Patents by Inventor Prashant Kantappa Patil

Prashant Kantappa Patil 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).

  • Method, system and apparatus for turbine diffuser sealing
    Patent number: 8157509
    Abstract: A turbine diffuser is disclosed. The turbine diffuser includes a diffuser segment having a forward end and an aft end with a flange disposed at the aft end of the diffuser segment. The diffuser segment is joinable to an adjacent diffuser segment via the flange, which includes a seal retainer that is securedly connectable in a radial direction with a seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Damon Black, Scott Michael Elam, Prashant Kantappa Patil
  • METHOD, SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR TURBINE DIFFUSER SEALING
    Publication number: 20090053046
    Abstract: A turbine diffuser is disclosed. The turbine diffuser includes a diffuser segment having a forward end and an aft end with a flange disposed at the aft end of the diffuser segment. The diffuser segment is joinable to an adjacent diffuser segment via the flange, which includes a seal retainer that is securedly connectable in a radial direction with a seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: February 26, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Kenneth Damon Black, Scott Michael Elam, Prashant Kantappa Patil