Patents Represented by Attorney F. J. Baehr, Jr.

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  • Quick release girth band
    Patent number: 4426755
    Abstract: A quick release mechanism for a girth band having a plurality of coupling portions with high lead angle threaded surfaces that engage and automatically unscrew when tension is applied to the girth band unless an arm disposed on one of the coupling portions is prevented from rotating with respect to the other coupling portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 24, 1984
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Frank M. Figone
  • Turbine disc environment control system
    Patent number: 4425077
    Abstract: Ports are disposed in steam turbine blade discs to control the environment adjacent the bore of the disc to inhibit stress corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 10, 1984
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Harry F. Martin
  • Muzzle arc suppressor for electromagnetic projectile launcher
    Patent number: 4423662
    Abstract: An electromagnetic projectile launcher having a pair of conductive rails with a breech and a nozzle end and an impedance electrically connected across the conductive rails adjacent the muzzle end of the conductive rails, and a second impedance which increases as the distance to the muzzle decreases, is disposed in the muzzle end of the rails and in arcs confined within the muzzle to commutate the current to the first impedance to substantially suppress any external arc as the projectile exits from the launcher.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 3, 1984
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Dan R. McAllister
  • Grooved honeycomb labyrinth seal for steam turbines
    Patent number: 4416457
    Abstract: A circular grooved honeycomb labyrinth seal having a plurality of arcuate base portions, a plurality of honeycomb-shaped cell portions extending radially inwardly from the base portion with a plurality of passages disposed adjacent the base portion, the passages being in fluid communication with each cell and with the upstream side and the downstream side of the honeycomb labyrinth seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1983
    Date of Patent: November 22, 1983
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Ralph E. McGinnis, Lewis Gray
  • Positioning a thin wall round wrapper within a heavy wall out-of-round shell of a heat exchanger
    Patent number: 4415021
    Abstract: A thin wall, generally round wrapper or liner is installed within a heavy wall, rolled heat exchanger shell which has greater out-of-round tolerances than the wrapper and the wrapper is maintained in its round state by utilizing a plurality of different types of jacks disposed adjacent the tube support plates disposed within the wrapper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1983
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: John R. Bayless, Homer G. Hargrove, Edwin G. Thompson
  • Fixture for removing and replacing shrunk-on sleeves on a shaft
    Patent number: 4409731
    Abstract: A fixture for supporting a sleeve and induction coil which encircles the sleeve to facilitate removal and replacement of shrunk-on sleeves on a shaft, the fixture having upper and lower portions electrically insulated from each other and standoff insulated studs and pads which support the sleeve and induction coil within the fixture to minimize circulating currents in the fixture and heating of the fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1983
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Ira J. Campbell
  • Method for removing and replacing shrunk-on sleeves on a shaft
    Patent number: 4408382
    Abstract: A method for removing and replacing shrunk-on sleeves on a shaft utilizing a fixture having upper and lower portions electrically insulated from each other and stand off insulated studs and pads which support the sleeve and induction coil within the fixture, the fixture having insulated parts which minimize circulating currents in the fixture that would result in heating of the fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: October 11, 1983
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Ira J. Campbell
  • Annular shock absorbing system for a missile launcher
    Patent number: 4406211
    Abstract: A shock absorbing pad system for a missile launch tube, wherein the shock absorbing pad system comprises a continuously acting inner sheet, an outer segmented sheet and a plurality of chevron shaped struts disposed between the sheets. The continuously acting inner sheet provides compressive, shear, and tensile forces or a combination thereof to resist lateral shock loads and to restore the missile to its central location within the launch tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1981
    Date of Patent: September 27, 1983
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: William F. Andersen
  • Segmented annular seal for missle launch tube
    Patent number: 4399999
    Abstract: A seal for a large annular space formed from a plurality of overlapping seal segments disposed in a circular array; each seal segment having step margins which overlap when the segments are abutting each other in a circular array, each seal segment also having a sealing portion disposed at an angle with respect to a base portion which fits a cylindrical surface, and there is a groove on the low pressure side of the seal portion adjacent the juncture of the seal portion with the base forming a one directional hinge between the base portion and the sealing portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: August 23, 1983
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Donald C. Wold
  • System for controlling the temperature of the upper end of a missile
    Patent number: 4397215
