Patents by Inventor John Greg OBEIRNE

John Greg OBEIRNE 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).

  • Process of fabricating a fuel nozzle assembly
    Patent number: 9404655
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process of fabricating a fuel nozzle assembly. The process includes providing a fuel nozzle end cover, positioning a fuel nozzle ring having a stepped geometry within a cavity of the fuel nozzle end cover, and securing the fuel nozzle ring to the fuel nozzle end cover by welding or brazing to form features corresponding to one or more of the fuel nozzle end cover and a fuel nozzle insert. The process further includes securing the fuel nozzle insert to the fuel nozzle cover by direct contact with the fuel nozzle ring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Amit Monga, Nitin Subramanya Sarja, Bhaskara Rao Atchuta, John Greg Obeirne
  • FUEL NOZZLE END COVER, FUEL NOZZLE, AND PROCESS OF FABRICATING A FUEL NOZZLE END COVER
    Publication number: 20130205789
    Abstract: Disclosed is a fuel nozzle end cover, a fuel nozzle and a process of fabricating a fuel nozzle end cover. The fuel nozzle end cover includes a base material and one or more features extending from the base material into a cavity of the fuel nozzle end cover. The one or more features are secured to the base material by a process selected from the group consisting of beam welding, friction welding, gas tungsten arc welding, gas metal arc welding, and combinations thereof. The fuel nozzle includes a fuel nozzle insert and a fuel nozzle end cover. The process of fabricating the fuel nozzle end cover includes providing a base material and securing one or more features to the base material by a welding process selected from the group consisting of beam welding, friction welding, gas tungsten arc welding, gas metal arc welding, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Bill Damon JOHNSTON, Daniel Anthony NOWAK, Srikanth Chandrudu KOTTILINGAM, Amit MONGA, Brian Lee TOLLISON, John Greg OBEIRNE
  • PROCESS OF FABRICATING A FUEL NOZZLE ASSEMBLY, PROCESS OF FABRICATING A FUEL NOZZLE RING, AND A FUEL NOZZLE RING
    Publication number: 20130186093
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process of fabricating a fuel nozzle assembly, a process of fabricating a fuel nozzle ring, and a fuel nozzle ring. The process of fabricating the fuel nozzle assembly includes providing a fuel nozzle end cover, positioning a fuel nozzle ring within a cavity of the fuel nozzle end cover, and securing the fuel nozzle ring to the fuel nozzle end cover to form features corresponding to one or more of the fuel nozzle end cover and a fuel nozzle insert. The process of fabricating the fuel nozzle ring includes forming the fuel nozzle ring with at least one surface corresponding to one or more of a fuel nozzle end cover and a fuel nozzle insert. The fuel nozzle ring includes at least one surface corresponding to one or more of a fuel nozzle end cover and a fuel nozzle insert.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Amit MONGA, Nitin Subramanya SARJA, Bhaskara Rao ATCHUTA, John Greg OBEIRNE