Patents by Inventor Thomas N. SLAVENS, JR.

Thomas N. SLAVENS, JR. 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).

  • Method of controlling a gas turbine engine using real-time component temperature data
    Patent number: 9938904
    Abstract: A device and methods are provided for controlling a gas turbine engine based at least in part on real-time detection of spatially resolved temperature distributions of a turbine engine components. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting surface temperature of one or more blade elements, by an thermal probe, in a plurality of radial locations of an airfoil row to determine real-time spatially resolved surface temperature data for the one or more blade elements of the airfoil row, and controlling the engine based on the real-time spatially resolved surface temperature data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas N. Slavens, Jr., Charles W. Halderman
  • METHOD OF CONTROLLING A GAS TURBINE ENGINE USING REAL-TIME COMPONENT TEMPERATURE DATA
    Publication number: 20150176502
    Abstract: A device and methods are provided for controlling a gas turbine engine based at least in part on real-time detection of spatially resolved temperature distributions of a turbine engine components. In one embodiment, a method includes detecting surface temperature of one or more blade elements, by an thermal probe, in a plurality of radial locations of an airfoil row to determine real-time spatially resolved surface temperature data for the one or more blade elements of the airfoil row, and controlling the engine based on the real-time spatially resolved surface temperature data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2014
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas N. SLAVENS, JR., Charles W. HALDERMAN