    Abstract: A diaphragm is disposed in the upper end of the launch tube to ensure circulation of air to control the temperature of the nose of a missile disposed in the launch tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1983
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Vernon Stroud
  • Shock absorbent gas seal
    Patent number: 4389054
    Abstract: A shock absorbent seal having chevron shaped struts and cap disposed between arcuate shaped inner and outer pads, the struts and caps have grooves where they attach to the pads and a groove at the apex to make them flexible during initial compression and the grooves and thickness of the struts and cap can be varied to meet deflection and load requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 21, 1983
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Yuen F. Lee, Shiro Aisawa
  • Moisture separator reheater apparatus
    Patent number: 4386583
    Abstract: A moisture separator reheater apparatus having a shell member and a plurality of tube members situated therein with the shell member having a plurality of cycle steam inlets and a plurality of cycle steam outlets disposed on opposite sidewalls. The tube members are disposed longitudinally in the shell member and include an inlet pass and an outlet pass with the inlet pass receiving a heating fluid on its interior while being exposed to cool cycle steam on its exterior. The outlet pass is situated between the inlet pass and the cycle steam outlets, with the outlet pass receiving on its interior heating fluid which has previously flowed through the inlet pass while being exposed to heated cycle steam from the inlet pass on its exterior. All inlet passes receive heating fluid from a common source.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 7, 1983
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Thomas J. Rabas
  • Switching system for high DC current
    Patent number: 4369692
    Abstract: A switching system for commutating high DC current from a first to a second pair of conductors comprising a switching armature slidably engaging the first pair of conductors, insulating inserts disposed on the first pair of conductors adjacent the second pair of conductors and means for drawing two series arcs between the armature and the first pair of conductors as the current is commutated to the second pair of conductors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1983
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: George A. Kemeny
  • Projectile launching system with resistive insert in the breech
    Patent number: 4369691
    Abstract: Resistive inserts are disposed in the breech of a projectile launcher to prevent excessive premature heating, to prevent premature movement of the projectile armature, and to prevent welding of the armature to the projectile rails during the period while the current builds up to the launching magnitude.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1983
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Frederick J. Baehr, Jr., George A. Kemeny, John P. Barber
  • Broaching machine
    Patent number: 4367992
    Abstract: A broaching machine for simultaneously broaching a multiplicity of holes in a tube support sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 1980
    Date of Patent: January 11, 1983
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Daniel P. Soroka
  • Method for continuously welding a plurality of tubes disposed in multiple rows to a tube sheet
    Patent number: 4359621
    Abstract: A continuous tube welding method which locates each tube and then moves a welding torch in orthogonal X, Y directions to form a continuous weld over a plurality of tubes disposed in a plurality of rows. The tube location is indicated by a probe which also measures tube diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 16, 1982
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Robert E. Monley
  • Self-cleaning orifice assembly
    Patent number: 4356837
    Abstract: A self-cleaning orifice assembly, for draining unacceptable accumulations of water from pipes and vessels associated with a turbine, is herein presented and claimed. The invention includes a two-position, movable stem having therein a plurality of ducts and the orifice. Their relative diameters and the flow itself are utilized to prevent blockage of the flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1982
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: John D. Dickinson
  • Manual tube-to-tubesheet welding torch
    Patent number: 4357515
    Abstract: A welding torch made of a high temperature plastic which fits over a tube intermediate the ends thereof for welding the juncture between the tube and the back side of a tube plate and has a ballooned end in which an electrode, filler wire guide, fiber optic bundle, and blanketing gas duct are disposed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1982
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the United States Department of Energy
    Inventors: Joseph H. Kiefer, Danny J. Smith
  • Projectile launching system with assured current division
    Patent number: 4355561
    Abstract: Series resistance is added to the projectile current loop to assure there will be no premature launching or excessive heating of the projectile armature during the energizing cycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1982
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: George A. Kemeny, John P. Barber
  • Compound angle wedges for coupling ultrasound into a curved surface object
    Patent number: 4353258
    Abstract: A compound angle wedge for coupling ultrasound into a turbine disc to interrogate the keyway area of the turbine disc, the compound angle wedge having a cylindrical surface which is disposed to contact the object to be interrogated and which has a double offset with respect to an interrogating transducer mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1980
    Date of Patent: October 12, 1982
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: David O. Hunter