Patents by Inventor Eric Sulda

Eric Sulda 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).

  • Brush seal designs for turbines and similar rotary apparatus
    Patent number: 7168708
    Abstract: A seal segment for a turbine is provided having labyrinth teeth and a brush seal disposed along the labyrinth teeth. A plurality of the segments for a seal ring. The segments are separable from each other so that the seal can retract. Each segment has two ends, each of which abuts another segment, with those ends lying along a radius (when looking down the shaft of the turbine). The brush disposed in each segment has ends that do not lie along a radius, but fit together in a tongue and groove configuration when the seal segments come together to form a seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2007
    Assignee: Turbo Care, Inc.
    Inventors: William S. Dalton, Eric Sulda, Patrick S. Dalton, William G. Catlow
  • Brush-seal designs for turbines and similar rotary apparatus
    Patent number: 7032903
    Abstract: A seal segment for a turbine is provided having labyrinth teeth and a brush seal disposed along the labyrinth teeth. A plurality of the segments for a seal ring. The segments are separable from each other so that the seal can retract. Each segment has two ends, each of which abuts another segment, with those ends lying along along a radius (when looking down the shaft of the turbine). The brush disposed in each segment has ends that do not lie along a radius, but fit together in a tongue and groove configuration when the seal segments come together to form a seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2000
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2006
    Assignee: TurboCare, Inc.
    Inventors: Wiliam S. Dalton, Eric Sulda, Patrick S. Dalton, William G. Catlow
  • Brush seal designs for turbines and similar rotary apparatus
    Publication number: 20060006603
    Abstract: A seal segment for a turbine is provided having labyrinth teeth and a brush seal disposed along the labyrinth teeth. A plurality of the segments for a seal ring. The segments are separable from each other so that the seal can retract. Each segment has two ends, each of which abuts another segment, with those ends lying along a radius (when looking down the shaft of the turbine). The brush disposed in each segment has ends that do not lie along a radius, but fit together in a tongue and groove configuration when the seal segments come together to form a seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2005
    Publication date: January 12, 2006
    Inventors: William Dalton, Eric Sulda, Patrick Dalton, William Catlow