Patents by Inventor Peter C. Sullivan

Peter C. Sullivan 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).

  • Combustion turbine engine combustor basket igniter port alignment verification tool and method for validating igniter alignment
    Patent number: 9651261
    Abstract: A combustion turbine engine combustor igniter port alignment and dimensional verification tool is insertable in guide tube and igniter boss portions of the igniter port. The tool has concentrically nested outer and inner sleeves, having respective circumferential profiles that are separately slidably insertable within corresponding igniter port guide tube and igniter boss portions that have inner circumferential profiles in conformance with minimal dimension specifications. Concentric alignment of the guide tube and igniter boss is validated by inserting the nested outer and inner sleeves into the igniter port. The verification tool is capable of validating igniter port alignment and dimensions before the combustor is installed in a combustion turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter C. Sullivan, Michael J. Olejarski
  • COMBUSTION TURBINE ENGINE COMBUSTOR BASKET IGNITER PORT ALIGNMENT VERIFICATION TOOL AND METHOD FOR VALIDATING IGNITER ALIGNMENT
    Publication number: 20150377491
    Abstract: A combustion turbine engine combustor igniter port alignment and dimensional verification tool is insertable in guide tube and igniter boss portions of the igniter port. The tool has concentrically nested outer and inner sleeves, having respective circumferential profiles that are separately slidably insertable within corresponding igniter port guide tube and igniter boss portions that have inner circumferential profiles in conformance with minimal dimension specifications. Concentric alignment of the guide tube and igniter boss is validated by inserting the nested outer and inner sleeves into the igniter port. The verification tool is capable of validating igniter port alignment and dimensions before the combustor is installed in a combustion turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Peter C. Sullivan, Michael J. Olejarski