Patents by Inventor Eric Donald Anderson

Eric Donald Anderson 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 turbine blade installation
    Patent number: 8555473
    Abstract: Systems are provided for a blade installation tool. The blade installation tool may include a vertical guide having a vertical ram path. A ram may be disposed along the vertical guide. The ram can move along the vertical ram path between a lower position and an upper position at a height above the lower position. Gravity may drive the ram from the upper position toward the lower position to provide an impact force of the ram against a blade segment of a turbine or a compressor. The height of the upper position is variable so as to control the impact force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Royce Howes, Eric Donald Anderson, Gregory Norman Fournier
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TURBINE BLADE INSTALLATION
    Publication number: 20110162179
    Abstract: Systems are provided for a blade installation tool. The blade installation tool may include a vertical guide having a vertical ram path. A ram may be disposed along the vertical guide. The ram can move along the vertical ram path between a lower position and an upper position at a height above the lower position. Gravity may drive the ram from the upper position toward the lower position to provide an impact force of the ram against a blade segment of a turbine or a compressor. The height of the upper position is variable so as to control the impact force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Royce Howes, Eric Donald Anderson, Gregory Norman Fournier