Patents by Inventor John James Ligos
John James Ligos 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).
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Patent number: 10982557Abstract: A turbine blade includes a blade having a first end, and a second end opposite the first end. A tip is located at an outer radial portion of the blade. A blade dovetail complements a corresponding dovetail slot in a turbine rotor. The dovetail has a body, and a plurality of projections extending from the body in opposing directions for complementing a plurality of recesses in the corresponding dovetail slot. A tapered groove extends through the body from the first end to the second end. The tapered groove has a tapered profile such that a first depth of the tapered groove near the first end is greater than a second depth of the tapered groove near the second end. The tapered profile gradually transitions from the first depth to the second depth, so that the tapered groove is open at a bottom surface and sized to engage a shim.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: April 20, 2021Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, John James Ligos
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Patent number: 10815799Abstract: A turbine blade has a first end, and an opposing second end. A base includes a dovetail for complementing a corresponding dovetail slot in a rotor. The dovetail has a body and a plurality of projections extend from the body in opposing directions. A tapered groove extends through the body from the first end to the second end, and has a tapered profile such that a first depth of the tapered groove near the first end is greater than a second depth of the tapered groove near the second end. The tapered profile gradually transitions from the first depth to the second depth. The tapered groove is open at a bottom surface of the body and is sized to engage a shim. The tapered groove includes a flat section near the first end or the second end, and the flat section has a constant depth.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2018Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, John James Ligos
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Patent number: 10738626Abstract: A turbine engine including: rotor blades circumferentially arrayed about a rotor wheel; a connection assembly by which each of the rotor blades connects to the rotor wheel, the connection assembly including: an axially oriented slot formed through a perimeter face of the rotor wheel; a root of the rotor blade installed within the slot, the root being shaped in relation to the slot such that the installation therein forms an axially extending shim cavity between opposing exterior surfaces of the root and the slot; and a shim installed within the shim cavity for restraining movement of the rotor blade relative to the rotor wheel in a radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2017Date of Patent: August 11, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Thomas Joseph Farineau, Timothy Scott McMurray, John James Ligos
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Publication number: 20200157954Abstract: A turbine blade has a first end, and an opposing second end. A base includes a dovetail for complementing a corresponding dovetail slot in a rotor. The dovetail has a body and a plurality of projections extend from the body in opposing directions. A tapered groove extends through the body from the first end to the second end, and has a tapered profile such that a first depth of the tapered groove near the first end is greater than a second depth of the tapered groove near the second end. The tapered profile gradually transitions from the first depth to the second depth. The tapered groove is open at a bottom surface of the body and is sized to engage a shim. The tapered groove includes a flat section near the first end or the second end, and the flat section has a constant depth.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, John James Ligos
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Publication number: 20200157955Abstract: A turbine blade includes a blade having a first end, and a second end opposite the first end. A tip is located at an outer radial portion of the blade. A blade dovetail complements a corresponding dovetail slot in a turbine rotor. The dovetail has a body, and a plurality of projections extending from the body in opposing directions for complementing a plurality of recesses in the corresponding dovetail slot. A tapered groove extends through the body from the first end to the second end. The tapered groove has a tapered profile such that a first depth of the tapered groove near the first end is greater than a second depth of the tapered groove near the second end. The tapered profile gradually transitions from the first depth to the second depth, so that the tapered groove is open at a bottom surface and sized to engage a shim.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 15, 2018Publication date: May 21, 2020Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, John James Ligos
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Patent number: 10502073Abstract: A rotor assembly is provided. The rotor assembly includes a plurality of blades spaced circumferentially. An airfoil of each blade includes a pressure side, a suction side, a pressure side nub extending from the pressure side, and a suction side nub extending from the suction side. An airfoil length is greater than one of (i) 40 inches, wherein the rotor is configured for operation at about 3600 rpm, and (ii) 48 inches, wherein the rotor is configured for operation at about 3000 rpm. The rotor assembly also includes a plurality of sleeves. Each of the sleeves extends from a first end to a second end. The first end is coupled to the pressure side nub of a first of the blades and the second end is coupled to the suction side nub of an adjacent second of the blades.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2017Date of Patent: December 10, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Robert Edward Deallenbach, John James Ligos, Kristopher John Frutschy
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Patent number: 10400614Abstract: Various aspects include a turbomachine bucket, corresponding shim and related turbine rotor. In some cases, a steam turbine bucket includes: a blade having a first end, and a second end opposite the first end; a tip at the first end of the blade; and a base at the second end, the base including a dovetail for complementing a corresponding dovetail slot in a steam turbine rotor, the dovetail having: a body; a plurality of projections extending from the body in opposing directions for complementing a plurality of recesses in the corresponding dovetail slot; and a shim locking slot extending through the body along the opposing directions, the shim locking slot being open at a bottom surface of the body and sized to engage a shim.Type: GrantFiled: November 18, 2016Date of Patent: September 3, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Thomas Joseph Farineau, John James Ligos
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Publication number: 20190120069Abstract: A turbine engine including: rotor blades circumferentially arrayed about a rotor wheel; a connection assembly by which each of the rotor blades connects to the rotor wheel, the connection assembly including: an axially oriented slot formed through a perimeter face of the rotor wheel; a root of the rotor blade installed within the slot, the root being shaped in relation to the slot such that the installation therein forms an axially extending shim cavity between opposing exterior surfaces of the root and the slot; and a shim installed within the shim cavity for restraining movement of the rotor blade relative to the rotor wheel in a radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2017Publication date: April 25, 2019Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Thomas Joseph Farineau, Timothy Scott McMurray, John James Ligos
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Publication number: 20180258775Abstract: A rotor assembly is provided. The rotor assembly includes a plurality of blades spaced circumferentially. An airfoil of each blade includes a pressure side, a suction side, a pressure side nub extending from the pressure side, and a suction side nub extending from the suction side. An airfoil length is greater than one of (i) 40 inches, wherein the rotor is configured for operation at about 3600 rpm, and (ii) 48 inches, wherein the rotor is configured for operation at about 3000 rpm. The rotor assembly also includes a plurality of sleeves. Each of the sleeves extends from a first end to a second end. The first end is coupled to the pressure side nub of a first of the blades and the second end is coupled to the suction side nub of an adjacent second of the blades.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2017Publication date: September 13, 2018Inventors: Robert Edward Deallenbach, John James Ligos, Kristopher John Frutschy
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Publication number: 20180142561Abstract: Various aspects include a turbomachine bucket, corresponding shim and related turbine rotor. In some cases, a steam turbine bucket includes: a blade having a first end, and a second end opposite the first end; a tip at the first end of the blade; and a base at the second end, the base including a dovetail for complementing a corresponding dovetail slot in a steam turbine rotor, the dovetail having: a body; a plurality of projections extending from the body in opposing directions for complementing a plurality of recesses in the corresponding dovetail slot; and a shim locking slot extending through the body along the opposing directions, the shim locking slot being open at a bottom surface of the body and sized to engage a shim.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 18, 2016Publication date: May 24, 2018Inventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Thomas Joseph Farineau, John James Ligos