Patents by Inventor Joseph C. Albers

Joseph C. Albers 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: 10494946
    Abstract: A method of making a shroud assembly by: forming a shroud frame consisting of a one-piece hook and rail assembly which includes a first rail and a second rail disposed at lateral edges and a first support and a second support connected to the first rail and the second rail, the first and second rails and the first and second supports being integrally joined to one another and defining a central aperture therebetween; joining a metallic backsheet to the shroud frame covering the central aperture; and attaching a honeycomb rubs strip to the metallic backsheet via an upper edge of the honeycomb seal structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Joseph C. Albers, Monty Lee Shelton, Robert Proctor, Richard Russo
  • Publication number: 20160333719
    Abstract: A method of making a shroud assembly by: forming a shroud frame consisting of a one-piece hook and rail assembly which includes a first rail and a second rail disposed at lateral edges and a first support and a second support connected to the first rail and the second rail, the first and second rails and the first and second supports being integrally joined to one another and defining a central aperture therebetween; joining a metallic backsheet to the shroud frame covering the central aperture; and attaching a honeycomb rubs strip to the metallic backsheet via an upper edge of the honeycomb seal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2016
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: Joseph C. Albers, Monty Lee Shelton, Robert Proctor, Richard Russo, JR.
  • Publication number: 20140271142
    Abstract: A turbine shroud assembly comprises a honeycomb rub strip, a metallic backsheet disposed along an upper edge of said honeycomb seal structure, a shroud frame having a first rail and a second rail disposed at lateral edges of said metallic backsheet, a first support and a second support connected to the first rail and the second rail, a spline extending axially in the first rail and the second rail along laterally outer surfaces of the first rail and the second rail and, a spline seal having a first edge and a second opposite edge, the first edge disposed in each of the spline grooves and the second opposite edge being capable of positioning in an adjacent shroud assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Inventors: Joseph C. Albers, Monty Lee Shelton, Robert Proctor, Richard Russo, JR.
  • Publication number: 20090033037
    Abstract: A seal assembly comprising a first movable stator member movable between a sealing position and a non-sealing position, a second fixed stator member, the first stator member being movable relative to the second stator member, the seal assembly further comprising at least one flexure member coupled to the second stator member, and at least one biasing member coupled between the at least one flexure and the movable stator for biasing the movable stator to a non-sealing position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: Kripa K. Varanasi, Joseph C. Albers, William L. Herron, Peter Crudgington
  • Publication number: 20080018054
    Abstract: A seal body includes an annular, axially extending portion; a radially extending portion defining a primary seating surface, and cooperating with the axially extending portion to define a generally L-shaped cross section; and at least one annular axially-extending seal tooth.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2006
    Publication date: January 24, 2008
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: William L. Herron, Joseph C. Albers, Christopher C. Glynn, Peter Crudgington