Patents by Inventor Harry Brunner

Harry Brunner 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).

  • Vibration supression for turbine blades
    Patent number: 4268223
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for suppressing vibration in turbine blading and the like is disclosed. A damping tube is inserted through an aperture in each of a plurality of turbine blades. By expanding the damping tube after it is inserted in the blades the tube is firmly secured to each blade. A wire may be inserted through the damping tube and is secured by crimping the expanded tube portions. The tube may be divided into circumferential segments with each tube being widened for example by means of a center punch at an end portion which extends through the final blade of each segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1981
    Assignee: BBC Brown, Boveri & Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Emil Anner, Harry Brunner, Hans J. Meister