Patents by Inventor Hemanth GS. KUMAR

Hemanth GS. KUMAR 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).

  • Cooling circuit for reducing thermal growth differential of turbine rotor and shell supports
    Patent number: 9376934
    Abstract: A standard for supporting a turbine rotor and a turbine shell includes a bearing block including a housing enclosing bearing surfaces engageable by the turbine rotor. Turbine shell-arm supports are located on opposite sides of the housing, the turbine shell-arm supports each having a horizontal and one or more vertical surfaces adapted to be engaged by support arms of a turbine shell enclosing at least a portion of the turbine. An internal cooling/heating circuit is arranged to simultaneously cool or heat the bearing block and the turbine shell-arm supports to thereby reduce differential thermal growth characteristics of the turbine rotor and turbine shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Edward Jay Cooper, Peter John Eizenzopf, Xiaoqing Zheng, William Patrick Rusch, Hemanth GS Kumar, Craig Daniel Ivancic, Edward John Sharrow
  • COOLING CIRCUIT FOR REDUCING THERMAL GROWTH DIFFERENTIAL OF TURBINE ROTOR AND SHELL SUPPORTS
    Publication number: 20140053394
    Abstract: A standard for supporting a turbine rotor and a turbine shell includes a bearing block including a housing enclosing bearing surfaces engageable by the turbine rotor. Turbine shell-arm supports are located on opposite sides of the housing, the turbine shell-arm supports each having a horizontal and one or more vertical surfaces adapted to be engaged by support arms of a turbine shell enclosing at least a portion of the turbine. An internal cooling/heating circuit is arranged to simultaneously cool or heat the bearing block and the turbine shell-arm supports to thereby reduce differential thermal growth characteristics of the turbine rotor and turbine shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 27, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Edward Jay COOPER, Peter John EIZENZOPF, Xiaoqing ZHENG, William Patrick RUSCH, Hemanth GS. KUMAR, Craig Daniel IVANCIC, Edward John SHARROW