Patents by Inventor Carlos E. Silva

Carlos E. Silva 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).

  • Bucket to wheel dovetail design for turbine rotors
    Patent number: 5494408
    Abstract: In a steam turbine rotor wheel and bucket dovetail joint construction wherein the wheel dovetail includes three radially aligned hooks each interconnected by a neck having an upper and lower fillet, an improvement includes redesigned fillet radii which, in a first embodiment, include the upper fillet having a radius greater than the lower fillet radius. In certain embodiments, the upper fillet may have a radius twice that of the lower fillet. In other embodiments, the radii in both the upper and lower fillets have been enlarged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 1994
    Date of Patent: February 27, 1996
    Assignee: General Electric Co.
    Inventors: Robert E. Seeley, Raymond J. Jones, Carl L. De Cesare, James H. Vogan, Joseph H. Stocks, III, Carlos E. Silva