Patents by Inventor Gianluigi Bertino

Gianluigi Bertino 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).

  • Maintenance method of a gas turbine unit and gas turbine unit
    Patent number: 8443514
    Abstract: A maintenance method of a gas turbine unit, having a first stator element provided with first connecting holes contemplates replacing a second stator element, provided with second connecting holes and connected to the first stator element by means of coupling pins insertable into the first and the second connecting holes, with a third spare stator element provided with third connecting holes; and coupling the first stator element to the third spare stator element by means of eccentric coupling pins and eccentric bushes, each of which is selectively insertable in the first and the third connecting holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2013
    Assignee: Ansaldo Energia S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gianluigi Bertino
  • Gas turbine compressor
    Patent number: 8075253
    Abstract: A gas turbine compressor presents a first fixed stage having a plurality of first adjustable vanes and a further fixed stage, which has an inner ring extending about a first axis; an outer ring arranged about the inner ring and coaxial with the inner ring; and a plurality of second adjustable vanes, each of which extends along a second axis in an essentially radial direction with respect to the first axis between the inner ring and the outer ring; and it is adjustable about the corresponding second axis independently from the first adjustable vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Ansaldo Energia S.p.A.
    Inventor: Gianluigi Bertino
  • MAINTENANCE METHOD OF A GAS TURBINE UNIT AND GAS TURBINE UNIT
    Publication number: 20100126013
    Abstract: A maintenance method of a gas turbine unit, having a first stator element provided with first connecting holes contemplates replacing a second stator element, provided with second connecting holes and connected to the first stator element by means of coupling pins insertable into the first and the second connecting holes, with a third spare stator element provided with third connecting holes; and coupling the first stator element to the third spare stator element by means of eccentric coupling pins and eccentric bushes, each of which is selectively insertable in the first and the third connecting holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2008
    Publication date: May 27, 2010
    Applicant: ANSALDO ENERGIA S.P.A.
    Inventor: Gianluigi Bertino
  • GAS TURBINE COMPRESSOR
    Publication number: 20090208329
    Abstract: A gas turbine compressor presents a first fixed stage having a plurality of first adjustable vanes and a further fixed stage, which has an inner ring extending about a first axis; an outer ring arranged about the inner ring and coaxial with the inner ring; and a plurality of second adjustable vanes, each of which extends along a second axis in an essentially radial direction with respect to the first axis between the inner ring and the outer ring; and it is adjustable about the corresponding second axis independently from the first adjustable vanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2007
    Publication date: August 20, 2009
    Inventor: Gianluigi Bertino