Patents by Inventor Thomas Alan Mogle, II

Thomas Alan Mogle, II 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: 12343806
    Abstract: A guide for cutting a dowel pin of a rotor assembly is provided. The guide includes a catch basin, including a first catch basin portion and a second catch basin portion, and a shim. The first catch basin portion and the second catch basin portion form a cutting tool receiver. The shim extends from a first edge having a cross-section that is complementary to a surface of the rotor assembly. The first catch basin portion and the second catch basin portion form a receptacle that accommodates and retains portions of a dowel pin during and after removal of the dowel pin from the rotor assembly. The cutting tool receiver is defined by a receiver edge configured to guide a cutting surface of a cutting tool through a cross-section of a dowel pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christopher David Runkel, Thomas Alan Mogle, II, Marcus Nolan Adams, Mark Andrew Haley, Sandra Beverly Kolvick
  • Patent number: 12320267
    Abstract: A foreign material exclusion system for positioning within a casing of a turbine to catch any foreign material during maintenance of the turbine. The foreign material exclusion system may include a fabric sleeve with a semicircular shape and a number of poles attached to the sleeve to maintain the sleeve in place within the turbine casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Magdalena Angelika Lula, Thomas Alan Mogle, II, Christopher David Runkel, Sandra Beverly Kolvick, Nicholas Desmond Dupre, Kelly Anne McManus
  • Patent number: 12281591
    Abstract: A tooling assembly for installation relative to a first and second turbomachine component is provided. The tooling assembly includes an axial mounting portion removably couplable to the first turbomachine component. The axial mounting portion includes a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate, and at least one turnbuckle assembly that extends between, and is coupled to, the first plate and the second plate. At least one of the first plate and the second plate include a radial compression portion. The radial compression portion includes a compression bar radially movable relative to the axial mounting portion and configured to contact the second turbomachine component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2025
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Mogle, II, Sandra Beverly Kolvick, Daryl Paul Capriotti
  • Patent number: 12188368
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to support a diffuser segment during removal from and installation into an assembly. The apparatus includes a body having two or more supports and at least two clamp rods. The clamp rods each extend from a first end to a second end. The body defines a pocket extending between the supports on a first side of the clamp rods. An end clamp releasably mates with the second end of each clamp rod. The end clamp has a foot extending into the first side of the clamp rod. A wheel is received within each support. The pocket and the foot of each end clamp releasably retain a diffuser segment and the wheels rotate to allow the diffuser segment to be removed without damaging a surface coating of the diffuser segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2025
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Sandra Beverly Kolvick, Thomas Alan Mogle, II, Eric Lynn Strunk, William Thomas Ordean
  • Publication number: 20240287918
    Abstract: A tooling assembly for installation relative to a first and second turbomachine component is provided. The tooling assembly includes an axial mounting portion removably couplable to the first turbomachine component. The axial mounting portion includes a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate, and at least one turnbuckle assembly that extends between, and is coupled to, the first plate and the second plate. At least one of the first plate and the second plate include a radial compression portion. The radial compression portion includes a compression bar radially movable relative to the axial mounting portion and configured to contact the second turbomachine component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2024
    Publication date: August 29, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Mogle, II, Sandra Beverly Kolvick, Daryl Paul Capriotti
  • Patent number: 12044138
    Abstract: a tooling assembly for installation relative to a first and second turbomachine component is provided. The tooling assembly includes an axial mounting portion removably couplable to the first turbomachine component. The axial mounting portion includes a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate, and at least one turnbuckle assembly that extends between, and is coupled to, the first plate and the second plate. At least one of the first plate and the second plate include a radial compression portion. The radial compression portion includes a compression bar radially movable relative to the axial mounting portion and configured to contact the second turbomachine component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Mogle, II, Sandra Beverly Kolvick, Daryl Paul Capriotti
  • Patent number: 12025022
    Abstract: Tooling assemblies and methods are provided. A tooling assembly includes a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate, and one or more members extending between the first plate and the second plate. The tooling assembly further includes a plurality of blocks mounted to the one or more members and arranged in one or more rows between the first plate and the second plate. The at least one block in the plurality of blocks defines an opening that corresponds with an exterior shape of a mounting portion of the rotor blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2024
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Rubi Elizabeth Triana Zorsano, Gilberto Betancourt Salinas, Thomas Alan Mogle, II
