Patents by Inventor Leslie Boyd Bedell

Leslie Boyd Bedell 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 spline seal and turbine assembly containing such spline seal
    Patent number: 6162014
    Abstract: A turbine spline seal includes an elongated turbine seal member. The seal member has an elongated, imperforate, and manually-flexible first portion and a manually-rigid second portion lengthwise adjoining the first portion. The turbine assembly includes the turbine spline seal and also includes first and second turbine members. The first and second turbine members are spaced apart to define a fluid-path leakage gap therebetween, and the seal member is placed in the gap. Each lengthwise edge of the seal member engages a respective one of two opposing surface grooves of the first and second turbine members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1998
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2000
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bharat Sampathkumar Bagepalli, Sami Aslam, Leslie Boyd Bedell, Mahmut Faruk Aksit