Patents by Inventor Eric Zeltwanger

Eric Zeltwanger 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 engine cleaning systems and methods
    Patent number: 10005111
    Abstract: A system and method of cleaning a turbine engine are provided. The method may include inserting, directing and evacuating a cleaning agent. Inserting may include inserting the cleaning agent through a predefined access port into a cooling cavity defined by an internal wall of an assembled turbine component, while directing may include directing the cleaning agent against the internal wall to remove a foreign material therefrom. Evacuating may include evacuating the cleaning agent from the cooling cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Edward Eriksen, Matthew Bos, Nicole Jessica Tibbetts, Michael Scheper, Eric Zeltwanger
  • Turbine Engine Cleaning Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20170209904
    Abstract: A system and method of cleaning a turbine engine are provided. The method may include inserting, directing and evacuating a cleaning agent. Inserting may include inserting the cleaning agent through a predefined access port into a cooling cavity defined by an internal wall of an assembled turbine component, while directing may include directing the cleaning agent against the internal wall to remove a foreign material therefrom. Evacuating may include evacuating the cleaning agent from the cooling cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Edward Eriksen, Matthew Bos, Nicole Jessica Tibbetts, Michael Scheper, Eric Zeltwanger