Patents by Inventor Loy Milton Miller, JR.

Loy Milton Miller, JR. 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).

  • Combustor assembly alignment and securement systems
    Patent number: 10125634
    Abstract: A combustor assembly alignment system comprises an alignment plate comprising a plurality of alignment plate holes that align with a plurality of combustor assembly flange holes, an alignment plate securement system configured to secure the alignment plate to a combustor assembly flange by passing through a first alignment plate hole of the alignment plate and a first combustor assembly flange hole of the combustor assembly flange, and an alignment tube that extends away from the alignment plate, wherein a hollow interior of the alignment tube aligns with a second combustor assembly flange hole when the alignment plate is secured to the combustor assembly flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Merlau, Stuart Craig Hanson, Sandra Beverly Kolvick, Thomas Alan Mogle, II, Loy Milton Miller, Jr.
  • COMBUSTOR ASSEMBLY ALIGNMENT AND SECUREMENT SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20170167297
    Abstract: A combustor assembly alignment system comprises an alignment plate comprising a plurality of alignment plate holes that align with a plurality of combustor assembly flange holes, an alignment plate securement system configured to secure the alignment plate to a combustor assembly flange by passing through a first alignment plate hole of the alignment plate and a first combustor assembly flange hole of the combustor assembly flange, and an alignment tube that extends away from the alignment plate, wherein a hollow interior of the alignment tube aligns with a second combustor assembly flange hole when the alignment plate is secured to the combustor assembly flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Merlau, Stuart Craig Hanson, Sandra Beverly Kolvick, Thomas Alan Mogle, II, Loy Milton Miller, JR.