STEPHEN MATTHEW PELKOWSKI
Engineers in Erie, PA

6795935, Sep 21, 2004

Jul 20, 2000

09/620039

C. Richard Unkle - Fairview PA
Richard G. Bliley - Erie PA
William R. Schneider - Erie PA
Stephen M. Pelkowski - Erie PA

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

G06F 1100

714 37, 340438, 701 19

A method and apparatus for chronologically combining fault data, repair data, and operational parameters for a railroad locomotive. Generally, this data is collected and stored in separate databases. The present invention teaches combining the data so that an ordered analysis reflecting the timing of faults, repairs, and operational information can be carried out to determine the root causes of the faults.

6367891, Apr 9, 2002

Sep 25, 2000

09/669264

Myron Lee Smith - Fairview PA
Stephen Matthew Pelkowski - Erie PA

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

B60T 886

303125, 303 7, 303191, 303128

An apparatus for determining the direction of locomotive travel while in dynamic braking is disclosed. This direction of travel is derived from current sensors associated with the locomotive traction motors. When in the dynamic braking mode, current flows through the current sensors in a first direction when a train is traveling in the first direction and reverses the direction of flow when the train is traveling in a second direction.

7770525, Aug 10, 2010

May 7, 2007

11/745084

Ajith Kuttannair Kumar - Erie PA, US
Stephen Pelkowski - Erie PA, US
Harold Alan Ellsworth - Lawrence Park PA, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

B61C 3/00

105 51, 105172, 105 2605, 105457

A system is provided for segregating an energy storage system from at least one of at least one air pipe and at least one electric cable of a hybrid energy vehicle. The energy storage system includes at least one energy storage device and at least one hybrid cable. The system includes a pair of first regions proximately positioned below a respective pair of walkways extending along opposing sides of the vehicle, and a second region positioned between the pair of first regions. The energy storage system and at least one of the at least one air pipe and at least one electric cable are respectively positioned within one of the pair of first regions and the second region to segregate the energy storage system from at least one of the at least one air pipe and at least one electric cable of the hybrid energy vehicle.

7131614, Nov 7, 2006

May 19, 2004

10/849314

Jeffrey Kisak - Erie PA, US
Bradley C. Hendrickson - Erie PA, US
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar - Erie PA, US
Daniel Ballesty - Wattsburg PA, US
Stephen Matthew Pelkowski - Erie PA, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

B61L 3/00

246167R, 246 3, 246187 A, 246167 R, 34082536, 701 19

The invention includes a system and method for managing an operation of a locomotive as a function of a location of the locomotive. The system comprises a location unit for determining the location of the locomotive and a control unit for controlling an operation of the locomotive as a function of the determined location. In another embodiment, the invention includes a system and method for receiving a security authorization input from an operator of the locomotive, comparing the received operator security authorization input to a security authorization parameter, and restricting an operation of the locomotive when the received operator security authorization input does not match the security authorization parameter. In yet another embodiment, the invention includes a system and method of sending a control command from a remote system, receiving the control command at the locomotive, and controlling an operation of the locomotive responsive to the received control command. In still another embodiment, the invention includes a system and method for controlling an operation of the locomotive as a function of the location of the locomotive, a monitored emission parameter and an emission characteristic.

2008029, Nov 27, 2008

May 23, 2007

11/752488

Ajith Kuttannair Kumar - Erie PA, US
Michael Patrick Marley - Erie PA, US
Stephen Pelkowski - Erie PA, US
Robert Alton - Lawrence Park PA, US

H01R 13/64

439247

A system is provided for connecting a battery to a mounting system. The battery is coupled to a battery connector, and the mounting system is coupled to a mounting system connector. The system includes an inner housing of the battery connector configured to receive a plurality of cables from the battery. The system further includes a respective plurality of male connectors or female receptacles positioned within the inner housing of the battery connector and coupled to the plurality of cables. The plurality of male connectors or female receptacles is configured to remain unexposed upon disconnecting the battery connector from the mounting connector during an unsafe event. The system further includes an outer housing of the battery connector surrounding the inner housing, where the outer housing includes a tapered wall.

8299756, Oct 30, 2012

Nov 1, 2007

11/982491

Monika Chawla - Bangalore, IN
Amol Rajaram Kolwalkar - Bangalore, IN
Ajit Wasant Kane - Bangalore, IN
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar - Erie PA, US
Stephen Matthew Pelkowski - Erie PA, US
Lembit Salasoo - Schenectady NY, US

General Electric Company - Niskayuna NY

H02J 7/00

320132, 320134, 324427

A system and method are provided for battery control of hybrid vehicles such as, but not limited to, hybrid locomotives. The system and method are implemented to sense a present state of charge (SoC) of one or more batteries and generate present SoC data there from, sense a present excursion defined by a relationship represented as maximum SoC−minimum SoC for a desired cycle and generate present excursion data there from, and control the one or more battery power/current charging limits in response to the present SoC data and the present excursion data.

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.

2012012, May 24, 2012

Jul 25, 2011

13/189867

Peter KALISH - Clifton Park NY, US
Kashyap Shah - Schenectady NY, US
Kristopher Frutschy - Niskayuna NY, US
Stuart Towie - Burton Upon Trenton, GB
James Browell - Schenectady NY, US
Roger Bull - Etwall, GB
Ajith Kuttannair Kumar - Erie PA, US
Michael Patrick Marley - Erie PA, US
John D. Butine - Schenectady NY, US
Harold Alan Ellsworth - Lawrence Park PA, US
John L. Donner - Lawrence Park PA, US
Stephen Pelkowski - Erie PA, US
Owen Scott Quirion - Clifton Park NY, US
Neil A. Johnson - Schenectady NY, US

H01M 2/10, H01M 10/04, H01M 10/50, H01M 2/30, H01M 10/48

429 72, 429 99, 429 90, 29825

An electrochemical device is disclosed that includes a plurality of cells that each include a face, wherein a terminal is disposed on the faces of each respective cell. A bus bar has a bus bar height and electrically couples the terminals from cell-to-cell within the electrochemical device. A plurality of sheets are disposed between the plurality of cells, the plurality of sheets are substantially the same height as the combined, height of each cell and bus bar.

2008028, Nov 13, 2008

May 7, 2007

11/745123

Ajith Kuttannair Kumar - Erie PA, US
Michael Patrick Marley - Erie PA, US
John D. Butine - Erie PA, US
Harold Alan Ellsworth - Lawrence Park PA, US
John L. Donner - Lawrence Park PA, US
Stephen Pelkowski - Erie PA, US

H01M 2/18

429138

Batteries are disclosed that include a plurality of cooling plates, a plurality of cells disposed between adjacent cooling plates, a plurality of insulating sheets disposed between adjacent cells, a plurality of bus bars interconnecting the plurality of cells, an inner casing surrounding the plurality of cooling plates, the plurality of cells, the plurality of insulating sheets, and the plurality of bus bars, an outer casing surrounding the inner casing so as to form a gap therebetween, a layer of insulating material disposed inside at least a portion of the gap, and several other structural features in different embodiments of the invention configured to prevent motion of the cells relative to one another.