Patents by Inventor Jorge Mario Rochin Machado
Jorge Mario Rochin Machado 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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Publication number: 20240327033Abstract: The present application provides a mobile power plant system for loading power generation equipment into an aircraft via a winch cable and secured within the aircraft via a number of aircraft restraints. The mobile power plant system includes a trailer with the power generation equipment thereon, a number of hooks attached to the trailer, a winching beam attached to the trailer, and one or more winching shackles attached to the winching beam. The winch cable may be attached to the winching shackles to pull the trailer into the aircraft and the aircraft restraints may be attached to the hooks to secure the trailer in the aircraft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2023Publication date: October 3, 2024Inventors: Jorge Mario ROCHIN MACHADO, David GARZA MALDONADO, Erick Alexis DOMINGUEZ ORTIZ, Michael A. ACOSTA
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Patent number: 12071895Abstract: A system for cooling a load coupling coupled to a gas turbine and disposed within an exhaust housing is provided. The system includes a shroud configured to be mounted about the load coupling, the shroud defining an inlet passage between the shroud and the load coupling and an outlet passage between the exhaust housing and the shroud. The system also includes a set of blades configured to couple to the load coupling. The set of blades are angled to draw air into the inlet passage as the set of blades rotate with the load coupling.Type: GrantFiled: April 13, 2021Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLCInventors: Gerardo Plata, Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Ravinder Yerram, Balakrishnan Ponnuraj, Tho Vankhanh Nguyen
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Patent number: 12044178Abstract: A system includes an air cooling system having a heat exchanger, a fan, and a mount. The heat exchanger includes an inlet, an outlet, and a heat exchange conduit between the inlet and the outlet. The inlet is configured to couple to a bleed system of a gas turbine system to extract a bleed flow. The heat exchanger is configured to cool the bleed flow along the heat exchange conduit in a surrounding air to produce a cooled bleed flow. The outlet is configured to couple to a fuel purge system of the gas turbine system to supply the cooled bleed flow as a fuel purge flow. The fan is configured to force an airflow from the surrounding air through the heat exchanger. The mount is configured to mount the air cooling system outside of an enclosure surrounding the gas turbine system.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 2022Date of Patent: July 23, 2024Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: George Frederick Frey, Tuy C. Huynh, Jorge Mario Rochin-Machado, Jordan Scott Warton, Michael Anthony Acosta
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Patent number: 11873728Abstract: A system includes an exhaust collector tunnel (32) configured to mount inside an exhaust collector (30) of a gas turbine (12). The exhaust collector tunnel (32) has a tunnel wall (33) configured to extend around a turbine shaft (17, 19) of the gas turbine (12). The tunnel wall (33) has a variable diameter (98) along at least a portion of a length of the exhaust collector tunnel (32).Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2023Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLCInventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Jordan Scott Warton, Ashish Agrawal, Michael Anthony Acosta, Gerardo Plata Contreras, Miroslaw Pawel Babiuch, Frank Ociel Meza Koslowski
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Patent number: 11873727Abstract: A hoist for lifting at least a portion of a gas engine assembly includes a support member including an upper portion, a lower portion, and a connecting portion extending therebetween. The hoist also includes an elongate member coupled to the lower portion of the support member and extending substantially orthogonally to the lower portion, and at least one bracket slidably engaged with the elongate member and axially translatable along a length of the elongate member. In addition, the hoist includes a plurality of linkage members coupled to the at least one bracket, where each linkage member of the plurality of linkage members is configured to attach to at least a portion of the gas engine assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, David Garza Maldonado, Gerardo Plata Contreras, Maria Isabel Romero Contreras, Claudia Priscila Sandoval Camacho
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Patent number: 11808215Abstract: A system includes a bleed system configured to direct a bleed flow from a compressor section to an exhaust section of a gas turbine engine. The bleed system includes a first bleed conduit section configured to couple to the compressor section, a second bleed conduit section configured to couple to the exhaust section, and a first rotatable joint coupling together adjacent conduits of the first and second bleed conduit sections. The second bleed conduit section has components configured to rotate between a plurality of configurations relative to the first bleed conduit section and the compressor section via the first rotatable joint. The plurality of orientations corresponds to a plurality of exhaust outlet orientations of the exhaust section, and the components of the second bleed conduit section are the same in each orientation.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Michael Anthony Acosta, Jordan Scott Warton, Richard Michael Watkins, David Garza-Maldonado
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Publication number: 20230228217Abstract: A system includes an air cooling system having a heat exchanger, a fan, and a mount. The heat exchanger includes an inlet, an outlet, and a heat exchange conduit between the inlet and the outlet. The inlet is configured to couple to a bleed system of a gas turbine system to extract a bleed flow. The heat exchanger is configured to cool the bleed flow along the heat exchange conduit in a surrounding air to produce a cooled bleed flow. The outlet is configured to couple to a fuel purge system of the gas turbine system to supply the cooled bleed flow as a fuel purge flow. The fan is configured to force an airflow from the surrounding air through the heat exchanger. The mount is configured to mount the air cooling system outside of an enclosure surrounding the gas turbine system.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 6, 2022Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: George Frederick Frey, Tuy C. Huynh, Jorge Mario Rochin-Machado, Jordan Scott Warton, Michael Anthony Acosta
