Patents by Inventor James Elliott Holden

James Elliott Holden 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: 6841195
    Abstract: A method and system of applying a corrosion inhibitor to the interior component parts of a turbine to provide corrosion protection to the components is disclosed. A blower connected to the turbine introduces air into the turbine's interior. A fog of corrosion inhibitor is added to the air and introduced into the turbine through at least one inlet vent in the turbine for introducing the air from the blower into the turbine's interior, and introducing the corrosion inhibitor into the inlet vent while the blower is operating so that the corrosion inhibitor is caused to be drawn into and through the interior of the turbine to coat the interior component parts of the turbine. The step of introducing the corrosion inhibitor into the inlet vent is performed until the corrosion inhibitor appears at the outlet vent at the opposite end of the turbine from where the inlet vent is located or until the corrosion inhibitor coats all exposed surfaces of the components inside turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: George Anthony Kunder, James Elliott Holden
  • Publication number: 20040118341
    Abstract: A method and system of applying a corrosion inhibitor to the interior component parts of a turbine to provide corrosion protection to the components is disclosed. A blower connected to the turbine introduces air into the turbine's interior. A fog of corrosion inhibitor is added to the air and introduced into the turbine through at least one inlet vent in the turbine for introducing the air from the blower into the turbine's interior, and introducing the corrosion inhibitor into the inlet vent while the blower is operating so that the corrosion inhibitor is caused to be drawn into and through the interior of the turbine to coat the interior component parts of the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: George Anthony Kunder, James Elliott Holden
  • Patent number: 6532992
    Abstract: A pipe flange cover for temporarily covering a pipe opening and a pipe flange at an end of a pipe, the cover having a front face and a rear face, the rear face having a center portion surrounded by a peripheral portion of the rear face, the peripheral portion formed with a plurality of axially projecting spring lugs; the center portion adapted to engage a front side of the pipe flange and to seal the pipe opening, the spring lugs adapted for insertion into bolt holes on the pipe flange. The center portion is axially offset from the peripheral portion, and connected thereto by an integral bellows.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2000
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Co.
    Inventor: James Elliott Holden
  • Patent number: 6332478
    Abstract: A molded, flexible pipe flange cover for temporarily covering a pipe flange and a pipe opening includes a substantially round center portion having a peripheral skirt portion depending from the center portion, the center portion adapted to engage a front side of the pipe flange and to seal the pipe opening. The peripheral skirt portion is formed to include a plurality of circumferentially spaced tabs, wherein free ends of the flexible tabs are formed with respective through passages adapted to receive a drawstring for pulling the tabs together on a back side of the pipe flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Elliott Holden, Julieta Perez