Patents by Inventor Anthony Durchholz

Anthony Durchholz 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).

  • Methods for optimizing turbine engine shell radial clearances
    Patent number: 7260892
    Abstract: A method facilitates the assembly of a stator assembly for a turbine engine. The method includes providing a cantilevered shell including a first end and a second end, and coupling a second member within the turbine engine. The method also includes coupling the shell to a frame such that the shell extends circumferentially around at least a portion of the second member such that a non-uniform circumferential radial gap is defined radially between the second member and the shell using methods other than directing machining of an inner surface of the shell, and wherein the non-uniform circumferential radial clearance gap becomes substantially uniform during operation of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jan Christopher Schilling, Daniel Edward Mollmann, Barry Lynn Allmon, Anthony Durchholz
  • Methods and apparatus for optimizing turbine engine shell radial clearances
    Publication number: 20050138806
    Abstract: A method facilitates the assembly of a stator assembly for a turbine engine. The method includes providing a cantilevered shell including a first end and a second end, and coupling a second member within the turbine engine. The method also includes coupling the shell to a frame such that the shell extends circumferentially around at least a portion of the second member such that a non-uniform circumferential radial gap is defined radially between the second member and the shell using methods other than directing machining of an inner surface of the shell, and wherein the non-uniform circumferential radial clearance gap becomes substantially uniform during operation of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 30, 2005
    Inventors: Jan Schilling, Daniel Mollmann, Barry Allmon, Anthony Durchholz