Patents by Inventor Shane Kruse
Shane Kruse 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: 11037752Abstract: A liquid metal or spiral groove bearing structure for an x-ray tube and associated process for manufacturing the bearing structure is provided in which journal bearing sleeve is formed with a number of structures thereon that function to dissipate heat transmitted to the sleeve during operation of the bearing assembly within the x-ray tube to minimize thermal deformation of the sleeve, thereby minimizing gap size alteration within the bearing assembly. The structures formed within the sleeve are slots disposed within the section of the sleeve in which the highest temperature gradients develop. The slots enable an increase in thermal conductance away from the sleeve while minimizing the stresses created from the deformation of the portion(s) of the sleeve between the slots.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: June 15, 2021Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ian Strider Hunt, Kevin Shane Kruse
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Patent number: 11017976Abstract: A liquid metal or spiral groove bearing structure for an x-ray tube and associated process for manufacturing the bearing structure is provided in which journal bearing sleeve is formed with a number of structures thereon that function to dissipate heat transmitted to the sleeve during operation of the bearing assembly within the x-ray tube to minimize thermal deformation of the sleeve, thereby minimizing gap size alteration within the bearing assembly. The structures formed within the sleeve are slots disposed within the section of the sleeve in which the highest temperature gradients develop. The slots enable an increase in thermal conductance away from the sleeve while minimizing the stresses created from the deformation of the portion(s) of the sleeve between the slots.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ian Strider Hunt, Kevin Shane Kruse
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Publication number: 20200294753Abstract: A liquid metal or spiral groove bearing structure for an x-ray tube and associated process for manufacturing the bearing structure is provided in which journal bearing sleeve is formed with a number of structures thereon that function to dissipate heat transmitted to the sleeve during operation of the bearing assembly within the x-ray tube to minimize thermal deformation of the sleeve, thereby minimizing gap size alteration within the bearing assembly. The structures formed within the sleeve are slots disposed within the section of the sleeve in which the highest temperature gradients develop. The slots enable an increase in thermal conductance away from the sleeve while minimizing the stresses created from the deformation of the portion(s) of the sleeve between the slots.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Ian Strider Hunt, Kevin Shane Kruse
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Publication number: 20200294754Abstract: A liquid metal or spiral groove bearing structure for an x-ray tube and associated process for manufacturing the bearing structure is provided in which journal bearing sleeve is formed with a number of structures thereon that function to dissipate heat transmitted to the sleeve during operation of the bearing assembly within the x-ray tube to minimize thermal deformation of the sleeve, thereby minimizing gap size alteration within the bearing assembly. The structures formed within the sleeve are slots disposed within the section of the sleeve in which the highest temperature gradients develop. The slots enable an increase in thermal conductance away from the sleeve while minimizing the stresses created from the deformation of the portion(s) of the sleeve between the slots.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 28, 2020Publication date: September 17, 2020Inventors: Ian Strider Hunt, Kevin Shane Kruse
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Patent number: 10714297Abstract: A liquid metal or spiral groove bearing structure for an x-ray tube and associated process for manufacturing the bearing structure is provided in which journal bearing sleeve is formed with a number of structures thereon that function to dissipate heat transmitted to the sleeve during operation of the bearing assembly within the x-ray tube to minimize thermal deformation of the sleeve, thereby minimizing gap size alteration within the bearing assembly. The structures formed within the sleeve are slots disposed within the section of the sleeve in which the highest temperature gradients develop. The slots enable an increase in thermal conductance away from the sleeve while minimizing the stresses created from the deformation of the portion(s) of the sleeve between the slots.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2018Date of Patent: July 14, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ian Strider Hunt, Kevin Shane Kruse
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Publication number: 20200013577Abstract: A liquid metal or spiral groove bearing structure for an x-ray tube and associated process for manufacturing the bearing structure is provided in which journal bearing sleeve is formed with a number of structures thereon that function to dissipate heat transmitted to the sleeve during operation of the bearing assembly within the x-ray tube to minimize thermal deformation of the sleeve, thereby minimizing gap size alteration within the bearing assembly. The structures formed within the sleeve are slots disposed within the section of the sleeve in which the highest temperature gradients develop. The slots enable an increase in thermal conductance away from the sleeve while minimizing the stresses created from the deformation of the portion(s) of the sleeve between the slots.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2018Publication date: January 9, 2020Inventors: Ian Strider Hunt, Kevin Shane Kruse
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Patent number: 10468223Abstract: An X-ray tube is provided. The X-ray tube includes a bearing configured to couple to an anode. The bearing includes a stationary member, a rotary member configured to rotate with respect to the stationary member during operation of the X-ray tube, and a support feature configured to minimize bending moment along a surface of the stationary member to reduce deflection of the stationary member relative to the rotary member due to radial loads during operation of the X-ray tube.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: November 5, 2019Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: John James McCabe, Michael Scott Hebert, Ian Strider Hunt, Andrew Thomas Triscari, Kevin Shane Kruse, Alxander Thomas Ryan, Adolfo Delgado Marquez
