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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 1989
Filed:
Aug. 26, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
John H Barber, West Chester, OH (US);
Curtis L Brown, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Vernon R Duncan, Erlanger, KY (US);
Carl E Knox, Vestal, NY (US);
Roderick D Owen, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ; G05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
36443102 ; 60 39281 ; 364187 ; 371 14 ;
Abstract
In a two-channel control system for a gas turbine engine, the occurrence of a fault in the engine causes the control system to switch from one channel to the other. If it is found that neither channel is operative, the invention terminates fuel delivery, thus stopping the engine.