Patents by Inventor Robert G. Baran

Robert G. Baran 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).

  • Welded rotor, a steam turbine having a welded rotor and a method for producing a welded rotor
    Patent number: 8944761
    Abstract: A welded rotor, a steam turbine having a welded rotor, and a method of producing a welded rotor are disclosed. The welded rotor includes a high pressure section and an intermediate pressure section. The high pressure section includes a high temperature material section joined to a low temperature material section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph Farineau, Robert G. Baran, Manuel Julio Gomez Fernandez
  • Welded Rotor, a Steam Turbine having a Welded Rotor and a Method for Producing a Welded Rotor
    Publication number: 20120189459
    Abstract: A welded rotor, a steam turbine having a welded rotor, and a method of producing a welded rotor are disclosed. The welded rotor includes a high pressure section and an intermediate pressure section. Either or both the high pressure section and/or the intermediate pressure section includes a high temperature material section joined to a low temperature material section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph FARINEAU, Robert G. BARAN, Manuel Julio Gomez FERNANDEZ
  • Welded Rotor, a Steam Turbine Having a Welded Rotor and a Method for Producing a Welded Rotor
    Publication number: 20120189461
    Abstract: A welded rotor, a steam turbine having a welded rotor, and a method of producing a welded rotor are disclosed. The welded rotor includes a high pressure section and an intermediate pressure section. The high pressure section includes a high temperature material section joined to a low temperature material section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas Joseph FARINEAU, Robert G. BARAN, Manuel Julio Gomez FERNANDEZ
  • Method and apparatus for cooling a workpiece
    Patent number: 5419792
    Abstract: Cooling of a workpiece is conducted at selected workpiece locations in accordance with predetermined heat flux, at the locations, required to result in a desired workpiece cooling rate for workpiece integrity, microstructure and mechanical properties. A cooling fluid is controlled to follow the workpiece surface according to preselected cooling fluid convective cooling parameters including, but not limited to, cooling fluid direction, mass flow rate, and velocity at the selected locations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 30, 1995
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Dennis G. King, Robert G. Baran, Larry W. Plemmons, Nancy A. Sullivan, Glenn C. Culbertson, Shesh K. Srivatsa, Thomas M. Gately