Patents by Inventor Richard F. Gutta

Richard F. Gutta 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).

  • Trilobe mounting with anti-rotation apparatus for an air duct in a gas turbine rotor
    Patent number: 6053697
    Abstract: An air duct assembly for a gas turbine compressor rotor in a gas turbine engine is described. The rotor includes a compressor spool shaft and at least one stage disk, and the air duct assembly includes an elongate hollow cylindrical air duct configured to couple to a stage disk at a first end of the air duct. The second end of the air duct is configured to couple to the spool shaft. The second end of the air duct includes a plurality of lobes depending radially inward, a spool shaft insert configured to fit into an opening in the spool shaft, and a plurality of pins coupled to the spool shaft insert and configured to extend from the insert and to engage the lobes of the second end of the air duct.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1998
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2000
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Arthur J. Piekarski, James M. Forrester, Charles E. Steckle, Richard F. Gutta