Patents by Inventor Larry Nolan Henson

Larry Nolan Henson 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).

  • Turbine exhaust cylinder baffle seal and method for installing turbine exhaust cylinder baffle seal
    Patent number: 9822664
    Abstract: A gas turbine includes an exhaust cylinder comprising an inner circumferential slot, a diffuser shell disposed at least substantially concentrically within the exhaust cylinder and one or more baffle plates extending between the exhaust cylinder and the diffuser shell, a proximal end of each of the one or more baffle plates being fixed to the diffuser shell by one or more holding rings and a distal end of each of the one or more baffle plates being slidingly received within the inner circumferential slot of the exhaust cylinder. The one or more holding rings are secured to the diffuser shell, at one or more holding segments disposed along an inner diameter of the diffuser shell, via a plurality of radially inserted fastening members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2017
    Assignee: CALPINE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ivan Kush, Larry Nolan Henson