Patents by Inventor Andrea Booher Kretschmar
Andrea Booher Kretschmar has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
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Patent number: 10174617Abstract: The present application provides a method of repairing a turbine blade. The method may include the steps of removing an existing tip cap from the turbine blade in whole or in part, machining the turbine blade to form a machined groove, positioning an insert in the machined groove, welding the insert to the turbine blade, and brazing the turbine blade.Type: GrantFiled: December 10, 2015Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Lawrence James Whims, James Ryan Connor, Daniel James Dorriety, Andrea Booher Kretschmar, Paul A. Cook, Brian Leslie Henderson
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Publication number: 20180017466Abstract: A system for attaching a probe to a casing of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The system may include a probe receptacle attachable to the casing. The probe receptacle may include an internal bore, a bayonet slot, a spring disposed within the internal bore adjacent to the bayonet slot, and a sealing surface within the internal bore. The system also may include a probe attachment assembly disposed about the probe and configured to engage the probe receptacle. The probe attachment assembly may include at least one bayonet positionable within the bayonet slot and a seal positionable adjacent to the sealing surface within the internal bore.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2017Publication date: January 18, 2018Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrea Booher Kretschmar, Zachary John Snider, Nathan Lee Brown, Kurt Kramer Schleif, Michael Allen Ball
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Patent number: 9778144Abstract: A system for attaching a probe to a casing of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The system may include a probe receptacle attachable to the casing. The probe receptacle may include an internal bore, a bayonet slot, a spring disposed within the internal bore adjacent to the bayonet slot, and a sealing surface within the internal bore. The system also may include a probe attachment assembly disposed about the probe and configured to engage the probe receptacle. The probe attachment assembly may include at least one bayonet positionable within the bayonet slot and a seal positionable adjacent to the sealing surface within the internal bore.Type: GrantFiled: September 18, 2014Date of Patent: October 3, 2017Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Zachary John Snider, Nathan Lee Brown, Andrea Booher Kretschmar, Michael Allen Ball
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Patent number: 9748675Abstract: A splicer device is disclosed herein. The splicer device includes a main body having an internal passage formed between a first end of the main body and a second end of the main body. The first end of the main body is configured to receive at least one first wire, and the second end of the main body is configured to receive at least one second wire. A window is disposed within the main body and in communication with the internal passage between the first end of the main body and the second end of the main body for accessing and splicing the at least one first wire and the at least one second wire.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2014Date of Patent: August 29, 2017Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: David Howard Syck, Gregory Quentin Brown, Kurt Kramer Schleif, Andrea Booher Kretschmar
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Publication number: 20170167263Abstract: The present application provides a method of repairing a turbine blade. The method may include the steps of removing an existing tip cap from the turbine blade in whole or in part, machining the turbine blade to form a machined groove, positioning an insert in the machined groove, welding the insert to the turbine blade, and brazing the turbine blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 10, 2015Publication date: June 15, 2017Inventors: LAWRENCE JAMES WHIMS, JAMES RYAN CONNOR, DANIEL JAMES DORRIETY, ANDREA BOOHER KRETSCHMAR, PAUL A. COOK, BRIAN LESLIE HENDERSON
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Publication number: 20160100503Abstract: A system for cooling a probe disposed about a hot gas path is disclosed herein. The system may include a probe holder having a main body including an inner passage, an intermediate passage, and an outer passage. The intermediate passage and the outer passage may be in fluid communication. The probe may be disposed within the inner passage of the probe holder. The probe may include an internal passage. The system also may include a first cooling circuit in fluid communication with internal passage of the probe. Moreover, the system may include a second cooling circuit having an inlet in fluid communication with the intermediate passage and an outlet in fluid communication with the outer passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2014Publication date: April 7, 2016Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Yamil Miguel Morales Valvieja, Michael Anthony Armocida, Joaquin Hiram Ayala Hernandez, Andrea Booher Kretschmar, Miho Onuki, Katherine Derksen Stinson, Kurt Kramer Schleif
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Publication number: 20160084736Abstract: A system for attaching a probe to a casing of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The system may include a probe receptacle attachable to the casing. The probe receptacle may include an internal bore, a bayonet slot, a spring disposed within the internal bore adjacent to the bayonet slot, and a sealing surface within the internal bore. The system also may include a probe attachment assembly disposed about the probe and configured to engage the probe receptacle. The probe attachment assembly may include at least one bayonet positionable within the bayonet slot and a seal positionable adjacent to the sealing surface within the internal bore.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2014Publication date: March 24, 2016Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Kurt Kramer Schleif, Zachary John Snider, Nathan Lee Brown, Andrea Booher Kretschmar, Michael Allen Ball
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Publication number: 20160064835Abstract: A splicer device is disclosed herein. The splicer device includes a main body having an internal passage formed between a first end of the main body and a second end of the main body. The first end of the main body is configured to receive at least one first wire, and the second end of the main body is configured to receive at least one second wire. A window is disposed within the main body and in communication with the internal passage between the first end of the main body and the second end of the main body for accessing and splicing the at least one first wire and the at least one second wire.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 29, 2014Publication date: March 3, 2016Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: David Howard Syck, Gregory Quentin Brown, Kurt Kramer Schleif, Andrea Booher Kretschmar
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Publication number: 20150010386Abstract: Systems and devices configured to determine misalignment of targets of a rotating shaft by monitoring axial and radial aspects of targets and the shaft. In one embodiment, a target monitoring system includes a first horizontal probe communicatively connected to at least one first horizontal target connected to the shaft, and a first axial probe located adjacent to the first horizontal probe and communicatively connected to the first horizontal target. The system also includes a second horizontal probe communicatively connected to at least one second horizontal target connected to the shaft, and a second axial probe located adjacent to the second horizontal probe and communicatively connected to the second horizontal target. The system may further include an end probe disposed proximate a first end of the shaft for monitoring axial movement of the shaft, and a computing device communicatively connected to the end probe and each horizontal and axial probe.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 3, 2013Publication date: January 8, 2015Inventors: Peter Ping-Liang Sue, Lawrence Brown Farr, II, Andrea Booher Kretschmar
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Patent number: 8910531Abstract: Systems and devices configured to determine misalignment of targets of a rotating shaft by monitoring axial and radial aspects of targets and the shaft. In one embodiment, a target monitoring system includes a first horizontal probe communicatively connected to at least one first horizontal target connected to the shaft, and a first axial probe located adjacent to the first horizontal probe and communicatively connected to the first horizontal target. The system also includes a second horizontal probe communicatively connected to at least one second horizontal target connected to the shaft, and a second axial probe located adjacent to the second horizontal probe and communicatively connected to the second horizontal target. The system may further include an end probe disposed proximate a first end of the shaft for monitoring axial movement of the shaft, and a computing device communicatively connected to the end probe and each horizontal and axial probe.Type: GrantFiled: July 3, 2013Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Peter Ping-Liang Sue, Lawrence Brown Farr, II, Andrea Booher Kretschmar