Patents by Inventor Thomas Alan MOGLE

Thomas Alan MOGLE 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).

  • Combustion flow sleeve lifting tool
    Patent number: 10088167
    Abstract: A flow sleeve removal tool including: a shaft having an axis; a bracket attached to the shaft including a ring configured to abut and be releasably attached to an end of a flow sleeve of a gas turbine engine; a shaft attached to the bracket and coaxial with a flow sleeve of a gas turbine engine; a counter balance attached to the shaft, and a cable connector mounted to the shaft between the counter balance and the flow sleeve, wherein the cable connector is configured to attach to a cable connected to an overhead support structure and the cable connector is at a position on the shaft at which the flow sleeve is substantially balances the counter weight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Mogle, Wayne Sullivan
  • COMBUSTION FLOW SLEEVE LIFTING TOOL
    Publication number: 20160363323
    Abstract: A flow sleeve removal tool including: a shaft having an axis; a bracket attached to the shaft including a ring configured to abut and be releasably attached to an end of a flow sleeve of a gas turbine engine; a shaft attached to the bracket and coaxial with a flow sleeve of a gas turbine engine; a counter balance attached to the shaft, and a cable connector mounted to the shaft between the counter balance and the flow sleeve, wherein the cable connector is configured to attach to a cable connected to an overhead support structure and the cable connector is at a position on the shaft at which the flow sleeve is substantially balances the counter weight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2015
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Alan MOGLE, Wayne Sullivan