RICHARD J BLILEY
Real Estate Commission in Erie, PA

6634000, Oct 14, 2003

Feb 1, 2000

09/495696

Vinay Bhaskar Jammu - Niskayuna NY
William Roy Schneider - Erie PA
Richard Gerald Bliley - Erie PA
Anil Varma - Clifton Park NY
Nicholas Edward Roddy - Clifton Park NY

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G06F 1100

714 37, 714 26

The present invention discloses a system and computer-implemented method for analyzing a fault log from a malfunctioning machine. The method includes receiving, from the malfunctioning machine, at least one of at least one fault code and at least one data code, at least one fault code and at least one anomaly code, and at least one data code and at least one anomaly code, and determining at least one of a cause of and a repair for the malfunctioning machine based on the at least one of the at least one fault code and the at least one data code, the at least one fault code and the at least one anomaly code, and the at least one data code and the at least one anomaly code. The method desirably includes receiving a fault log comprising at least one fault code and at least one data pack, parsing the at least one data pack, and generating at least one data pack code for a portion of the at least one parsed data pack. Desirably, the determining the at least one of the cause of and the repair for the malfunctioning machine is based on the at least one fault code and the at least one data pack code. Advantageously, the method includes using a belief network, or case-based reasoning.

6622264, Sep 16, 2003

Nov 22, 1999

09/447064

Richard G. Bliley - Erie PA
Nicholas E. Roddy - Clifton Park NY

General Electric Company

G06F 1100

714 26, 714 37

A process for analyzing fault log data from a machine is provided. The process allows for downloading new fault log data from the machine. The process further allows for retrieving prior fault log data of the machine. The prior fault log data may be obtained during an earlier download relative to a present download of new fault log data. A comparing step allows for comparing the new fault log data against the prior fault log data, and an adjusting step allows for adjusting any repair recommendations for the earlier download of fault log data based upon the comparison of the new fault log data and the prior fault log data.

6643801, Nov 4, 2003

Jan 26, 2000

09/491939

Vinay Bhaskar Jammu - Niskayuna NY
Richard Gerald Bliley - Erie PA
William Roy Schneider - Erie PA

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G06F 1100

714 37, 701 29, 701 30, 701 35

A method for analyzing fault log data and repair data to estimate time before a machine-disabling failure occurs is provided. The method allows for searching in a database of historical fault log data from a plurality of machines for the occurrence of respective fault patterns indicative of incipient failures of a respective machine subsystem. The method further allows for searching in a database of historical repair data for respective repairs executed on the respective machine subsystem. The method also allows for computing elapsed time between respective occurrences of the fault patterns and the executed repairs.

7296978, Nov 20, 2007

Jan 29, 2004

10/767026

Jeffrey James Kisak - Erie PA, US
Mark Alan Linebach - Erie PA, US
Jason Arthur Dean - Erie PA, US
Richard Gerald Bliley - Erie PA, US
Stephen Matthew Pelkowski - Erie PA, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

F04B 49/00, F04B 49/06

417 42, 417 18, 417 442

A compressed air system and method of operating the system wherein the slip between the compressor motor and its powering alternator is used as an indication of whether the compressor is running in a loaded or unloaded mode. A slip parameter such as % Slip is determined and compared to an allowable value in real time. If the compressor is determined to be erroneously in a loaded mode, a corrective action may be taken to reduce the probability that the motor is later started with the compressor still in the loaded mode.

7118348, Oct 10, 2006

Feb 3, 2004

10/770945

Jason Arthur Dean - Erie PA, US
Mark Alan Linebach - Erie PA, US
Richard Gerald Bliley - Erie PA, US
Stephen Matthew Pelkowski - Erie PA, US
Jeffrey James Kisak - Erie PA, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

F04B 49/03, F04B 49/08

417 12, 417 28, 417 442

A compressed air system, wherein a decision to de-energize a compressor motor is made with consideration of the likely need for the operation of the compressor at a future point in time. A rate of pressure decay in an air reservoir may be extrapolated over a predetermined time period to predict the need for operation of the compressor within the time period. If operation of the compressor is predicted to be needed within the time period, the compressor is allowed to continue to run in an unloaded mode beyond a normal cool down period.

7013239, Mar 14, 2006

Oct 17, 2003

10/688493

Eric H. Hedlund - Erie PA, US
Nicholas Edward Roddy - Clifton Park NY, US
David Richard Gibson - North East PA, US
Richard G. Bliley - Erie PA, US
James E. Pander - Erie PA, US
Ashish Puri - Erie PA, US
Thomas E. O'Camb - Erie PA, US
Steven Loncher - Erie PA, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G06F 11/30, G06F 15/00

702182, 701 29

An analysis scheduler for scheduling the automatic processing of performance data through a plurality of analysis tools is disclosed. Performance data provided to some of the tools by the analysis scheduler may be specified to be within a predetermined (but variable) look-back period. The analysis tools identify faults and anomalous conditions and also create repair recommendations, and automatically create problem cases when conditions warrant, or update existing problem cases with additional data, all under control of the analysis scheduler. The problem cases are reviewed by a human user and then forwarded to the railroad for implementation.

6996498, Feb 7, 2006

Jan 19, 2005

11/039547

Michael James Pierro - Erie PA, US
Richard Gerald Bliley - Erie PA, US
William Roy Schneider - Erie PA, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G06F 15/18, G06F 19/00

702184, 701 29, 701 35, 706 50

A system and method for reducing the shop time of a vehicle, e. g. , a locomotive, at a maintenance facility by obtaining onboard systems parameter data during a period when the vehicle is inbound to the maintenance facility for required periodic scheduled maintenance, and by determining, at the maintenance facility and prior to arrival of the vehicle at the maintenance facility, from the data received from the inbound vehicle, whether any of the data is out of a predetermined range or is trending to be out of range.