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Publication number: 20230184138Abstract: A system includes an exhaust collector tunnel (32) configured to mount inside an exhaust collector (30) of a gas turbine (12). The exhaust collector tunnel (32) has a tunnel wall (33) configured to extend around a turbine shaft (17, 19) of the gas turbine (12). The tunnel wall (33) has a variable diameter (98) along at least a portion of a length of the exhaust collector tunnel (32).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Jordan Scott Warton, Ashish Agrawal, Michael Anthony Acosta, Gerardo Plata Contreras, Miroslaw Pawel Babiuch, Frank Ociel Meza Koslowski
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Publication number: 20230160348Abstract: A system includes a bleed system configured to direct a bleed flow from a compressor section to an exhaust section of a gas turbine engine. The bleed system includes a first bleed conduit section configured to couple to the compressor section, a second bleed conduit section configured to couple to the exhaust section, and a first rotatable joint coupling together adjacent conduits of the first and second bleed conduit sections. The second bleed conduit section has components configured to rotate between a plurality of configurations relative to the first bleed conduit section and the compressor section via the first rotatable joint. The plurality of orientations corresponds to a plurality of exhaust outlet orientations of the exhaust section, and the components of the second bleed conduit section are the same in each orientation.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2021Publication date: May 25, 2023Inventors: Jorge Mario Rochin-Machado, Michael Anthony Acosta, Jordan Scott Warton, Richard Michael Watkins, David Garza-Maldonado
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Patent number: 11598224Abstract: A system includes an exhaust collector tunnel (32) configured to mount inside an exhaust collector (30) of a gas turbine (12). The exhaust collector tunnel (32) has a tunnel wall (33) configured to extend around a turbine shaft (17, 19) of the gas turbine (12). The tunnel wall (33) has a variable diameter (98) along at least a portion of a length of the exhaust collector tunnel (32).Type: GrantFiled: May 25, 2021Date of Patent: March 7, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Jordan Scott Warton, Ashish Agrawal, Michael Anthony Acosta, Gerardo Plata Contreras, Miroslaw Pawel Babiuch, Frank Ociel Meza Koslowski
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Publication number: 20230068693Abstract: A system includes a modular exhaust collector configured to be arranged in a first orientation or a second orientation. The modular exhaust collector is configured to receive an exhaust flow along an inlet axis, to direct the exhaust flow along a first direction through an outlet when in the first orientation, and to direct the exhaust flow along a second direction through the outlet when in the second orientation. The modular exhaust collector includes an exhaust passage to receive the exhaust flow, a plurality of compressor discharge (CD) ports, a plurality of flow ports, a bottom face opposite the outlet with a first drain, and a first side wall with a second drain between the bottom face and the outlet. Each CD port is disposed a first radial distance from the inlet axis, and each flow port is disposed a second radial distance from the inlet axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 17, 2022Publication date: March 2, 2023Inventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Paul Roberts Scarboro, Jordan Scott Warton, Michael Anthony Acosta, Ashish Agrawal, Miroslaw Pawel Babiuch
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Publication number: 20220333504Abstract: A hoist for lifting at least a portion of a gas engine assembly includes a support member including an upper portion, a lower portion, and a connecting portion extending therebetween. The hoist also includes an elongate member coupled to the lower portion of the support member and extending substantially orthogonally to the lower portion, and at least one bracket slidably engaged with the elongate member and axially translatable along a length of the elongate member. In addition, the hoist includes a plurality of linkage members coupled to the at least one bracket, where each linkage member of the plurality of linkage members is configured to attach to at least a portion of the gas engine assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 15, 2021Publication date: October 20, 2022Inventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, David Garza Maldonado, Gerardo Plata Contreras, Maria Isabel Romero Contreras, Claudia Priscila Sandoval Camacho
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Patent number: 11473450Abstract: A system (10) includes a modular exhaust collector (30) configured to be arranged in a first orientation (50) or a second orientation (114, 116). The modular exhaust collector (30) is configured to receive an exhaust flow along an inlet axis (54), to direct the exhaust flow along a first direction (36) through an outlet (58) when in the first orientation (50), and to direct the exhaust flow along a second direction (114, 116) through the outlet (58) when in the second orientation (114, 116). The modular exhaust collector (30) includes an exhaust passage (64) to receive the exhaust flow, a plurality of compressor discharge (CD) ports (72), a plurality of flow ports (76), a bottom face (84) opposite the outlet (58) with a first drain (88), and a first side wall (82) with a second drain (88) between the bottom face (84) and the outlet (58).Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Paul Roberts Scarboro, Jordan Scott Warton, Michael Anthony Acosta, Ashish Agrawal, Miroslaw Pawel Babiuch
