Patents by Inventor Michael Scheper

Michael Scheper 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 engine cleaning systems and methods
    Patent number: 10005111
    Abstract: A system and method of cleaning a turbine engine are provided. The method may include inserting, directing and evacuating a cleaning agent. Inserting may include inserting the cleaning agent through a predefined access port into a cooling cavity defined by an internal wall of an assembled turbine component, while directing may include directing the cleaning agent against the internal wall to remove a foreign material therefrom. Evacuating may include evacuating the cleaning agent from the cooling cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Edward Eriksen, Matthew Bos, Nicole Jessica Tibbetts, Michael Scheper, Eric Zeltwanger
  • Turbine Engine Cleaning Systems and Methods
    Publication number: 20170209904
    Abstract: A system and method of cleaning a turbine engine are provided. The method may include inserting, directing and evacuating a cleaning agent. Inserting may include inserting the cleaning agent through a predefined access port into a cooling cavity defined by an internal wall of an assembled turbine component, while directing may include directing the cleaning agent against the internal wall to remove a foreign material therefrom. Evacuating may include evacuating the cleaning agent from the cooling cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Edward Eriksen, Matthew Bos, Nicole Jessica Tibbetts, Michael Scheper, Eric Zeltwanger
  • Dive tank support device
    Patent number: 7644901
    Abstract: A dive tank support device for supporting a dive tank while a diver is attempting to attach the dive tank to the diver's body immediately before jumping from a vessel and beginning a dive. The dive tank support device may be formed from a body having a bottom support adapted to support a dive tank and at least one sidewall extending up from the bottom support and configured to limit tilting of the dive tank relative to the bottom support. The body supports the dive tank and the recess enables the dive tank to be easily pulled from the dive tank support device once a diver has attached the dive tank to himself.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 12, 2010
    Assignee: Scuba Mate, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Scheper, Michael Scheper
  • Dive tank support device
    Publication number: 20080210836
    Abstract: A dive tank support device for supporting a dive tank while a diver is attempting to attach the dive tank to the diver's body immediately before jumping from a vessel and beginning a dive. The dive tank support device may be formed from a body having a bottom support adapted to support a dive tank and at least one sidewall extending up from the bottom support and configured to limit tilting of the dive tank relative to the bottom support. The body supports the dive tank and the recess enables the dive tank to be easily pulled from the dive tank support device once a diver has attached the dive tank to himself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Applicant: Scuba Mate, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Scheper, Michael Scheper
  • Dive tank support device
    Publication number: 20070045489
    Abstract: A dive tank support device for supporting a dive tank while a diver is attempting to attach the dive tank to the diver's body immediately before jumping from a vessel and beginning a dive. The dive tank support device may be formed from a body having a bottom support adapted to support a dive tank and at least one sidewall extending up from the bottom support and configured to limit tilting of the dive tank relative to the bottom support. The body supports the dive tank and the recess enables the dive tank to be easily pulled from the dive tank support device once a diver has attached the dive tank to himself.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2005
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Applicant: Scuba Mate, Inc.
    Inventors: Jack Scheper, Michael Scheper