Patents by Inventor CHRISTOPHER DAVID RUNKEL

CHRISTOPHER DAVID RUNKEL 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR GUIDING A CUTTING/DRILLING TOOL AND CAPTURING GENERATED FOREIGN MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20240091864
    Abstract: A guide for cutting a dowel pin of a rotor assembly is provided. The guide includes a catch basin, including a first catch basin portion and a second catch basin portion, and a shim. The first catch basin portion and the second catch basin portion form a cutting tool receiver. The shim extends from a first edge having a cross-section that is complementary to a surface of the rotor assembly. The first catch basin portion and the second catch basin portion form a receptacle that accommodates and retains portions of a dowel pin during and after removal of the dowel pin from the rotor assembly. The cutting tool receiver is defined by a receiver edge configured to guide a cutting surface of a cutting tool through a cross-section of a dowel pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 21, 2024
    Applicants: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, ATLANTIC PLANT MAINTENANCE, INC.
    Inventors: CHRISTOPHER DAVID RUNKEL, THOMAS ALAN MOGLE, II, MARCUS NOLAN ADAMS, MARK ANDREW HALEY, SANDRA BEVERLY KOLVICK