Dual-architecture microserver card

• US 7,167,788 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2004
• Issued: 01/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rateze Remote Mgmt. L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: United Technologies Corporation (Raytheon Technologies Corporation d/b/a RTX)
• Inventors: Loda, David C., Cormier, Timothy A., Presper, John Frederick, Kennedy, Campbell
• Primary Examiner(s): NGUYEN, TAN QUANG
• Application Number:
  US10/769,427
• Publication Number:
  US 20050171651A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,089 Days
• Field of Search: 701/3, 701/23, 701/1, 701/29, 701/33, 701/35, 701/100, 235/379, 235/380, 709/40.R
• US Class Current: 701/100
• CPC Class Codes: F02C 9/00 Controlling gas-turbine plants; Controlling fuel supply in air- breathing jet-propulsion plants controlling air intakes F02C7/057; controlling turbines F01D; controlling compressors F04D27/00; controlling in general G05
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2260/80 Diagnostics
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2270/11 to prolong engine life
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2270/44 active, predictive, or anticipative
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2270/54 by electronic means, e.g. electronic tubes, transistors or IC's within an electronic circuit
• CPC Class Codes: F05D 2270/708 with comparison tables
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/008 communicating information to a remotely located station transmission systems for measured values G08C
• CPC Class Codes: G07C 5/085 using electronic data carriers
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/04 for providing a confidential data exchange among entities communicating through data packet networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/02 based on web technology, e.g. hypertext transfer protocol [HTTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/04 specially adapted for terminals or networks with limited capabilities; specially adapted for terminal portability
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 12/03 Protecting confidentiality, e.g. by encryption
• CPC Class Codes: Y04S 40/18 Network protocols supporting networked applications, e.g. including control of end-device applications over a network

Abstract

An integrated system for monitoring a deployed product on a movable platform, gathering data about the deployed product, and disseminating the data about the deployed product is disclosed. The system includes a server located on the movable platform capable of communication with the server from a remote location. The server communicates with a source of data about the deployed product. The system further includes a portal onto which data gathered by the server may be downloaded and with which one can upload information to the server. The system includes a dual architecture card which may be mounted in an electronic controller of the deployed product. The dual architecture card may include a closed architecture section executing proprietary software, and an open architecture receiving processed data from the closed architecture section through a secured connection. One or both of the closed architecture section and closed architecture section may include a microserver.

Claims

1. A gas turbine engine comprising:

a compressor section;

a combustion section downstream of the compressor section;

a turbine section downstream of the combustion section;

a casing surrounding at least one of the compressor section, combustion section, and turbine section;

an electronic controller mounted to the casing, the electronic controller controlling and monitoring operation of the engine; and

a dual-architecture card mounted in the electronic control box, the dual-architecture card including an open architecture section and a closed architecture section, the open architecture section including a microserver.

2. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the microserver hosts a web page, the web page having an IP address available for a plurality of Internet protocols.

3. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the microserver generates a wireless system surrounding the engine and adapted to connect to the Internet.

4. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the closed architecture section of the dual-architecture card runs proprietary, engine-specific, algorithms inaccessible by the open architecture section.

5. The gas turbine engine of claim 4, further including a closed-loop control between the closed architecture section and other cards within the engine control box, the closed architecture section receiving raw engine data from the other cards of the engine control box, executing the engine-specific algorithms based on the raw engine data, and transmitting control signals to the other cards of the electronic control box to modify operation of the gas turbine engine.

6. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the closed architecture section includes a microserver.

7. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the dual architecture section includes a smart signal conditioner.

8. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the dual-architecture card further includes a high-security connector between the open architecture section and closed architecture section.

9. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the microserver connects to the Internet by way of a local area network.

10. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the microserver connects to the Internet by way of a cellular network.

11. The gas turbine engine of claim 1, wherein the microserver connects to the Internet by way of satellite.