Patents by Inventor Gary E. Nordenson

Gary E. Nordenson 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).

  • Patent number: 3999883
    Abstract: A turbine nozzle has a row of vanes each rotatable about an axis extending spanwise of the vane. Each vane is rotated by a shaft which extends through one shroud of the stator vane stage. The free end of each vane is sealed by a flexible seal ring structure made up of overlapping flexible leaves. These leaves are fixed to the nozzle inner shroud at the downstream side of the vanes and motive fluid under pressure is admitted upstream of the vanes to the space between the leaves and the shroud so that the pressure difference across the leaves biases them into engagement with the ends of the vanes. The purpose is to seal against leakage past the vane ends without causing undue frictional resistance to varying the vane setting angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 1975
    Date of Patent: December 28, 1976
    Assignee: General Motors Corporation
    Inventor: Gary E. Nordenson