  • Publication number: 20230392521
    Abstract: a tooling assembly for installation relative to a first and second turbomachine component is provided. The tooling assembly includes an axial mounting portion removably couplable to the first turbomachine component. The axial mounting portion includes a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate, and at least one turnbuckle assembly that extends between, and is coupled to, the first plate and the second plate. At least one of the first plate and the second plate include a radial compression portion. The radial compression portion includes a compression bar radially movable relative to the axial mounting portion and configured to contact the second turbomachine component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2023
    Publication date: December 7, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Mogle, II, Sandra Beverly Kolvick, Daryl Paul Capriotti
  • Publication number: 20230349305
    Abstract: Tooling assemblies and methods are provided. A tooling assembly includes a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate, and one or more members extending between the first plate and the second plate. The tooling assembly further includes a plurality of blocks mounted to the one or more members and arranged in one or more rows between the first plate and the second plate. The at least one block in the plurality of blocks defines an opening that corresponds with an exterior shape of a mounting portion of the rotor blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Rubi Elizabeth Triana Zorsano, Gilberto Betancourt Salinas, Thomas Alan Mogle, II
  • Patent number: 11773752
    Abstract: a tooling assembly for installation relative to a first and second turbomachine component is provided. The tooling assembly includes an axial mounting portion removably couplable to the first turbomachine component. The axial mounting portion includes a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate, and at least one turnbuckle assembly that extends between, and is coupled to, the first plate and the second plate. At least one of the first plate and the second plate include a radial compression portion. The radial compression portion includes a compression bar radially movable relative to the axial mounting portion and configured to contact the second turbomachine component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Mogle, II, Sandra Beverly Kolvick, Daryl Paul Capriotti
  • Patent number: 11746678
    Abstract: An apparatus configured to support a diffuser segment during removal from and installation into an assembly. The apparatus includes a body having two or more supports and at least two clamp rods. The clamp rods each extend from a first end to a second end. The body defines a pocket extending between the supports on a first side of the clamp rods. An end clamp releasably mates with the second end of each clamp rod. The end clamp has a foot extending into the first side of the clamp rod. A wheel is received within each support. The pocket and the foot of each end clamp releasably retain a diffuser segment and the wheels rotate to allow the diffuser segment to be removed without damaging a surface coating of the diffuser segment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sandra Beverly Kolvick, Thomas Alan Mogle, II, Eric Lynn Strunk, William Thomas Ordean
  • Publication number: 20230250735
    Abstract: a tooling assembly for installation relative to a first and second turbomachine component is provided. The tooling assembly includes an axial mounting portion removably couplable to the first turbomachine component. The axial mounting portion includes a first plate, a second plate spaced apart from the first plate, and at least one turnbuckle assembly that extends between, and is coupled to, the first plate and the second plate. At least one of the first plate and the second plate include a radial compression portion. The radial compression portion includes a compression bar radially movable relative to the axial mounting portion and configured to contact the second turbomachine component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Mogle, II, Sandra Beverly Kolvick, Daryl Paul Capriotti
  • Publication number: 20230101193
    Abstract: A tool for removing a coating from an interior surface of a component. The tool includes a rotary device; a grinding attachment attached to the rotary device; a tool holder configured to: set an axial position of the grinding attachment coupled to the rotary device over the coating on the interior surface of the component; and set a radial position of the grinding attachment coupled to the rotary device, the radial position defining a cutting depth of the grinding attachment into the coating on the interior surface of the component; and a wheel assembly coupled to the tool holder for guiding the tool holder about an interior perimeter of the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2021
    Publication date: March 30, 2023
    Inventors: Rachel Taylor Chau, Thomas Alan Mogle, II, Sandra Beverly Kolvick, Paul Albert Cook
  • Patent number: 10989413
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an axial retention assembly for combustor components of a gas turbine engine. The axial retention assembly may include a combustor having a liner and a casing, with the casing including a flange spaced apart from the liner along an axial centerline of the combustor. Furthermore, the axial retention assembly may include a mounting plate having a first end removably coupled to the flange and a second end positioned inward from the casing in a radial direction. Moreover, the axial retention assembly may include a clamp removably coupled to the liner. Additionally, the axial retention assembly may include a tie rod coupled to the second end of the mounting plate and the clamp to reduce relative movement between the liner and the casing along the axial centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stuart Craig Hanson, Thomas Alan Mogle, II
