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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7770388 | High efficiency 2-stage fuel pump and control scheme for gas turbines A two-stage system for delivering fuel to a gas turbine including a first stage variable pump for serving as a primary source of fuel, a second stage fixed pump for selectively supplementing the variable pump, a bypass valve connected to the fixed pump for loading a... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7376504 | Method of engine surge discrimination A method from discriminating between spurious and genuine surges in a gas turbine engine is provided which includes the steps of receiving an engine speed signal over a global engine surge investigation region that includes a plurality of operating regions (e.g. spe... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7207785 | Vane pump wear sensor for predicted failure mode A vane pump is disclosed for use with gas turbine engines that is adapted and configured to provide a failure mode similar to that of a traditional gear pump. The vane pump includes a pump housing, a cam member, a cylindrical rotor member and a mechanism for communi... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7136738 | Fuel control system for gas turbine engines Fuel control systems for use with a gas turbine engines which accounts for real-time thermodynamic engine effects when attempting to match or track the NDOTActual rate to the NDOTDemand rate. The fuel control system includes a mechanism for mea... | 11/14/2006 |
| 7083394 | Vane pump with undervane feed A vane pump is disclosed for use with gas turbine engines which has pressurized fluid supplied to the undervane portion of the vane elements to balance the forces imparted thereon. The vane pump includes a pump housing, a cam member, a cylindrical rotor member and a... | 08/01/2006 |
| 7058556 | Adaptive aero-thermodynamic engine model An adaptive aero-thermodynamic engine model is disclosed which incorporates a plurality of model engine operating parameters, a plurality of nominal component efficiencies and corresponding efficiency modifier functions. The engine model is adapted by measuring a pl... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7013210 | Vibration monitoring system for gas turbine engines Disclosed is a system and method for monitoring the vibration levels of gas turbine engines. The vibration monitoring system acquires vibration data from an engine, and processes the data with advanced algorithms to determine engine component health, both in a diagn... | 03/14/2006 |
| 6996969 | Multi-mode shutdown system for a fuel metering unit A multi-mode shutdown system in combination with a fuel metering unit of an engine to prevent normal fuel delivery during engine malfunction such as the engine overspeeding. The multi-mode shutdown system includes a shutdown solenoid capable of closing a pressurizin... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6879885 | Rotor torque predictor A system is disclosed for determining the total torque required at the main and tail rotors of a helicopter for use in feed-forward rotor torque anticipation which includes a polynomial neural network adapted and configured to predict the aerodynamic torque at the m... | 04/12/2005 |
| 6873887 | Rotor torque anticipator A system for performing feed-forward anticipation of rotor torque demand on a helicopter engine is disclosed which includes a flight control computer adapted and configured to predict the total torque required at the main and tail rotors of the helicopter, and an en... | 03/29/2005 |
| 6864808 | System and method for processing a signal Analog circuitry is disclosed for conditioning a signal from linear and rotary variable differential transformers having a primary winding, a pair of secondary windings and a movable core. The circuitry includes a unique closed loop negative feedback mechanism which... | 03/08/2005 |
| 6843060 | Fault management system for gas turbine engines Disclosed herein is a “real time” Time Limited Dispatch (TLD) fault management system and method for evaluating the operational suitability of an engine's electronic control system. The TLD system disclosed herein uses a software algorithm to compute or predict ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6820429 | Adaptive acceleration schedules for gas turbine engine control systems Disclosed is an engine surge avoidance system and method which adapts the acceleration schedules (i.e., P2.5 bleed valve and NDOT) to prevent engine surge events from occurring while minimizing reductions in engine response time. The surge avoidance syste... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6782314 | Method of detecting in-range engine sensor faults The subject invention is directed to a new and useful method of detecting in-range engine sensor faults for a gas turbine engine associated with a helicopter. The method includes the steps of computing engine shaft horsepower for a plurality of engine sensor, comput... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6768938 | Vibration monitoring system for gas turbine engines Disclosed is a system and method for monitoring the vibration levels of gas turbine engines. The vibration monitoring system acquires vibration data from an engine, and processes the data with advanced algorithms to determine engine component health, both in a diagn... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6715277 | Fuel control system for gas turbine engines Fuel control systems for use with a gas turbine engines which accounts for real-time thermodynamic engine effects when attempting to match or track the NDOTActual rate to the NDOTDemand rate. The fuel control system includes a mechanism for mea... | 04/06/2004 |
