Patents by Inventor James P. Dock

James P. Dock 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).

  • Repair fixture
    Patent number: 7871064
    Abstract: A repair fixture for supporting large cylindrical objects such as a generator rotor, to facilitate field maintenance operations. The fixture has two spaced Vee-blocks that are supported by and moved within vertical channels formed within peripheral stanchions. Clevises are rotatably connected at one end to both lateral sides of the Vee-block and at the other end to a hydraulic piston that is employed to raise and lower the Vee-blocks in unison to accommodate various maintenance requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2011
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: George F. Dailey, Michael T. O'Leary, Wesley C. Ross, James P. Dock, Robert W. Nixdorf
  • Repair fixture
    Publication number: 20080093787
    Abstract: A repair fixture for supporting large cylindrical objects such as a generator rotor, to facilitate field maintenance operations. The fixture has two spaced Vee-blocks that are supported by and moved within vertical channels formed within peripheral stanchions. Clevises are rotatably connected at one end to both lateral sides of the Vee-block and at the other end to a hydraulic piston that is employed to raise and lower the Vee-blocks in unison to accommodate various maintenance requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: George F. Dailey, Michael T. O'Leary, Wesley C. Ross, James P. Dock, Robert W. Nixdorf