Patents by Inventor Sean Cornelius O'Meara
Sean Cornelius O'Meara 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).
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Patent number: 11331760Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a tool and method for alignment adjustment of machinery. The tool may include a bottom plate, a top plate oriented in parallel planes, a low friction intermediate element between bottom plate and top plate, and a hydraulic actuator or electro-mechanic actuator arranged between the bottom plate and the top plate and capable of moving the top plate relative to the bottom plate.Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2019Date of Patent: May 17, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Piotr Krzysztof Dzieciol, Adrian Adam Klejc, Sean Cornelius O'Meara, Szymon Perkowski
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Publication number: 20210340883Abstract: A support member for supporting a turbine assembly during installation includes a platform having a plurality of modular platform components oriented to define an upper surface of the platform. The support member also includes a linear actuator selectively positionable on the upper surface of the platform. The support member further includes a column selectively positionable on the linear actuator. The platform, the linear actuator, and the column are sized to support the turbine assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2021Publication date: November 4, 2021Inventors: Piotr Krzysztof DZIECIOL, Sean Cornelius O'MEARA, Adrian Adam KLEJC, Szymon PERKOWSKI
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Patent number: 11136904Abstract: A method of installing a turbine assembly is provided. The method includes assembling a support member for supporting a turbine assembly during installation. The support member includes a platform having a plurality of modular platform components oriented to define an upper surface of the platform. The method also includes positioning a linear actuator on the upper surface of the platform. The method further includes positioning a column on the linear actuator. The method includes lifting the turbine assembly onto the column. The platform, the linear actuator, and the column are sized to support the turbine assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2016Date of Patent: October 5, 2021Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Piotr Krzysztof Dzieciol, Sean Cornelius O'Meara, Adrian Adam Klejc, Szymon Perkowski
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Patent number: 10954823Abstract: A block assembly for locking a toothed gear housed in a frame includes a body shaped to couple to a portion of the frame adjacent to the gear for translation in a first direction parallel to an axis of the gear, and a locking block coupled to the body that includes at least one locking tooth shaped complementary to at least one gear tooth of the gear. The block assembly further includes an adjustment mechanism operable, when the body is coupled to the frame, to move the locking block in a second direction that is substantially orthogonal the axis of the gear, such that at least one locking tooth is received between a circumferentially spaced pair of the gear teeth to prevent movement of the toothed gear.Type: GrantFiled: December 27, 2016Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Magdalena Ewa Gaca, Chad Duncan Munkres, Sean Cornelius O'Meara, John Matthew Sassatelli, Robert Oliver Perry, Jr., Adrian Adam Klejc, Michal Wojciech Wnuk, Michael Alan Davi
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Publication number: 20200189049Abstract: Embodiments of the disclosure provide a tool and method for alignment adjustment of machinery. The tool may include a bottom plate, a top plate oriented in parallel planes, a low friction intermediate element between bottom plate and top plate, and a hydraulic actuator or electro-mechanic actuator arranged between the bottom plate and the top plate and capable of moving the top plate relative to the bottom plate.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 14, 2019Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Piotr Krzysztof DZIECIOL, Adrian Adam KLEJC, Sean Cornelius O'MEARA, Szymon PERKOWSKI
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Publication number: 20190345846Abstract: A block assembly for locking a toothed gear housed in a frame includes a body shaped to couple to a portion of the frame adjacent to the gear for translation in a first direction parallel to an axis of the gear, and a locking block coupled to the body that includes at least one locking tooth shaped complementary to at least one gear tooth of the gear. The block assembly further includes an adjustment mechanism operable, when the body is coupled to the frame, to move the locking block in a second direction that is substantially orthogonal the axis of the gear, such that at least one locking tooth is received between a circumferentially spaced pair of the gear teeth to prevent movement of the toothed gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 27, 2016Publication date: November 14, 2019Inventors: Magdalena Ewa Gaca, Chad Duncan Munkres, Sean Cornelius O'Meara, John Matthew Sassatelli, Robert Oliver Perry, JR., Adrian Adam Klejc, Michal Wojciech Wnuk, Michael Alan Davi
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Patent number: 10415741Abstract: A system for laterally moving an industrial machine is provided. The system includes a pair of rail elements configured to be positioned laterally below and support the industrial machine, the rail elements allowing the industrial machine to be moved laterally from a first operative position to a second, maintenance position; and a pair of linear actuators configured to laterally move the industrial machine as from the first, operative position to the second, maintenance position. The rail elements may include a first skid configured to couple laterally to an underside of the industrial machine at a first axial position; and a second skid configured to couple laterally to an underside of the industrial machine at a second axial position. First and second segmented support rails are positioned in sliding, aligned contact with the first and second skid, respectively, and are configured to be supported on a respective machine foundation.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2018Date of Patent: September 17, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Michael Alan Davi, Max Dryden, Jayan Kaadaapuram George, Jonathan Peter Mallory, Matthew Robert Martin, Sean Cornelius O'Meara, Cornelis Antonius Fransiscus Segeren, John Russell Yagielski
