Patents by Inventor John David Alaksiewicz

John David Alaksiewicz 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: 7010462
    Abstract: A method and system of evaluating a turbine component comprises obtaining data relating to respective surface conditions at a plurality of different surface locations of the turbine component and calculating the total profile efficiency loss for the turbine component based on the data. Calculating the total profile efficiency of the turbine component may include calculating the local profile efficiency loss percentage for each of the surface conditions at the different surface locations (and/or sub-areas of the different surface locations) and calculating an average of the local profile efficiency loss percentages, each of the local efficiency loss percentages being weighted by respective predetermined weight factors. The turbine component may be a nozzle or a bucket and each of the turbine component's surface locations may be an admission suction surface, an admission pressure surface, a discharge suction surface or a discharge pressure surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William James Sumner, John David Alaksiewicz, Chris Robin Bron, Mary Clarkeson Phillips, Peter Schofield, David Edwin Kautzmann, Brian William Marriner