Patents by Inventor Ron Souther

Ron Souther 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 repair of a locomotive diesel motor water manifold
    Patent number: 8061003
    Abstract: Methods for repairing and restoring water manifold pipes, particularly locomotive diesel motor water manifolds exhibiting excessive corrosion around at least one water port. Exemplary methods include inserting a pipe segment into a selected water port and using the inserted pipe segment as a build-up or brazing form. Braze material is applied in one layers around and against the inserted pipe segment. Excess braze material and the pipe segment are thereafter removed in order to restore the manifold pipe to an original dimension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Alistair Smith, Wayne Ray Grady, Jesus Palomino, Ron Souther
  • METHOD FOR REPAIR OF A LOCOMOTIVE DIESEL MOTOR WATER MANIFOLD
    Publication number: 20100024187
    Abstract: Methods for repairing and restoring water manifold pipes, particularly locomotive diesel motor water manifolds exhibiting excessive corrosion around at least one water port. Exemplary methods include inserting a pipe segment into a selected water port and using the inserted pipe segment as a build-up or brazing form. Braze material is applied in one layers around and against the inserted pipe segment. Excess braze material and the pipe segment are thereafter removed in order to restore the manifold pipe to an original dimension.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Alistair Smith, Wayne Ray Grady, Jesus Palomino, Ron Souther
  • Turbine component with repaired seal land and related method
    Publication number: 20080166233
    Abstract: A method of repairing a turbine component seal land includes: (a) removing material along substantially the entire seal land to provide a preform-receiving face; (b) locating a repair preform along and engaged with said preform-receiving face; (c) brazing the preform to said preform-receiving face; (d) and finish machining an exposed face of the preform to specifications, thereby providing a repaired seal land.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2007
    Publication date: July 10, 2008
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jere A. Johnson, John Zelahy, Ron Souther, Warren Miglietti, James C. Monaghan
  • Methods for tuning fuel injection assemblies for a gas turbine fuel nozzle
    Patent number: 7377036
    Abstract: A fuel nozzle assembly for a gas turbine includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced vanes with holes for flowing fuel from plenums within the vanes through holes in the vane walls for premixing with air. To tune the nozzle assembly, the holes are resized by reforming the existing holes to a predetermined hole size, securing plugs into the holes, and forming holes through at least certain of the plugs to diameters less than the diameter of the existing holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jere A. Johnson, Mark J. Bailey, Mark D. Pezzutti, James Christopher Monaghan, Ron Souther, Robert R. Berry
  • Methods for tuning fuel injection assemblies for a gas turbine fuel nozzle
    Publication number: 20060070237
    Abstract: A fuel nozzle assembly for a gas turbine includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced vanes with holes for flowing fuel from plenums within the vanes through holes in the vane walls for premixing with air. To tune the nozzle assembly, the holes are resized by reforming the existing holes to a predetermined hole size, securing plugs into the holes, and forming holes through at least certain of the plugs to diameters less than the diameter of the existing holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jere Johnson, Mark Bailey, Mark Pezzutti, James Monaghan, Ron Souther, Robert Berry