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Publication number: 20190128145Abstract: A support member for supporting a turbine assembly during installation is provided. The support member includes a platform having a plurality of modular platform components oriented to define an upper surface of the platform. The support member also includes a linear actuator selectively positionable on the upper surface of the platform. The support member further includes a column selectively positionable on the linear actuator. The platform, the linear actuator, and the column are sized to support the turbine assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2016Publication date: May 2, 2019Inventors: Piotr Krzysztof DZIECIOL, Sean Cornelius O'MEARA, Adrian Adam KLEJC, Szymon PERKOWSKI
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Publication number: 20180328532Abstract: A system for laterally moving an industrial machine is provided. The system includes a pair of rail elements configured to be positioned laterally below and support the industrial machine, the rail elements allowing the industrial machine to be moved laterally from a first operative position to a second, maintenance position; and a pair of linear actuators configured to laterally move the industrial machine as from the first, operative position to the second, maintenance position. The rail elements may include a first skid configured to couple laterally to an underside of the industrial machine at a first axial position; and a second skid configured to couple laterally to an underside of the industrial machine at a second axial position. First and second segmented support rails are positioned in sliding, aligned contact with the first and second skid, respectively, and are configured to be supported on a respective machine foundation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2018Publication date: November 15, 2018Applicant: Abnormal Load Engineering LimitedInventors: Michael Alan Davi, Max Dryden, Jayan Kaadaapuram George, Jonathan Peter Mallory, Matthew Robert Martin, Sean Cornelius O'Meara, Cornelis Antonius Fransiscus Segeren, John Russell Yagielski
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Patent number: 10054253Abstract: A system for laterally moving an industrial machine is provided. The system includes a pair of rail elements configured to be positioned laterally below and support the industrial machine, the rail elements allowing the industrial machine to be moved laterally from a first operative position to a second, maintenance position; and a pair of linear actuators configured to laterally move the industrial machine as from the first, operative position to the second, maintenance position. The rail elements may include a first skid configured to couple laterally to an underside of the industrial machine at a first axial position; and a second skid configured to couple laterally to an underside of the industrial machine at a second axial position. First and second segmented support rails are positioned in sliding, aligned contact with the first and second skid, respectively, and are configured to be supported on a respective machine foundation.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: August 21, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Michael Alan Davi, Max Dryden, Jayan Kaadaapuram George, Jonathan Peter Mallory, Matthew Robert Martin, Sean Cornelius O'Meara, Cornelis Antonius Fransiscus Segeren, John Russell Yagielski
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Patent number: 9803793Abstract: A method for laterally moving an industrial machine is provided. The method may include: supporting the industrial machine on a pair of rail elements configured to be positioned laterally below and support the industrial machine, the rail elements allowing the industrial machine to be moved laterally from a first operative position to a second, maintenance position. A pair of linear actuators configured to laterally move the industrial machine from the first, operative position to the second, maintenance position.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2015Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Michael Alan Davi, Jayan Kaadaapuram George, Matthew Robert Martin, Sean Cornelius O'Meara, John Russell Yagielski
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Publication number: 20170248034Abstract: A positioning system for aligning first and second coupling elements of adjacent sections of an industrial machine such as a shaft of a turbomachine or generator is provided. The system may include a base, and a pair of lifting jacks supported by the base for adjusting a vertical position of the first coupling element relative to the second coupling element. A coupling element support supports the first coupling element and is supported by the pair of lifting jacks on the base. An adjusting element positioned between each lifting jack and the coupling element support allows adjusting a position of the first coupling element relative to the second coupling element in the axial direction and a lateral direction substantially perpendicular to the axial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 28, 2016Publication date: August 31, 2017Inventors: Piotr Krzysztof Dzieciol, Sean Cornelius O'Meara, Szymon Perkowski, Wiktor Jan Wojciechowski
