Patents by Inventor Robert Kevin Read

Robert Kevin Read 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).

  • Gas turbine exhaust strut refurbishment
    Patent number: 8430627
    Abstract: A gas turbine exhaust strut installed in an exhaust case of a gas turbine is disclosed which includes a trailing portion configured with an inner surface for mounting to an inner annular member of the exhaust case and an outer surface for mounting to an outer annular member of the exhaust case, a block attached to the trailing portion, an angled piece attached to the block and configured with a surface on a pressure side of the strut angled with respect to a surface of the trailing portion on the pressure side of the strut, and a transition piece attached to the block and configured with a surface on the pressure side of the strut for smoothing the transition between the height of the block on the pressure side of the strut and the height of the trailing portion on the pressure side of the strut. A method of refurbishing an exhaust strut installed in an exhaust case of gas turbine while retaining at least a portion of the strut in the exhaust case is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2013
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Jose Luis Ruiz, Russell Bond Jones, Robert Kevin Read, Alexander Ortega
  • GAS TURBINE EXHAUST STRUT REFURBISHMENT
    Publication number: 20110103947
    Abstract: A gas turbine exhaust strut installed in an exhaust case of a gas turbine is disclosed which includes a trailing portion configured with an inner surface for mounting to an inner annular member of the exhaust case and an outer surface for mounting to an outer annular member of the exhaust case, a block attached to the trailing portion, an angled piece attached to the block and configured with a surface on a pressure side of the strut angled with respect to a surface of the trailing portion on the pressure side of the strut, and a transition piece attached to the block and configured with a surface on the pressure side of the strut for smoothing the transition between the height of the block on the pressure side of the strut and the height of the trailing portion on the pressure side of the strut. A method of refurbishing an exhaust strut installed in an exhaust case of gas turbine while retaining at least a portion of the strut in the exhaust case is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Publication date: May 5, 2011
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Jose Luis Ruiz, Russell Bond Jones, Robert Kevin Read, Alexander Ortega