Patents by Inventor Kirsh Alimohammed Afimiwala

Kirsh Alimohammed Afimiwala 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for replacing objects on horizontal shafts in elevated locations
    Patent number: 8108997
    Abstract: An apparatus for stabilizing a shaft in an essentially horizontal position while an anchoring object at one end of the shaft is replaced without removal of an object at the opposite end of the shaft that would otherwise tend to destabilize the shaft from its essentially horizontal position includes a half-spool member configured to clamp above and around the shaft to resist torque around the rotor, under supports configured to attach to the half-spool member and clamp an underside of the shaft below the half-spool member, and a hydraulic or mechanical brake configured to resist torque on the shaft when the brake is engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 7, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Patrick Weaver, Kirsh Alimohammed Afimiwala, Norman Scott Winneguth, Fulton Jose Lopez, Michael Ulfert Homemann, Craig Leonard Christenson
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REPLACING OBJECTS ON HORIZONTAL SHAFTS IN ELEVATED LOCATIONS
    Publication number: 20110185568
    Abstract: An apparatus for stabilizing a shaft in an essentially horizontal position while an anchoring object at one end of the shaft is replaced without removal of an object at the opposite end of the shaft that would otherwise tend to destabilize the shaft from its essentially horizontal position includes a half-spool member configured to clamp above and around the shaft to resist torque around the rotor, under supports configured to attach to the half-spool member and clamp an underside of the shaft below the half-spool member, and a hydraulic or mechanical brake configured to resist torque on the shaft when the brake is engaged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2010
    Publication date: August 4, 2011
    Inventors: Patrick Weaver, Kirsh Alimohammed Afimiwala, Norman Scott Winneguth, Fulton Jose Lopez, Michael Ulfert Homemann, Craig Leonard Christenson
  • Methods and apparatus for replacing objects on horizontal shafts in elevated locations
    Patent number: 7721434
    Abstract: An apparatus for stabilizing a shaft in an essentially horizontal position while an anchoring object at one end of the shaft is replaced without removal of an object at the opposite end of the shaft that would otherwise tend to destabilize the shaft from its essentially horizontal position includes a half-spool member configured to clamp above and around the shaft to resist torque around the rotor, under supports configured to attach to the half-spool member and clamp an underside of the shaft below the half-spool member, and a hydraulic or mechanical brake configured to resist torque on the shaft when the brake is engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Patrick Weaver, Kirsh Alimohammed Afimiwala, Norman Scott Winneguth, Fulton Jose Lopez, Michael Ulfert Hornemann, Craig Leonard Christenson