Patents by Inventor Paul Stukenborg

Paul Stukenborg 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).

  • System for adjusting torsional frequency of a power train
    Patent number: 10030734
    Abstract: A load coupling device for a power train including: a rotatable shaft; a first flange on a first end of the shaft, wherein the first flange is adapted to couple to a first rotating shaft of at a torque producing turbine or a torque driven electrical generator; a second flange on an opposite end of the shaft, wherein the shaft is adapted to couple to a second rotating shaft of the other of the turbine and the generator, and an annular ring extending radially outward from the first flange, wherein the mass of the annular ring is selected to shift a torsional natural frequency of the power train away from an operational condition of the power train. Trim masses may be added to make fine adjustments to the torsional natural frequency of the power train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Simon Graham, Raymond Andrew Vincent, George Kaliope, Paul Stukenborg
  • SYSTEM FOR ADJUSTING TORSIONAL FREQUENCY OF A POWER TRAIN
    Publication number: 20140251074
    Abstract: A load coupling device for a power train including: a rotatable shaft; a first flange on a first end of the shaft, wherein the first flange is adapted to couple to a first rotating shaft of at a torque producing turbine or a torque driven electrical generator; a second flange on an opposite end of the shaft, wherein the shaft is adapted to couple to a second rotating shaft of the other of the turbine and the generator, and an annular ring extending radially outward from the first flange, wherein the mass of the annular ring is selected to shift a torsional natural frequency of the power train away from an operational condition of the power train. Trim masses may be added to make fine adjustments to the torsional natural frequency of the power train.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 11, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Simon Graham, Raymond Andrew Vincent, George Kaliope, Paul Stukenborg
  • Method for adjusting torsional frequency of a power train
    Patent number: 8732927
    Abstract: A load coupling device for a power train including: a rotatable shaft; a first flange on a first end of the shaft, wherein the first flange is adapted to couple to a first rotating shaft of at a torque producing turbine or a torque driven electrical generator; a second flange on an opposite end of the shaft, wherein the shaft is adapted to couple to a second rotating shaft of the other of the turbine and the generator, and an annular ring extending radially outward from the first flange, wherein the mass of the annular ring is selected to shift a torsional natural frequency of the power train away from an operational condition of the power train. Trim masses may be added to make fine adjustments to the torsional natural frequency of the power train.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Simon Graham, Raymond Andrew Vincent, George Kaliope, Paul Stukenborg
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADJUSTING TORSIONAL FREQUENCY OF A POWER TRAIN
    Publication number: 20130071180
    Abstract: A load coupling device for a power train including: a rotatable shaft; a first flange on a first end of the shaft, wherein the first flange is adapted to couple to a first rotating shaft of at a torque producing turbine or a torque driven electrical generator; a second flange on an opposite end of the shaft, wherein the shaft is adapted to couple to a second rotating shaft of the other of the turbine and the generator, and an annular ring extending radially outward from the first flange, wherein the mass of the annular ring is selected to shift a torsional natural frequency of the power train away from an operational condition of the power train. Trim masses may be added to make fine adjustments to the torsional natural frequency of the power train.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 21, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Simon GRAHAM, Raymond Andrew Vincent, George Kaliope, Paul Stukenborg