  • Patent number: 10969106
    Abstract: The present subject matter is directed to an axial retention assembly for combustor components of a gas turbine engine. The axial retention assembly may include a combustor having include a liner defining a liner aperture extending therethrough. Additionally, the combustor may further include a sleeve defining a sleeve aperture extending therethrough, with the sleeve positioned radially outward from and at least partially circumferentially positioned around the liner. Furthermore, the axial retention assembly may include a frame having a mounting projection positioned within the sleeve aperture. Moreover, the axial retention assembly may include a clamp plate adjustably coupled to the frame. In addition, the axial retention assembly may include a clamp plate adjustment rod extending through the liner aperture and threadingly engaging the clamp plate such that relative movement between the liner and the sleeve along the axial centerline is reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stuart Craig Hanson, Thomas Alan Mogle, II
  • Publication number: 20210047967
    Abstract: The present subject matter is directed to an axial retention assembly for combustor components of a gas turbine engine. The axial retention assembly may include a combustor having include a liner defining a liner aperture extending therethrough. Additionally, the combustor may further include a sleeve defining a sleeve aperture extending therethrough, with the sleeve positioned radially outward from and at least partially circumferentially positioned around the liner. Furthermore, the axial retention assembly may include a frame having a mounting projection positioned within the sleeve aperture. Moreover, the axial retention assembly may include a clamp plate adjustably coupled to the frame. In addition, the axial retention assembly may include a clamp plate adjustment rod extending through the liner aperture and threadingly engaging the clamp plate such that relative movement between the liner and the sleeve along the axial centerline is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Inventors: Stuart Craig Hanson, Thomas Alan Mogle, II
  • Patent number: 10920605
    Abstract: A system for determining eccentricity of a turbine shell and a turbine rotor of a gas turbine includes a laser module with a microprocessor having coupled thereto a wireless network chip, a laser sensor, an inclination sensor, and a power supply. The laser sensor transmits a laser toward the turbine shell as the rotor spins at slow speed and to receive a reflected laser from the turbine shell, thereby defining a path length indicative of a distance between the laser module and the turbine shell for each of a series of points disposed circumferentially around the turbine shell. The system further includes a bracket configured to hold the laser module proximate to a turbine blade; a base station that produces a wireless network near the turbine shell and that receives distance measurements from the laser module for each of the series of points; and a server for processing the distance measurements into an eccentricity plot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Travis Edwin Lipstein, Taylor Janae Million, Glen William Brooksby, Sandra Beverly Kolvick, James Scott Flanagan, Thomas Alan Mogle, II
  • Publication number: 20210018179
    Abstract: The present disclosure is directed to an axial retention assembly for combustor components of a gas turbine engine. The axial retention assembly may include a combustor having a liner and a casing, with the casing including a flange spaced apart from the liner along an axial centerline of the combustor. Furthermore, the axial retention assembly may include a mounting plate having a first end removably coupled to the flange and a second end positioned inward from the casing in a radial direction. Moreover, the axial retention assembly may include a clamp removably coupled to the liner. Additionally, the axial retention assembly may include a tie rod coupled to the second end of the mounting plate and the clamp to reduce relative movement between the liner and the casing along the axial centerline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Stuart Craig Hanson, Thomas Alan Mogle, II
  • Patent number: 10808576
    Abstract: Methods of replacing flex seals in exhaust frames of turbine systems are disclosed. The method may include removing a section of an outer casing of an exhaust frame to form an opening within the outer casing. The section may be formed within a flow path of the exhaust frame. The method may also include removing the flex seal from the exhaust frame via the opening formed within the outer casing, inserting a distinct flex seal within the exhaust frame via the opening formed within the outer casing, and covering the opening formed within the outer casing of the exhaust frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Edward Huth, Thomas Alan Mogle, II
  • Patent number: 10704421
    Abstract: This disclosure provides tools for installing and removing a combustion liner in a combustion casing. A mounting frame has fasteners positioned circumferentially around an end casing surface of the combustion casing and removably attaches the mounting frame to the combustion casing. A positioning member has pushing surfaces and pulling surfaces distributed circumferentially around the combustion liner. An axial positioning mechanism engages the mounting frame and the positioning member along a common axis. The axial positioning mechanism incrementally positions the positioning member relative to the mounting frame by adjusting a positioning distance between the mounting frame and the positioning member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Alan Mogle, II, Sandra Beverly Kolvick, Troy Lee Smith