Patents by Inventor BERND DAESCHNER

BERND DAESCHNER 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).

  • ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR OPERATING ON HORIZONTALLY ORIENTED EQUIPMENT
    Publication number: 20240157528
    Abstract: Provided herein is a method that includes coupling a support fixture having a hanging strap to a frame of an assembly at a location vertically above a rotatable shaft of the assembly; vertically supporting the shaft with the strap; temporarily mounting a pulling fixture to the frame of the assembly, the pulling fixture having a bowl-shaped body and a hydraulic ram coupled to the bowl-shaped body, the pulling fixture mounted to the frame such that a second end of the bowl-shaped body is coupled to the frame and the hydraulic ram is operably coupled to a bearing of the assembly; and controlling the hydraulic ram to apply coaxial force to the bearing to remove the bearing from the assembly or to install the bearing into the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2023
    Publication date: May 16, 2024
    Inventors: Corey Lee Jackson, Josh Allego, Bernd Daeschner, Jeffrey John Wolff
  • System, method and apparatus for installing a torque tube
    Patent number: 9751402
    Abstract: An apparatus for installing a torque tube includes a first clamp portion and a second clamp portion. The first clamp portion is arcuate in shape and has opposed first distal ends. The second clamp portion is arcuate in shape and has opposed second distal ends configured to abut the first distal ends of the first clamp portion to form a ring. The first clamp portion and the second clamp portion are configured to clamp a torque tube therebetween. The apparatus also includes a plurality of legs depending downwardly from the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion which are configured to set a spacing between the torque tube and a seal ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Anthony Paul Fama, Bernd Daeschner
  • SYSTEM, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INSTALLING A TORQUE TUBE
    Publication number: 20160193914
    Abstract: An apparatus for installing a torque tube includes a first clamp portion and a second clamp portion. The first clamp portion is arcuate in shape and has opposed first distal ends. The second clamp portion is arcuate in shape and has opposed second distal ends configured to abut the first distal ends of the first clamp portion to form a ring. The first clamp portion and the second clamp portion are configured to clamp a torque tube therebetween. The apparatus also includes a plurality of legs depending downwardly from the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion which are configured to set a spacing between the torque tube and a seal ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: ANTHONY PAUL FAMA, BERND DAESCHNER