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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2016
Filed:
May. 01, 2012
Mitchell Donald Smith, Morrow, OH (US);
Charles Francis Hanley, Liberty Township, OH (US);
David Allen Gutz, Wenham, MA (US);
Mitchell Donald Smith, Morrow, OH (US);
Charles Francis Hanley, Liberty Township, OH (US);
David Allen Gutz, Wenham, MA (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for local loop closure is provided. The apparatus includes a component for use in a gas turbine engine. The component includes at least one of an actuator and a servo-valve, at least one sensor, and an electronic module comprising controller electronics and memory. The electronic module is configured to receive and process commands for the at least one of an actuator and a servo-valve and queue received commands in an input buffer.