Patents by Inventor Bernard Finbar SHANNON

Bernard Finbar SHANNON 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).

  • Combustion can maintenance apparatus and method
    Patent number: 10533751
    Abstract: Various embodiments include apparatuses for performing maintenance on a gas turbine (GT) combustion can, along with related methods. One apparatus can include: a mounting plate having at least two fasteners extending therethrough, the mounting plate configured to engage a fixed combustion chamber in the GT; a can adjustment bar configured to engage the can combustor, the can adjustment bar including a set of apertures extending therethrough; a set of guide pins extending through the set of apertures in the can adjustment bar and coupled with the mounting plate, the set of guide pins connecting the mounting plate with the can adjustment bar; and an adjustment member extending between the can adjustment bar and the mounting plate, the adjustment member configured to modify a position of the can adjustment bar relative to the mounting plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sandra Beverly Kolvick, Adrien Francis Bigotte, Adrian Adam Klejc, Bernard Finbar Shannon
  • COMBUSTION CAN MAINTENANCE APPARATUS AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20180216829
    Abstract: Various embodiments include apparatuses for performing maintenance on a gas turbine (GT) combustion can, along with related methods. One apparatus can include: a mounting plate having at least two fasteners extending therethrough, the mounting plate configured to engage a fixed combustion chamber in the GT; a can adjustment bar configured to engage the can combustor, the can adjustment bar including a set of apertures extending therethrough; a set of guide pins extending through the set of apertures in the can adjustment bar and coupled with the mounting plate, the set of guide pins connecting the mounting plate with the can adjustment bar; and an adjustment member extending between the can adjustment bar and the mounting plate, the adjustment member configured to modify a position of the can adjustment bar relative to the mounting plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2018
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Sandra Beverly KOLVICK, Adrien Francis BIGOTTE, Adrian Adam KLEJC, Bernard Finbar SHANNON