Patents by Inventor Wayne Sullivan

Wayne Sullivan 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).

  • Combustion flow sleeve lifting tool
    Patent number: 10088167
    Abstract: A flow sleeve removal tool including: a shaft having an axis; a bracket attached to the shaft including a ring configured to abut and be releasably attached to an end of a flow sleeve of a gas turbine engine; a shaft attached to the bracket and coaxial with a flow sleeve of a gas turbine engine; a counter balance attached to the shaft, and a cable connector mounted to the shaft between the counter balance and the flow sleeve, wherein the cable connector is configured to attach to a cable connected to an overhead support structure and the cable connector is at a position on the shaft at which the flow sleeve is substantially balances the counter weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Mogle, Wayne Sullivan
  • Apparatus and method for use in a spacewire-based network
    Patent number: 9819616
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a SpaceWire-based network is configured to send and receive data packets, and process data included in a received data packet. A header of the received data packet is stored in a buffer while the data is being processed, a processed data packet including the stored header and the processed data is generated, and the processed data packet is transmitted. The header of the received data packet may be modified, and the modified header attached to the processed data to generate the processed data packet. When the data packet is received via a first port, the processed data packet may be transmitted via the first port, or may be transmitted via a second port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: ASTRIUM LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Stephen Norridge, Wayne Sullivan, Mikael Stig Collin
  • COMBUSTION FLOW SLEEVE LIFTING TOOL
    Publication number: 20160363323
    Abstract: A flow sleeve removal tool including: a shaft having an axis; a bracket attached to the shaft including a ring configured to abut and be releasably attached to an end of a flow sleeve of a gas turbine engine; a shaft attached to the bracket and coaxial with a flow sleeve of a gas turbine engine; a counter balance attached to the shaft, and a cable connector mounted to the shaft between the counter balance and the flow sleeve, wherein the cable connector is configured to attach to a cable connected to an overhead support structure and the cable connector is at a position on the shaft at which the flow sleeve is substantially balances the counter weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Alan MOGLE, Wayne Sullivan
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE IN A SPACEWIRE-BASED NETWORK
    Publication number: 20160248705
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a SpaceWire-based network is configured to send and receive data packets, and process data included in a received data packet. A header of the received data packet is stored in a buffer whilst the data is being processed, a processed data packet including the stored header and the processed data is generated, and the processed data packet is transmitted. The header of the received data packet may be modified, and the modified header attached to the processed data to generate the processed data packet. When the data packet is received via a first port, the processed data packet may be transmitted via the first port, or may be transmitted via a second port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Applicant: ASTRIUM LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Stephen NORRIDGE, Wayne Sullivan, Mikael Stig Collin
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE IN A SPACEWIRE-BASED NETWORK
    Publication number: 20150350070
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a SpaceWire-based network is configured to send and receive data packets, and process data included in a received data packet. A header of the received data packet is stored in a buffer whilst the data is being processed, a processed data packet including the stored header and the processed data is generated, and the processed data packet is transmitted. The header of the received data packet may be modified, and the modified header attached to the processed data to generate the processed data packet. When the data packet is received via a first port, the processed data packet may be transmitted via the first port, or may be transmitted via a second port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: ASTRIUM LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Stephen NORRIDGE, Wayne SULLIVAN, Mikael Stig COLLIN
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR USE IN A SPACEWIRE-BASED NETWORK
    Publication number: 20140362861
    Abstract: An apparatus for use in a SpaceWire-based network is configured to send and receive data packets, and process data included in a received data packet. A header of the received data packet is stored in a buffer whilst the data is being processed, a processed data packet including the stored header and the processed data is generated, and the processed data packet is transmitted. The header of the received data packet may be modified, and the modified header attached to the processed data to generate the processed data packet. When the data packet is received via a first port, the processed data packet may be transmitted via the first port, or may be transmitted via a second port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2014
    Publication date: December 11, 2014
    Applicant: ASTRIUM LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Stephen NORRIDGE, Wayne Sullivan, Mikael Stig Collin