Patents by Inventor Bruce J. Badding

Bruce J. Badding 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).

  • Near flow path seal with axially flexible arms
    Patent number: 9080456
    Abstract: The present application provides a near flow path seal for a gas turbine. The near flow path seal includes a base, a pair of arms extending from the base, and a curved indentation positioned between the pair of arms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Wesley Harris, Jr., Bruce J. Badding, Brian D. Potter
  • Near Flow Path Seal with Axially Flexible Arms
    Publication number: 20130187339
    Abstract: The present application provides a near flow path seal for a gas turbine. The near flow path seal includes a base, a pair of arms extending from the base, and a curved indentation positioned between the pair of arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: John Wesley Harris, JR., Bruce J. Badding, Brian D. Potter
  • Analyzing characteristics of geometries
    Patent number: 6526550
    Abstract: A system and method for analyzing a baseline geometry and, optionally, a modified geometry. The method can include generating a numerical representation of a baseline geometry having baseline elements identified with first identifiers or element identifiers, and then assigning second identifiers or analyzer identifiers to the elements. A selected characteristic of the geometry, such as structural loading, is analyzed with reference to the second or analyzer identifiers. At least one of the elements of the geometry can then be altered in a manner that at least partially automatically adjusts the surrounding geometry, and the same first identifier or element identifier is associated with the altered element as was associated with the baseline, unaltered element. The altered geometry can be analyzed with respect to a third identifier (or another analyzer identifier) and a correspondence between the identifiers, the baseline element, and the altered element can be established and maintained.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bruce J. Badding, Christopher J. Farral, Linda J. Farral, George H. Ghanime, David M. Johnson, Govindarajan Rengarajan, Peter J. Röhl, Mullahalli V. Srinivas, Julia A. Wagener