Patents by Inventor Matthew Troy HAFFNER

Matthew Troy HAFFNER 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: 8459953
    Abstract: A disk for a machine rotor includes a disk body having an outer periphery formed with a plurality of axially-oriented slots; a plurality of buckets, each bucket having an airfoil portion and an attachment portion, the attachment portion loaded axially into a respective one of the plurality of axially-oriented slots. A plurality of arcuate seal plate segments arranged about the outer periphery of the disk body, each covering at least two of the plurality of axially-oriented slots and respective attachment portions of the plurality of buckets. A retention pin extends axially through each of the plurality of arcuate seal plate segments and into an axially oriented bore in the disk body. The retention pin has an inner end engageable with a locking key and adapted to move the locking key into a locking position which prevents axial movement of a pair of adjacent ones of the plurality of buckets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Matthew Troy Haffner
  • Publication number: 20110176923
    Abstract: A disk for a machine rotor includes a disk body having an outer periphery formed with a plurality of axially-oriented slots; a plurality of buckets, each bucket having an airfoil portion and an attachment portion, the attachment portion loaded axially into a respective one of the plurality of axially-oriented slots. A plurality of arcuate seal plate segments arranged about the outer periphery of the disk body, each covering at least two of the plurality of axially-oriented slots and respective attachment portions of the plurality of buckets. A retention pin extends axially through each of the plurality of arcuate seal plate segments and into an axially oriented bore in the disk body. The retention pin has an inner end engageable with a locking key and adapted to move the locking key into a locking position which prevents axial movement of a pair of adjacent ones of the plurality of buckets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 21, 2011
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Matthew Troy HAFFNER