Patents by Inventor Kyle Joseph Banwart

Kyle Joseph Banwart 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).

  • Manipulation of turbomachine combustors
    Patent number: 10519810
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the manipulation of turbomachine combustors. An apparatus according to the present disclosure can include: a bracket body including an operative head configured to removably attach a turbomachine combustor; a rotatable joint rotatably coupled to the bracket body through a gear bearing, wherein the gear bearing is configured to rotate the bracket body relative to the rotatable joint; and a suspended member rotatably coupled to the rotatable joint at a first end, and coupled to a suspension joint at a second end, wherein the rotatable joint rotates the gear bearing and the bracket body relative to the suspended member to center the gear bearing about a predetermined axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stuart Craig Hanson, Kyle Joseph Banwart, Joseph Daniel Becker, Jereld Alen Meiers, Thomas Michael Merlau
  • Combustor assembly lift systems
    Patent number: 10208627
    Abstract: A combustor assembly lift system comprises a track that extends in at least a longitudinal direction, a lift arm moveably engaged with the track such that it can traverse along the track in at least the longitudinal direction, and a combustor assembly engagement frame connected to the lift arm, wherein the combustor assembly engagement frame is configured to temporarily secure to at least a portion of a combustor assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ansley Michelle Heard, Stuart Craig Hanson, Jereld Alan Meiers, Kyle Joseph Banwart
  • COMBUSTOR ASSEMBLY LIFT SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20170167299
    Abstract: A combustor assembly lift system comprises a track that extends in at least a longitudinal direction, a lift arm moveably engaged with the track such that it can traverse along the track in at least the longitudinal direction, and a combustor assembly engagement frame connected to the lift arm, wherein the combustor assembly engagement frame is configured to temporarily secure to at least a portion of a combustor assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2015
    Publication date: June 15, 2017
    Inventors: Ansley Michelle Heard, Stuart Craig Hanson, Jereld Alan Meiers, Kyle Joseph Banwart
  • MANIPULATION OF TURBOMACHINE COMBUSTORS
    Publication number: 20160376926
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to the manipulation of turbomachine combustors. An apparatus according to the present disclsoure can include: a bracket body including an operative head configured to removably attach a turbomachine combustor; a rotatable joint rotatably coupled to the bracket body through a gear bearing, wherein the gear bearing is configured to rotate the bracket body relative to the rotatable joint; and a suspended member rotatably coupled to the rotatable joint at a first end, and coupled to a suspension joint at a second end, wherein the rotatable joint rotates the gear bearing and the bracket body relative to the suspended member to center the gear bearing about a predetermined axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2016
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Stuart Craig Hanson, Kyle Joseph Banwart, Joseph Daniel Becker, Jereld Alen Meiers, Thomas Michael Merlau