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Publication number: 20220325667Abstract: A system for cooling a load coupling coupled to a gas turbine and disposed within an exhaust housing is provided. The system includes a shroud configured to be mounted about the load coupling, the shroud defining an inlet passage between the shroud and the load coupling and an outlet passage between the exhaust housing and the shroud. The system also includes a set of blades configured to couple to the load coupling. The set of blades are angled to draw air into the inlet passage as the set of blades rotate with the load coupling.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2021Publication date: October 13, 2022Inventors: Gerardo Plata, Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Ravinder Yerram, Balakrishnan Ponnuraj, Tho Vankhanh Nguyen
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Publication number: 20210388740Abstract: A system includes an exhaust collector tunnel (32) configured to mount inside an exhaust collector (30) of a gas turbine (12). The exhaust collector tunnel (32) has a tunnel wall (33) configured to extend around a turbine shaft (17, 19) of the gas turbine (12). The tunnel wall (33) has a variable diameter (98) along at least a portion of a length of the exhaust collector tunnel (32).Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Jordan Scott Warton, Ashish Agrawal, Michael Anthony Acosta, Gerardo Plata Contreras, Miroslaw Pawel Babiuch, Frank Ociel Meza Koslowski
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Patent number: 10830104Abstract: A system includes a rail system configured to be disposed within an enclosed space housing an exhaust collector, wherein the exhaust collector is configured to couple to a gas turbine. The system also includes an exhaust collector removal tool configured to be disposed on the rail system. The exhaust collector removal tool is configured to couple to the exhaust collector, to support the exhaust collector when not coupled to the gas turbine engine, to move the exhaust collector in a vertical direction, and to move the exhaust collector laterally with respect to the enclosed space along the rail system.Type: GrantFiled: October 27, 2016Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Oscar Eduardo Diaz Ruiz, Artemio Josue Aguilar
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Patent number: 10784658Abstract: A restraint assembly includes a plurality of tensile restraints and a plurality of restraints. Each tensile restraint of the plurality of tensile restraints is configured to couple to a respective anchor plate of a plurality of anchor plates disposed on one or more foundations, and a mobile system. The mobile system is disposed on the one or more foundations. Each restraint includes a rigid element configured to couple to a respective anchor plate of the plurality of anchor plates, and to interface with or couple to a respective location on the mobile system.Type: GrantFiled: September 6, 2018Date of Patent: September 22, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Jordan Scott Warton, David Garza-Maldonado, Michael Anthony Acosta
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Publication number: 20200208540Abstract: A system (10) includes a modular exhaust collector (30) configured to be arranged in a first orientation (50) or a second orientation (114, 116). The modular exhaust collector (30) is configured to receive an exhaust flow along an inlet axis (54), to direct the exhaust flow along a first direction (36) through an outlet (58) when in the first orientation (50), and to direct the exhaust flow along a second direction (114, 116) through the outlet (58) when in the second orientation (114, 116). The modular exhaust collector (30) includes an exhaust passage (64) to receive the exhaust flow, a plurality of compressor discharge (CD) ports (72), a plurality of flow ports (76), a bottom face (84) opposite the outlet (58) with a first drain (88), and a first side wall (82) with a second drain (88) between the bottom face (84) and the outlet (58).Type: ApplicationFiled: December 26, 2019Publication date: July 2, 2020Inventors: Jorge Mario ROCHIN MACHADO, Paul Roberts SCARBORO, Jordan Scott WARTON, Michael Anthony ACOSTA, Ashish AGRAWAL, Miroslaw Pawel BABIUCH
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Publication number: 20200083676Abstract: A restraint assembly includes a plurality of tensile restraints and a plurality of restraints. Each tensile restraint of the plurality of tensile restraints is configured to couple to a respective anchor plate of a plurality of anchor plates disposed on one or more foundations, and a mobile system. The mobile system is disposed on the one or more foundations. Each restraint includes a rigid element configured to couple to a respective anchor plate of the plurality of anchor plates, and to interface with or couple to a respective location on the mobile system.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2018Publication date: March 12, 2020Inventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Jordan Scott Warton, David Garza-Maldonado, Michael Anthony Acosta
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Patent number: 10125689Abstract: A diffuser removal tool for displacing an exhaust diffuser from a gas turbine engine is provided, which includes a pair of support arms, a clamp and wedge assembly coupled to an exhaust diffuser, and a lead screw assembly coupled between the support arms and to the clamp and wedge assembly via a wedge of the clamp and wedge assembly. The tool also includes a pair of linear bearing assemblies coupled to the support arms and to the clamp and wedge assembly via wedges of the clamp and wedge assembly. The lead screw assembly is configured to displace the diffuser in an axial direction relative to a longitudinal axis of the gas turbine engine while the linear bearing assemblies are configured to both enable the displacement of the diffuser in the axial direction while vertically supporting the diffuser to maintain alignment between the diffuser and the gas turbine engine.Type: GrantFiled: November 10, 2016Date of Patent: November 13, 2018Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Stephen Matthew Biffle, Donald Gordon Laing, Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Ramune Auzelyte