Patents by Inventor Robert James Sherwood

Robert James Sherwood 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).

  • Support arrangement for a steam turbine LP inner casing
    Patent number: 8821110
    Abstract: A support arrangement is provided for an inner casing of a turbine having an inner casing with upper and lower sections secured together along a first interface lying substantially in a horizontal plane containing a longitudinal centerline of a turbine rotor. An outer shell substantially encloses the inner casing, and in the inner casing is supported directly on an external foundation at a mounting location below the longitudinal centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Ross Predmore, Robert James Sherwood, Rajendra Gonoor, Erik Eduardo Lopez
  • TURBINE COWLING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140119886
    Abstract: A steam turbine cowling system is disclosed. The steam turbine cowling system including: a lower portion configured to be disposed proximate an inner casing of a steam turbine; and an upper portion connected to at least one of the lower portion and the inner casing, the upper portion shaped to be disposed proximate the inner casing of the steam turbine, the upper portion substantially defining a flowpath about the inner casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Erik Eduardo Lopez Partida, Anthony Angelo Corratti, Daniel Ross Predmore, Robert James Sherwood
  • SUPPORT ARRANGEMENT FOR A STEAM TURBINE LP INNER CASING
    Publication number: 20120282089
    Abstract: A support arrangement is provided for an inner casing of a turbine having an inner casing with upper and lower sections secured together along a first interface lying substantially in a horizontal plane containing a longitudinal centerline of a turbine rotor. An outer shell substantially encloses the inner casing, and in the inner casing is supported directly on an external foundation at a mounting location below the longitudinal centerline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Daniel Ross PREDMORE, Robert James SHERWOOD, Rajendra GONOOR, Erik Eduardo LOPEZ
  • STIFFENING SYSTEM FOR STEAM TURBINE CASING
    Publication number: 20120195752
    Abstract: A steam turbine casing stiffening system is disclosed. In one embodiment, a steam turbine inner casing stiffening system is disclosed, including: an inner casing segment; and a stiffening member affixed to and extending radially outward from an external surface of the inner casing segment, the stiffening member configured to support at least a portion of the inner casing segment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2011
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Erik Eduardo Lopez Partida, Rajendra Gonoor, Daniel Ross Predmore, Robert James Sherwood