Patents by Inventor Jesse Barton

Jesse Barton 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).

  • Aft inner cap plate removal method and tooling for a combustor with micromixer tubes
    Patent number: 12434362
    Abstract: The present application provides an aft plate removal tool for servicing a combustor. The combustor includes an end cover, an aft plate downstream of the end cover, and a number of tubes extending through the aft plate. The aft plate removal tool includes a base plate and a threaded rod. The base plate is attached to the end cover. Rotation of the threaded rod advances the threaded rod against the aft plate until the threaded rod pushes the aft plate off of the tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2025
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Tiffany M. Craig, Jesse Barton, Thomas Craig Watkins, David Andrew Lowe
  • AFT INNER CAP PLATE REMOVAL METHOD AND TOOLING FOR A COMBUSTOR WITH MICROMIXER TUBES
    Publication number: 20250235997
    Abstract: The present application provides an aft plate removal tool for servicing a combustor. The combustor includes an end cover, an aft plate downstream of the end cover, and a number of tubes extending through the aft plate. The aft plate removal tool includes a base plate and a threaded rod. The base plate is attached to the end cover. Rotation of the threaded rod advances the threaded rod against the aft plate until the threaded rod pushes the aft plate off of the tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2025
    Publication date: July 24, 2025
    Inventors: Tiffany M. CRAIG, Jesse BARTON, Thomas Craig WATKINS, David Andrew LOWE
  • AFT INNER CAP PLATE REMOVAL METHOD AND TOOLING FOR A COMBUSTOR WITH MICROMIXER TUBES
    Publication number: 20250108492
    Abstract: The present application provides an aft plate removal tool for servicing a combustor. The combustor includes an end cover, an aft plate downstream of the end cover, and a number of tubes extending through the aft plate. The aft plate removal tool includes a base plate and a threaded rod. The base plate is attached to the end cover. Rotation of the threaded rod advances the threaded rod against the aft plate until the threaded rod pushes the aft plate off of the tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Tiffany M. CRAIG, Jesse BARTON, Thomas Craig WATKINS, David Andrew LOWE
  • AFT INNER CAP PLATE REMOVAL METHOD AND TOOLING FOR A COMBUSTOR WITH MICROMIXER TUBES
    Publication number: 20250108493
    Abstract: The present application provides an aft plate removal tool for servicing a combustor. The combustor includes an aft plate with a central passage and a number of tubes extending through the aft plate. The aft plate removal tool includes a central screw, a lower housing attached to the central screw, the lower housing including a number of spring loaded lower housing feet, and an upper housing attached to the center screw, the upper housing including a number of spring loaded upper housing feet. The aft plate removal tool is inserted through the central passage of the aft plate such that rotation of the upper housing advances the spring loaded upper housing feet against the aft plate until the spring loaded upper housing feet push the aft plate off of the tubes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Publication date: April 3, 2025
    Inventors: Tiffany M. CRAIG, Jesse BARTON, Keith C. BELSOM, Martin BROWN, Mark STEADMAN
  • Aft inner cap plate removal method and tooling for a combustor with micromixer tubes
    Patent number: 12103148
    Abstract: The present application provides an aft plate removal tool for servicing a combustor. The combustor includes an aft plate with a central passage and a number of tubes extending through the aft plate. The aft plate removal tool includes a central screw, a lower housing attached to the central screw, the lower housing including a number of spring loaded lower housing feet, and an upper housing attached to the center screw, the upper housing including a number of spring loaded upper housing feet. The aft plate removal tool is inserted through the central passage of the aft plate such that rotation of the upper housing advances the spring loaded upper housing feet against the aft plate until the spring loaded upper housing feet push the aft plate off of the tubes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2024
    Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Tiffany M. Craig, Jesse Barton, Keith C. Belsom, Martin Brown, Mark Steadman
  • Flexible combustor fuel nozzle
    Patent number: 8448442
    Abstract: The present application provides a flexible combustor fuel nozzle. The flexible combustor fuel nozzle may include a main passage in communication with a source of natural gas and a source of low BTU fuel, a secondary passage surrounding the main passage and in communication with the source of low BTU fuel and a source of purge air, and a tertiary passage surrounding the secondary passage and in communication with the source of low BTU fuel, the source of purge air, and a source of diluent.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ilya Aleksandrovich Slobodyanskiy, Joel Hall, Jesse Barton, Vijaykant Sadasivuni
  • Flexible Combustor Fuel Nozzle
    Publication number: 20120291448
    Abstract: The present application provides a flexible combustor fuel nozzle. The flexible combustor fuel nozzle may include a main passage in communication with a source of natural gas and a source of low BTU fuel, a secondary passage surrounding the main passage and in communication with the source of low BTU fuel and a source of purge air, and a tertiary passage surrounding the secondary passage and in communication with the source of low BTU fuel, the source of purge air, and a source of diluent.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2011
    Publication date: November 22, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ilya Aleksandrovich Slobodyanskiy, Joel Hall, Jesse Barton, Vijaykant Sadasivuni