Patents Represented by Attorney, Agent or Law Firm Robert B. Reeser, II
  • Method and inspection standard for eddy current inspection
    Patent number: 6696830
    Abstract: A method for inspecting a metallic component comprises providing an inspection standard having an eddy current signature substantially similar to an eddy current signature of the metallic component, wherein the inspection standard body is fabricated from a non-metallic material. The method also comprises inspecting the metallic component with an eddy current probe with reference to the inspection standard.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Dominick A. Casarcia, Douglas E. Ingram, William S. McKnight
  • Methods and apparatus for limiting fluid flow between adjacent rotor blades
    Patent number: 6579065
    Abstract: A rotor assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of radially extending and circumferentially spaced rotor blades and a seal. Each of the blades includes a platform including a radially outer surface and a radially inner surface. The platform radially outer surface defines a surface for fluid flowing thereover. The seal includes at least one hollow member coupled to each rotor blade platform radially inner surface that is configured to reduce fluid flow through a gap defined between adjacent rotor blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Co.
    Inventors: Matthew Alban Scott, Jay L. Cornell, Robert Russell Grant