Patents by Inventor Steven Sebastian Burdgick

Steven Sebastian Burdgick 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).

  • Patent number: 10036268
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a rotor key member, along with a related assembly and steam turbine. Particular embodiments include a rotor key member for circumferentially retaining a circumferential seal in a steam turbine rotor body, the rotor key member having: a main body sized to contact an axial face of the circumferential seal; and a locking member extending from the main body in a direction axially toward the circumferential seal, the locking member having at least one circumferential edge sized to substantially complement a corresponding slot in the circumferential seal to restrict movement of the circumferential seal relative to the steam turbine rotor body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Sean Christopher Morrissey
  • Publication number: 20180142561
    Abstract: Various aspects include a turbomachine bucket, corresponding shim and related turbine rotor. In some cases, a steam turbine bucket includes: a blade having a first end, and a second end opposite the first end; a tip at the first end of the blade; and a base at the second end, the base including a dovetail for complementing a corresponding dovetail slot in a steam turbine rotor, the dovetail having: a body; a plurality of projections extending from the body in opposing directions for complementing a plurality of recesses in the corresponding dovetail slot; and a shim locking slot extending through the body along the opposing directions, the shim locking slot being open at a bottom surface of the body and sized to engage a shim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Thomas Joseph Farineau, John James Ligos
  • Publication number: 20170342845
    Abstract: The present application provides a steam turbine. The steam turbine may include a number of rotor wheel slots, a number of buckets positioned in the rotor wheel slots, and a radial support assembly positioned between each of the buckets and each of the rotor wheel slots. The radial support assembly may include one or springs and one or more shims.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2016
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, John Ligos, Thomas Joseph Farineau
  • Publication number: 20170292390
    Abstract: Various aspects include an alignment key for a turbomachine, along with a turbomachine including the alignment key and a related storage medium. In some cases, the alignment key includes: a body having primary axis and sized to engage a diaphragm slot in the turbomachine, the body having sidewalls extending along the primary axis; a chamfered tip section continuous with the body, the chamfered tip section sized to engage a casing slot in the turbomachine; and a slot extending through the body and the chamfered tip section, the slot having a first opening proximate an end of the body and a second opening proximate the chamfered tip section, wherein the sidewalls of the body taper from the end of the body toward the chamfered tip section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Jesus Mendoza, Salvador Lopez Mata
  • Publication number: 20170292391
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a steam turbine drum nozzle, along with a related assembly and steam turbine. Particular embodiments include a nozzle having: an airfoil; a radially inner sidewall coupled with a first end of the airfoil; and a radially outer sidewall coupled with a second end of the airfoil, the second end opposing the first end, wherein the radially outer sidewall includes: a first section radially outward of the airfoil; a thinned section coupled with the first section; and a second section coupled with the thinned section radially outward of the airfoil, the second section having a radially outer face and a circumferentially facing side abutting the radially outer face, wherein the second section includes a circumferentially extending slot, and wherein the second section includes a relief slot extending into a body of the second section from the circumferentially facing side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Mark Richard Delorenzo
  • Publication number: 20170159477
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a rotor key member, along with a related assembly and steam turbine. Particular embodiments include a rotor key member for radially retaining a circumferential seal in a steam turbine rotor body, the rotor key member including: a main body sized to contact an axial face of the circumferential seal; and a hook extending from the main body in a direction axially away from the circumferential seal, the hook sized to substantially complement a corresponding shelf in the steam turbine rotor body to restrict movement of the circumferential seal relative to the steam turbine rotor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, James Royce Howes, Sean Christopher Morrissey, Xiaoqing Zheng
  • Publication number: 20170159474
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a rotor key member, along with a related assembly and steam turbine. Particular embodiments include a rotor key member for retaining a circumferential seal in a steam turbine, the rotor key member including: a main body; a first arm extending from the main body; a second arm extending from the main body, wherein the first, arm, the second arm and the main body define a space spanning axially between the first arm and the second arm; and a hook extending from the second arm in a direction axially away from the space, the hook sized to contact a radially inner surface of the circumferential seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Sean Christopher Morrissey, Nicholas Daniel Viscio
