Patents by Inventor John Raymond Hawley

John Raymond Hawley 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: 8621873
    Abstract: A system for moving an auxiliary component of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The system may have a mobile support platform configured to support the auxiliary component during operation of the gas turbine engine. The system may further have at least one guide assembly operably connected to the mobile support platform and configured to guide movement of the mobile support platform. The system may also have a drive assembly operably connected to the mobile support platform and configured to impart movement of the mobile support platform between an elevated position and a lowered position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2014
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Michael Robertson, Ian Trevor Brown, Steven Gastelum, Daniel James Doll, John Raymond Hawley
  • Publication number: 20100162726
    Abstract: A system for moving an auxiliary component of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The system may have a mobile support platform configured to support the auxiliary component during operation of the gas turbine engine. The system may further have at least one guide assembly operably connected to the mobile support platform and configured to guide movement of the mobile support platform. The system may also have a drive assembly operably connected to the mobile support platform and configured to impart movement of the mobile support platform between an elevated position and a lowered position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2008
    Publication date: July 1, 2010
    Inventors: Jason Michael Robertson, Ian Trevor Brown, Steven Gastelum, Daniel James Doll, John Raymond Hawley
  • Patent number: 6442924
    Abstract: A combined cycle power plant includes a gas turbine, a steam turbine and a heat recovery steam generator having a duct burner for supplementary firing. In the unfired mode, gas turbine exhaust is used in the heat recovery steam generator for generating steam for the steam turbine. The power plant includes a main steam output line from the heat recovery steam generator connected to the first stage inlet of the high pressure section of the steam turbine. A bypass loop is connected either to an intermediate pressure connection of the HRSG or from the high pressure line to an admission point downstream of the high pressure inlet nozzle, at a lower pressure than the nominal inlet pressure. By operating the bypass system in conjunction with the duct burning process in the HRSG, the steam inlet pressure to the steam turbine can be maintained at the optimal level during both fired and unfired operation of the HRSG.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Sean Talley, John Raymond Hawley, Bruce Lockheart Morrison