Patents by Inventor Charles Vaughn Spanos

Charles Vaughn Spanos 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).

  • Turbine shroud block removal apparatus
    Patent number: 9816398
    Abstract: A turbine shroud block removal apparatus. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a first base plate including a first armature. The first base plate may be releasably coupled to a first shroud block. The apparatus also may also include a second base plate including a second armature. The second base plate may be releasably coupled to a second shroud block positioned adjacent the first shroud block. Additionally, the apparatus may include an actuator coupled to the first armature of the first base plate and the second armature of the second base plate. The actuator may change a distance between the first shroud block and the second shroud block.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Lukasz Sajdak, John William Herbold, Philippe Monfort-Moros, Charles Vaughn Spanos, Michal Wojciech Wnuk
  • TURBINE SHROUD BLOCK REMOVAL APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20160160689
    Abstract: A turbine shroud block removal apparatus. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a first base plate including a first armature. The first base plate may be releasably coupled to a first shroud block. The apparatus also may also include a second base plate including a second armature. The second base plate may be releasably coupled to a second shroud block positioned adjacent the first shroud block. Additionally, the apparatus may include an actuator coupled to the first armature of the first base plate and the second armature of the second base plate. The actuator may change a distance between the first shroud block and the second shroud block.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2013
    Publication date: June 9, 2016
    Inventors: Lukasz Sajdak, John William Herbold, Philippe Monfort-Moros, Charles Vaughn Spanos, Michal Wojciech Wnuk