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Patent number: 9416731Abstract: A thermocouple assembly includes a thermocouple probe fixedly contained within a probe insulation sheath. Also included is a protection tube having a first end, a second end, and a hollow portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the protection tube from the first end to the second end, the hollow portion configured to receive the thermocouple probe and the probe insulation sheath therein. Further included is a radiation shield integrally formed with the protection tube proximate the second end of the protection tube. Yet further included is a nut configured to threadingly engage a threaded portion of the protection tube proximate the first end of the protection tube, the nut configured to positionally fix the thermocouple probe and the probe insulation sheath upon engagement with the protection tube.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2013Date of Patent: August 16, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Richard Douglas Berkland, Shaun Christopher Barrett, Michael Sean Markham, Sean Cornelius O'Meara
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Publication number: 20160161048Abstract: A system for laterally moving an industrial machine is provided. The system includes a pair of rail elements configured to be positioned laterally below and support the industrial machine, the rail elements allowing the industrial machine to be moved laterally from a first operative position to a second, maintenance position; and a pair of linear actuators configured to laterally move the industrial machine as from the first, operative position to the second, maintenance position. The rail elements may include a first skid configured to couple laterally to an underside of the industrial machine at a first axial position; and a second skid configured to couple laterally to an underside of the industrial machine at a second axial position. First and second segmented support rails are positioned in sliding, aligned contact with the first and second skid, respectively, and are configured to be supported on a respective machine foundation.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2015Publication date: June 9, 2016Applicant: ABNORMAL LOAD ENGINEERING LIMITEDInventors: Michael Alan Davi, Max Dryden, Jayan Kaadaapuram George, Jonathan Peter Mallory, Matthew Robert Martin, Sean Cornelius O'Meara, Cornelis Antonius Fransiscus Segeren, John Russell Yagielski
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Publication number: 20160161049Abstract: A method for laterally moving an industrial machine is provided. The method may include: supporting the industrial machine on a pair of rail elements configured to be positioned laterally below and support the industrial machine, the rail elements allowing the industrial machine to be moved laterally from a first operative position to a second, maintenance position. A pair of linear actuators configured to laterally move the industrial machine from the first, operative position to the second, maintenance position.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 12, 2015Publication date: June 9, 2016Inventors: Michael Alan Davi, Jayan Kaadaapuram George, Matthew Robert Martin, Sean Cornelius O'Meara, John Russell Yagielski
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Publication number: 20150114443Abstract: A thermocouple assembly includes a thermocouple probe fixedly contained within a probe insulation sheath. Also included is a protection tube having a first end, a second end, and a hollow portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the protection tube from the first end to the second end, the hollow portion configured to receive the thermocouple probe and the probe insulation sheath therein. Further included is a radiation shield integrally formed with the protection tube proximate the second end of the protection tube. Yet further included is a nut configured to threadingly engage a threaded portion of the protection tube proximate the first end of the protection tube, the nut configured to positionally fix the thermocouple probe and the probe insulation sheath upon engagement with the protection tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2013Publication date: April 30, 2015Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Richard Douglas Berkland, Shaun Christopher Barrett, Michael Sean Markham, Sean Cornelius O'Meara
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Patent number: 8910374Abstract: Various embodiments include a service apparatus for a turbomachine. The service apparatus can include: a frame for coupling to an opening in the turbomachine; a bridge member operably coupled to the frame and spanning a width of the frame, the bridge member being substantially movable along a length of the frame; and a crane member operably coupled to the bridge member, the crane member being substantially movable along the width of the frame, wherein the crane member includes at least one attachment device for attaching to an object within the turbomachine.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2012Date of Patent: December 16, 2014Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Michael Alan Davi, James Robert Hollis, Sean Cornelius O'Meara, Wayne David Sullivan
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Publication number: 20140096354Abstract: Various embodiments include a service apparatus for a turbomachine. The service apparatus can include: a frame for coupling to an opening in the turbomachine; a bridge member operably coupled to the frame and spanning a width of the frame, the bridge member being substantially movable along a length of the frame; and a crane member operably coupled to the bridge member, the crane member being substantially movable along the width of the frame, wherein the crane member includes at least one attachment device for attaching to an object within the turbomachine.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2012Publication date: April 10, 2014Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Michael Alan Davi, James Robert Hollis, Sean Cornelius O'Meara, Wayne David Sullivan