Patents by Inventor Rick A. Olson

Rick A. Olson 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).

  • Apparatus and method for supporting the torque load on a gas turbine vane
    Patent number: 4957412
    Abstract: A gas turbine of the type having turbine vanes retained in a cylinder and utilizing torque pins to transmit the torque load on the vanes to the cylinder is provided with improved structure for enabling insertion and withdrawal of the pin from engagement with the outer vane shroud in the vicinity of the cylinder flanges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 18, 1990
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: Rick A. Olson, Perry E. Lowe
  • Blade ring rollout roller
    Patent number: 4925363
    Abstract: A roller structure for a rotary machine has a plate that is removably engagable with the outer casing of such rotary machines, a shaft portion attached to the plate and insertable through the outer casing, a bearing mounted for rotation upon the shaft portion, and a selected plurality of shims having different thicknesses engagable upon the shaft portion to adjust the position of the bearing with respect to an inner casing of the rotary machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1989
    Date of Patent: May 15, 1990
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventors: James R. Brown, Rick A. Olson