Patents by Inventor Bhaskar Ram

Bhaskar Ram 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).

  • SYSTEM FOR SEALING A GAS PATH IN A TURBINE
    Publication number: 20130300067
    Abstract: A system for sealing a gas path in a turbine includes a brush holder and a support connected to the brush holder and extending away from the brush holder. The support has an upstream side and a downstream side. A plurality of upstream bristles is connected to the brush holder along the upstream side of the support, and a plurality of downstream bristles is connected to the brush holder along the downstream side of the support. The upstream and downstream bristles have terminal ends that extend away from the brush holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Kunal Upendra Sakekar, Bhaskar Ram, Srinivasarao Pakkala, Shaik Karimulla Sha
  • SEAL FOR A TURBINE SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20130280048
    Abstract: A seal for a turbine system includes a rotor, a bowl region and a stator assembly having a tip strip disposed proximate the rotor. Also included is a packing head disposed proximate the tip strip. Further included is a flex seal having a first end portion fixedly secured to at least one of the tip strip and the packing head, with a second end portion slidably engaged with at least one of the tip strip and the packing head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2012
    Publication date: October 24, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Bhaskar Ram, Kevin Joseph Barb, Srinivas Pakkala, Kunal Sakekar Upendra
  • TURBINE BUCKET HAVING AXIALLY EXTENDING GROOVE
    Publication number: 20130034445
    Abstract: A turbine bucket and corresponding turbines are disclosed herein. In one aspect, the turbine bucket includes: a blade member; and a base member affixed to the blade member, the base member configured to attach to a turbine rotor radially inward of the blade member, wherein the base member includes a first semi-elliptical extension spanning substantially an axial length of the base member and extending at least partially perpendicularly in relation to a primary axis of the turbine bucket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2011
    Publication date: February 7, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Varanasi Bhaskar Ram, Fred Thomas Willett, JR.