Patents by Inventor Kenneth Eric Lutz

Kenneth Eric Lutz 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).

  • Patent number: 7687151
    Abstract: An overlay for repairing spline and seal teeth of a mated component is disclosed. The overlay is a tube constructed of a weld repair material, the tube having an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface is dimensioned to define an aperture sized to receive a plurality of radially spaced splines of the component, the splines of the component arranged to matingly engage a complementary component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Troy Lance Finton, Thomas Joseph Kelly, Kenneth Eric Lutz
  • Patent number: 7591057
    Abstract: A method of repairing spline and seal teeth of a mated component is disclosed. The method includes a low energy input weld to deposit a repair material on the non-worn, non-pressure face of the splines while minimizing the HAZ grain size. The splined area of the component is then remachined to the original spline contour by removing original material from the worn, pressure face of the splines and excess repair material to produce a mated component with radially re-clocked splines that have original component material on the pressure face of the teeth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Troy Lance Finton, Thomas Joseph Kelly, Kenneth Eric Lutz