Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Louis Palmer

Jeffrey Louis Palmer 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).

  • LOOSE ANTI-ROTATION LOCK SLEEVE FOR PIPE/FLANGE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20120104750
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a loose anti-rotation lock sleeve design for use in a flange and pipe assembly. The design includes a lock sleeve positioned between a pipe and a flange to prevent rotation of the pipe relative to the flange. The lock sleeve includes at least two openings in a first end of the lock sleeve configured to receive at least two pipe pins extending radially outward from the pipe. The lock sleeve further includes at least four openings in a second end of the lock sleeve configured to receive at least four flange pins extending radially inward from the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2012
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas William Swart, Jeyaruban Selliah Amirtharajah, Jeffrey Louis Palmer
  • Loose anti-rotation lock sleeve for pipe/flange assembly
    Patent number: 8123259
    Abstract: A loose anti-rotation lock sleeve design for use in a flange and pipe assembly. The design includes a lock sleeve positioned between a pipe and a flange to prevent rotation of the pipe relative to the flange. The lock sleeve includes at least two openings in a first end of the lock sleeve configured to receive at least two pipe pins extending radially outward from the pipe. The lock sleeve further includes at least four openings in a second end of the lock sleeve configured to receive at least four flange pins extending radially inward from the flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas William Swart, Jeyaruban Selliah Amirtharajah, Jeffrey Louis Palmer
  • LOOSE ANTI-ROTATION LOCK SLEEVE FOR PIPE/FLANGE ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20110052315
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a loose anti-rotation lock sleeve design for use in a flange and pipe assembly. The design includes a lock sleeve positioned between a pipe and a flange to prevent rotation of the pipe relative to the flange. The lock sleeve includes at least two openings in a first end of the lock sleeve configured to receive at least two pipe pins extending radially outward from the pipe. The lock sleeve further includes at least four openings in a second end of the lock sleeve configured to receive at least four flange pins extending radially inward from the flange.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas William Swart, Jeyaruban Selliah Amirtharajah, Jeffrey Louis Palmer
  • Steam turbine nozzle plate having 360 discharge
    Publication number: 20030103845
    Abstract: An inner shell of a steam turbine has discrete arcuate steam outlet ports through an axial face. In axial opposition is a nozzle ring including a pair of nozzle ring segments joined at a horizontal midline. At the midline joint, split partitions are employed to provide a full 360° discharge through the nozzle ring. The split partitions are split in an axial direction to define discrete partition portions in each of the nozzle ring segments adjacent the midline joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2001
    Publication date: June 5, 2003
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Hamlin, Dennis Roger Ahl, James Harvey Vogan, Tai Joung Kim, Jeffrey Louis Palmer, Thomas Joseph Farineau, Richard Jon Chevrette, George Edward Hilt