Patents by Inventor Robert Alan Jacobson

Robert Alan Jacobson 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).

  • Cradle mounted turbine nozzle
    Patent number: 6742987
    Abstract: A turbine nozzle includes a row of vanes in corresponding segmented outer and inner bands. The inner band of each segment includes a retention flange. A nozzle support includes forward and aft flanges defining a retention slot receiving the retention flange. The retention flange includes a radial lug trapped axially in the retention slot, and a tangential lug at an opposite circumferential end disposed on the forward flange. The aft flange includes an outer hinge, and the retention flange further includes an inner hinge for cradle mounting the retention flange in the nozzle support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Victor Hugo Silva Correia, Robert Alan Jacobson
  • CRADLE MOUNTED TURBINE NOZZLE
    Publication number: 20040013519
    Abstract: A turbine nozzle includes a row of vanes in corresponding segmented outer and inner bands. The inner band of each segment includes a retention flange. A nozzle support includes forward and aft flanges defining a retention slot receiving the retention flange. The retention flange includes a radial lug trapped axially in the retention slot, and a tangential lug at an opposite circumferential end disposed on the forward flange. The aft flange includes an outer hinge, and the retention flange further includes an inner hinge for cradle mounting the retention flange in the nozzle support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2002
    Publication date: January 22, 2004
    Inventors: Victor Hugo Silva Correia, Robert Alan Jacobson