Patents by Inventor Michael James Tessier

Michael James Tessier 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).

  • Method for removing a rotor bucket from a turbomachine rotor wheel
    Patent number: 9382801
    Abstract: A method of removing a bucket from a turbomachine rotor wheel includes exposing a base portion of the bucket, positioning a pulling device radially outwardly of the base portion, connecting the base portion of the bucket to the pulling device through a linking rod, exerting an axially outwardly directed force on the linking rod through the pulling device, and removing the base portion from the rotor wheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul James Cassidy, Engelbert John Paauwe, Michael James Tessier
  • METHOD FOR REMOVING A ROTOR BUCKET FROM A TURBOMACHINE ROTOR WHEEL
    Publication number: 20150240642
    Abstract: A method of removing a bucket from a turbomachine rotor wheel includes exposing a base portion of the bucket, positioning a pulling device radially outwardly of the base portion, connecting the base portion of the bucket to the pulling device through a linking rod, exerting an axially outwardly directed force on the linking rod through the pulling device, and removing the base portion from the rotor wheel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2014
    Publication date: August 27, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul James Cassidy, Engelbert John Paauwe, Michael James Tessier