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Patent number: 10460901Abstract: A liquid metal or spiral groove bearing structure for an x-ray tube and associated process for manufacturing the bearing structure is provided that includes a bearing shaft rotatably disposed in a bearing housing or shell. The shell includes a thrust seal engaged with a sleeve to maintain co-axiality for the rotating liquid metal seal formed in the shell about the shaft. The shaft has a bore for the introduction of a cooling fluid into the bearing assembly in which is disposed a cooling tube. The cooling tube includes turbulence-inducing features to increase the turbulence of the cooling fluid flowing through the cooling tube, consequently enhancing the heat exchange between the cooling fluid and the shaft. This maximizes the heat transfer from the shaft to the oil, allowing materials with lower thermal conductivities, such as non-refractory materials, to be used to form the bearing shaft and shell.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2017Date of Patent: October 29, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventor: Kevin Shane Kruse
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Publication number: 20190139732Abstract: An X-ray tube is provided. The X-ray tube includes a bearing configured to couple to an anode. The bearing includes a stationary member, a rotary member configured to rotate with respect to the stationary member during operation of the X-ray tube, and a support feature configured to minimize bending moment along a surface of the stationary member to reduce deflection of the stationary member relative to the rotary member due to radial loads during operation of the X-ray tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2019Publication date: May 9, 2019Inventors: John James McCabe, Michael Scott Hebert, Ian Strider Hunt, Andrew Thomas Triscari, Kevin Shane Kruse, Alxander Thomas Ryan, Adolfo Delgado Marquez
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Patent number: 10283312Abstract: An X-ray tube is provided. The X-ray tube includes a bearing configured to couple to an anode. The bearing includes a stationary member, a rotary member configured to rotate with respect to the stationary member during operation of the X-ray tube, and a support feature configured to minimize bending moment along a surface of the stationary member to reduce deflection of the stationary member relative to the rotary member due to radial loads during operation of the X-ray tube.Type: GrantFiled: August 30, 2016Date of Patent: May 7, 2019Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: John James McCabe, Michael Scott Hebert, Ian Strider Hunt, Andrew Thomas Triscari, Kevin Shane Kruse, Alexander Thomas Ryan, Adolfo Delgado Marquez
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Publication number: 20190103244Abstract: A liquid metal or spiral groove bearing structure for an x-ray tube and associated process for manufacturing the bearing structure is provided that includes a bearing shaft rotatably disposed in a bearing housing or shell. The shell includes a thrust seal engaged with a sleeve to maintain co-axiality for the rotating liquid metal seal formed in the shell about the shaft. The shaft has a bore for the introduction of a cooling fluid into the bearing assembly in which is disposed a cooling tube. The cooling tube includes turbulence-inducing features to increase the turbulence of the cooling fluid flowing through the cooling tube, consequently enhancing the heat exchange between the cooling fluid and the shaft. This maximizes the heat transfer from the shaft to the oil, allowing materials with lower thermal conductivities, such as non-refractory materials, to be used to form the bearing shaft and shell.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2017Publication date: April 4, 2019Inventor: Kevin Shane Kruse
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Publication number: 20180061611Abstract: An X-ray tube is provided. The X-ray tube includes a bearing configured to couple to an anode. The bearing includes a stationary member, a rotary member configured to rotate with respect to the stationary member during operation of the X-ray tube, and a support feature configured to minimize bending moment along a surface of the stationary member to reduce deflection of the stationary member relative to the rotary member due to radial loads during operation of the X-ray tube.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 30, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Inventors: John James McCabe, Michael Scott Hebert, Ian Strider Hunt, Andrew Thomas Triscari, Kevin Shane Kruse, Alexander Thomas Ryan, Adolfo Delgado Marquez
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Patent number: 6688450Abstract: A conveyor assembly is for use with a vehicle having a wheel pivotable about an axis and an actuator configured to pivot the wheel. The conveyor assembly includes a carriage connectable with the vehicle and having a wheel pivotable about an axis, a swing axis and a first bearing surface about the swing axis. A carriage steering actuator pivots the carriage wheel about its axis in one direction when the vehicle actuator pivots the vehicle wheel about its axis in an opposing direction. A conveyor connected with the carriage has a second bearing surface engaged about the first bearing surface. Further, a swing actuator rotates the conveyor about the swing axis such that the second bearing surface linearly displaces along a first arcuate path as an actuator end displaces along a second arcuate path, configured such that the bearing surface displacement is greater than the actuator end displacement.Type: GrantFiled: May 14, 2002Date of Patent: February 10, 2004Assignee: Blaw-Knox Construction Equipment CorporationInventors: Leonard E. Speers, William R. Schwelitz, Robert W. Begley, Terry K. Olson, Ben J. Huisman, Jason P. Wiese, Shane Kruse
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Publication number: 20030010600Abstract: A conveyor assembly is for use with a vehicle having a wheel pivotable about an axis and an actuator configured to pivot the wheel. The conveyor assembly includes a carriage connectable with the vehicle and having a wheel pivotable about an axis, a swing axis and a first bearing surface about the swing axis. A carriage steering actuator pivots the carriage wheel about its axis in one direction when the vehicle actuator pivots the vehicle wheel about its axis in an opposing direction. A conveyor connected with the carriage has a second bearing surface engaged about the first bearing surface. Further, a swing actuator rotates the conveyor about the swing axis such that the second bearing surface linearly displaces along a first arcuate path as an actuator end displaces along a second arcuate path, configured such that the bearing surface displacement is greater than the actuator end displacement.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 14, 2002Publication date: January 16, 2003Applicant: BLAW-KNOX CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT CORPORATIONInventors: Leonard E. Speers, William R. Schwelitz, Robert W. Begley, Terry K. Olson, Ben J. Huisman, Jason P. Wiese, Shane Kruse