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).

  • Publication number: 20240327033
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2023
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Jorge Mario ROCHIN MACHADO, David GARZA MALDONADO, Erick Alexis DOMINGUEZ ORTIZ, Michael A. ACOSTA
  • Patent number: 12071895
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2024
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Gerardo Plata, Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Ravinder Yerram, Balakrishnan Ponnuraj, Tho Vankhanh Nguyen
  • Patent number: 12044178
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: George Frederick Frey, Tuy C. Huynh, Jorge Mario Rochin-Machado, Jordan Scott Warton, Michael Anthony Acosta
  • Patent number: 11873728
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
    Inventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Jordan Scott Warton, Ashish Agrawal, Michael Anthony Acosta, Gerardo Plata Contreras, Miroslaw Pawel Babiuch, Frank Ociel Meza Koslowski
  • Patent number: 11873727
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, David Garza Maldonado, Gerardo Plata Contreras, Maria Isabel Romero Contreras, Claudia Priscila Sandoval Camacho
  • Patent number: 11808215
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Michael Anthony Acosta, Jordan Scott Warton, Richard Michael Watkins, David Garza-Maldonado
  • Publication number: 20230228217
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: George Frederick Frey, Tuy C. Huynh, Jorge Mario Rochin-Machado, Jordan Scott Warton, Michael Anthony Acosta
  • Publication number: 20230184138
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Jordan Scott Warton, Ashish Agrawal, Michael Anthony Acosta, Gerardo Plata Contreras, Miroslaw Pawel Babiuch, Frank Ociel Meza Koslowski
  • Publication number: 20230160348
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Jorge Mario Rochin-Machado, Michael Anthony Acosta, Jordan Scott Warton, Richard Michael Watkins, David Garza-Maldonado
  • Patent number: 11598224
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Jordan Scott Warton, Ashish Agrawal, Michael Anthony Acosta, Gerardo Plata Contreras, Miroslaw Pawel Babiuch, Frank Ociel Meza Koslowski
  • Publication number: 20230068693
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2022
    Publication date: March 2, 2023
    Inventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Paul Roberts Scarboro, Jordan Scott Warton, Michael Anthony Acosta, Ashish Agrawal, Miroslaw Pawel Babiuch
  • Publication number: 20220333504
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2021
    Publication date: October 20, 2022
    Inventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, David Garza Maldonado, Gerardo Plata Contreras, Maria Isabel Romero Contreras, Claudia Priscila Sandoval Camacho
  • Patent number: 11473450
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Paul Roberts Scarboro, Jordan Scott Warton, Michael Anthony Acosta, Ashish Agrawal, Miroslaw Pawel Babiuch
  • Publication number: 20220325667
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2021
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Gerardo Plata, Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Ravinder Yerram, Balakrishnan Ponnuraj, Tho Vankhanh Nguyen
  • Publication number: 20210388740
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Jordan Scott Warton, Ashish Agrawal, Michael Anthony Acosta, Gerardo Plata Contreras, Miroslaw Pawel Babiuch, Frank Ociel Meza Koslowski
  • Patent number: 10830104
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Oscar Eduardo Diaz Ruiz, Artemio Josue Aguilar
  • Patent number: 10784658
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Jordan Scott Warton, David Garza-Maldonado, Michael Anthony Acosta
  • Publication number: 20200208540
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Jorge Mario ROCHIN MACHADO, Paul Roberts SCARBORO, Jordan Scott WARTON, Michael Anthony ACOSTA, Ashish AGRAWAL, Miroslaw Pawel BABIUCH
  • Publication number: 20200083676
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventors: Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Jordan Scott Warton, David Garza-Maldonado, Michael Anthony Acosta
  • Patent number: 10125689
    Abstract: 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: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Stephen Matthew Biffle, Donald Gordon Laing, Jorge Mario Rochin Machado, Ramune Auzelyte