  • Publication number: 20170159476
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a rotor key member, along with a related assembly and steam turbine. Particular embodiments include a rotor key member for circumferentially retaining a circumferential seal in a steam turbine rotor body, the rotor key member having: a main body sized to contact an axial face of the circumferential seal; and a locking member extending from the main body in a direction axially toward the circumferential seal, the locking member having at least one circumferential edge sized to substantially complement a corresponding slot in the circumferential seal to restrict movement of the circumferential seal relative to the steam turbine rotor body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Sean Christopher Morrissey
  • Publication number: 20170159473
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a rotor key member having: a body with a primary axis extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to an axial direction in a steam turbine, the body including: a first pair of opposing sides; a second pair of opposing sides extending between the first pair of opposing sides; a top surface and a bottom surface extending between the second pair of opposing sides; and a fillet, bevel or chamfer edge extending between a first one of the first pair of opposing sides and the bottom surface and extending an entire length of the body along the primary axis; and a slot within the body, the slot extending a portion of a length of the body along the primary axis between the second pair of opposing sides and forming an opening in a second one of the first pair of opposing sides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, David Bruce Knorr, Sean Christopher Morrissey, Nicholas Daniel Viscio
  • Publication number: 20170159494
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a steam turbine diaphragm nozzle segment, related assembly and steam turbine. Particular embodiments include a steam turbine diaphragm nozzle segment having: an airfoil having a contact surface for directing a flow of working fluid through a flow path; and a sidewall coupled with the airfoil and at least partially radially outboard of the airfoil, the sidewall having: a body contacting the airfoil; an axially upstream-extending hook extending axially from the body; a first notch adjacent the axially upstream-extending hook; an axially downstream-extending hook extending axially from the body; and a second notch adjacent the axially downstream-extending hook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventor: Steven Sebastian Burdgick
  • Patent number: 9664068
    Abstract: A support block for a steam turbine casing, a related assembly and apparatus. Various embodiments include a steam turbine casing support block having: a body portion sized to substantially fill a pocket in a steam turbine casing, the body portion having a greater length than a depth or a width; a set of tabs extending from the body portion, each of the set of tabs sized to substantially fill a corresponding slot in the steam turbine casing, wherein the set of tabs are located at a radially outwardly facing wall of the body portion; and a pin hole on a bottom surface of the body portion for receiving a retaining member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Jesus Mendoza, John Paul Davis, Stephen Roger Swan
  • Patent number: 9650918
    Abstract: An austenitic segment for a steam turbine nozzle assembly, along with related assemblies. Various embodiments include a steam turbine austenitic ring segment having: a body portion sized to substantially fill a pocket in a steam turbine outer diaphragm ring, the body portion having a greater circumferential length than an axial depth or a radial width thereof; and a hook-shaped portion extending radially inward from the body portion, the hook-shaped portion sized to engage a hook-shaped slot in the steam turbine outer diaphragm ring, wherein the body portion and the hook-shaped portion form a unitary structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Salvador Mata Lopez
  • Publication number: 20170030209
    Abstract: Various embodiments include steam turbine static nozzles having transitional interfaces. In one embodiment a steam turbine static nozzle blade includes: an airfoil; an inner sidewall integral with a first side of the airfoil; and an outer sidewall integral with a second side of the airfoil; the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall each including: a first side having one of: an arcuate concave surface extending substantially an entire length of the sidewall, or an arcuate convex surface extending substantially the entire length of the sidewall; and a second side opposing the first side and having an angled interface extending substantially the entire length of the sidewall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Publication date: February 2, 2017
    Inventor: Steven Sebastian Burdgick
  • Publication number: 20160376898
