implemented method for estimating maintenance task durations is provided. The method is implemented by at least one computing system including at least one processor and at least one memory device coupled to the processor. The method includes receiving a query including a first query maintenance task and a plurality of query factors, and identifying an initial baseline task duration based at least in part on the first query maintenance task. The initial baseline task duration includes a plurality of baseline task factors. The method further includes identifying at least one adjustment factor based at least in part on the differences between the plurality of query factors and the plurality of baseline task factors, calculating a maintenance task duration estimate based at least in part on the initial baseline task duration and the adjustment factors, and planning execution of the first query maintenance task based on maintenance task duration estimate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicants: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LIMITED, GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LLC
    Inventors: Rajesh V. Subbu, James Kenneth Aragones, Jonathan Mark Dunsdon, Steve John Schoonveld, Mark Thomas Harrington, Maria Louise Watson
  • Patent number: 8798899
    Abstract: An airline operations control system for an airline having multiple aircraft and multiple routes formed by one or more flights where the airline operations control system includes a computer searchable database a query module configured to query the database and a display module and a method of controlling operation of the airline having the multiple aircraft and the multiple routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Kenneth Aragones, Amy Victoria Aragones, Mark Thomas Harrington, Jonathan Mark Dunsdon
  • Publication number: 20130138333
    Abstract: An airline operations control system for an airline having multiple aircraft and multiple routes formed by one or more flights where the airline operations control system includes a computer searchable database a query module configured to query the database and a display module and a method of controlling operation of the airline having the multiple aircraft and the multiple routes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: May 30, 2013
    Applicant: GE AVIATION SYSTEMS LIMITED
    Inventors: James Kenneth Aragones, Amy Victoria Aragones, Mark Thomas Harrington, Jonathan Mark Dunsdon
  • Patent number: 8266859
    Abstract: A reinforced concrete wall system assembles rigid panels into two form walls in spaced apart relationship to securely hold poured concrete and reinforcing materials there between. The panels may include insulating foam. The panels are held securely side by side within a form wall by elongate connectors that have paired channels into which edges of the panels snugly fit. Each connector has brackets extending into the concrete space. Brackets are provided with perforations to receive tie rods. Each tie rod ties a bracket from one form wall to a bracket extending from the other form wall. This holds the space being filled with concrete together. The perforations are formed to resist releasing the tie rod once it has been inserted. Reinforcing steel is positioned by fastening to the tie rods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Inventor: James Thomas Harrington
  • Publication number: 20050260963
    Abstract: A radio receiver self test system (10) that can test a plurality of bands in duplex cellular phones and other duplex communication devices can be constructed so that it operates during idle time slots. The system can be configured to test the performance of the radio receiver at all ranges of signal levels and in all channels. The system can include a receiver (14) and a transmitter (12) coupled to an antenna (28) and an antenna/noise switch (16). The switch can have as an input, a noise source (18) such as a broadband or thermal noise source. A baseband upconverter/downconverter module (24) can include a processor that provides control signals (27 and 26) for controlling the level of the noise source and for controlling the switch. The system can further include linear amplifier (20) on a receive path and a power amplifier (22) on the transmit path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2004
    Publication date: November 24, 2005
    Applicant: Motorola, Inc.
    Inventors: Lorenzo Ponce De Leon, Abdel Al Qatshan, Dennis Anson, John Ballen, David Graham, Thomas Harrington
  • Publication number: 20020053914
    Abstract: The current and voltage in an electrical system are monitored to detect an occurrence of an arc. The location of the arc is determined by propagating a pulse signal on the system in response to detection of the arc and timing the interval between reception of a portion of the signal reflected back from the location of the arc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2001
    Publication date: May 9, 2002
    Applicant: SMITHS GROUP PLC
    Inventors: Jonathan Samuel Dring, Mark Thomas Harrington
  • Patent number: 4676460
    Abstract: The control system includes a schedule (54) which plots airspeed versus stabilizer angle for a trim condition. Following a pilot adjustment of the stabilizer angle to establish trim, the schedule (54) plots the trim airspeed to obtain a stabilizer angle value. A change in airspeed from trim is sensed by a sensor (52) and the schedule (54) plots the new airspeed on the same graph to obtain a new stabilizer angle value. The schedule (54) determines a change in stabilizer angle signal in the form of increments of movement of the stabilizer control actuator (28) to return the stabilizer (18) to a trim condition. A schedule (40) in the system also senses any change in the rate of change of altitude from trim and computes from this change a second signal in the form of increments of actuator movement. There is an algebraic summation of these two signals and a stabilizer angle feedback signal to produce a command signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1987
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Howard K. Hagy, Thomas A. Harrington