    Abstract: A steam turbine diaphragm nozzle segment, related assembly and steam turbine. Various embodiments include a steam turbine diaphragm nozzle segment having: a pair of opposing sidewalls; an airfoil extending between the pair of opposing sidewalls and integral with each of the pair of sidewalls, the airfoil having a single contact surface for directing a flow of working fluid through a flow channel; and a fill region integral with the airfoil and the pair of opposing sides, the fill region extending between the pair of opposing sides along an entirety of a length of the airfoil, the fill region for completely obstructing the flow of working fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventors: Martha Alejandra Azcarate Castrellon, Cesar Corona Bravo, Steven Sebastian Burdgick
  • Patent number: 9506362
    Abstract: Various embodiments include steam turbine static nozzles having transitional interfaces. In one embodiment a steam turbine static nozzle blade includes: an airfoil; an inner sidewall integral with a first side of the airfoil; and an outer sidewall integral with a second side of the airfoil; the inner sidewall and the outer sidewall each including: a first side having one of: an arcuate concave surface extending substantially an entire length of the sidewall, or an arcuate convex surface extending substantially the entire length of the sidewall; and a second side opposing the first side and having an angled interface extending substantially the entire length of the sidewall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Steven Sebastian Burdgick
  • Patent number: 9394797
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a steam turbine nozzle and turbomachinery including such a nozzle. In various particular embodiments, a steam turbine nozzle includes: a body having: a first sidewall and a second sidewall opposite the first sidewall; a pressure side and a suction side each extending between the first sidewall and the second sidewall; and a leading edge section at a first junction of the pressure side and the suction side, and a trailing edge section at a second junction of the pressure side and the suction side; and a bypass fluid conduit including: a channel having an opening to at least one of the first sidewall or the second sidewall; and an outlet passageway fluidly connected with the channel between the first sidewall and the second sidewall, the outlet passageway including a first opening on at least one of the pressure side of the body, the suction side of the body or the trailing edge section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Debabrata Mukhopadhyay, Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Prashant Prabhakar Sankolli, Moorthi Subramaniyan
  • Patent number: 9382813
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a turbomachine diaphragm ring. In various particular embodiments, a turbomachine diaphragm ring includes: a packing slot sized to house a dovetail section of a turbomachine packing, the packing slot extending circumferentially about a rotational axis of the turbomachine; a key slot connected with the packing slot sized to house a portion of a key member, the key slot extending at least one of radially or axially from the packing slot; and a retaining slot connected with the key slot and extending substantially circumferentially from the key slot, the retaining slot sized to house a retaining member for retaining the key member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Robert Reid, James Peter Anderson, Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Mark Richard DeLorenzo
  • Publication number: 20160186610
    Abstract: An austenitic segment for a steam turbine nozzle assembly, along with related assemblies. Various embodiments include a steam turbine austenitic ring segment having: a body portion sized to substantially fill a pocket in a steam turbine outer diaphragm ring, the body portion having a greater circumferential length than an axial depth or a radial width thereof; and a hook-shaped portion extending radially inward from the body portion, the hook-shaped portion sized to engage a hook-shaped slot in the steam turbine outer diaphragm ring, wherein the body portion and the hook-shaped portion form a unitary structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2014
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Salvador Mata Lopez
  • Publication number: 20160169047
    Abstract: A support block for a steam turbine casing, a related assembly and apparatus. Various embodiments include a steam turbine casing support block having: a body portion sized to substantially fill a pocket in a steam turbine casing, the body portion having a greater length than a depth or a width; a set of tabs extending from the body portion, each of the set of tabs sized to substantially fill a corresponding slot in the steam turbine casing, wherein the set of tabs are located at a radially outwardly facing wall of the body portion; and a pin hole on a bottom surface of the body portion for receiving a retaining member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Steven Sebastian Burdgick, Jesus Mendoza, John Paul Davis, Stephen Roger Swan
  • Patent number: 9334746
    Abstract: Various embodiments include a turbomachine flow divider. In various particular embodiments, a flow divider for connecting with a first inner diaphragm ring and a second inner diaphragm ring of a turbomachine includes: a body section; and a pair of axially extending flanges extending from the body section, each of the axially extending flanges for engaging with the first inner diaphragm ring and the second inner diaphragm ring, respectively, wherein the flow divider is formed substantially of a rolled plate metal or a sheet metal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Prashant Prabhakar Sankolli, Steven Sebastian Burdgick