Patents by Inventor Thomas R. Henning

Thomas R. Henning 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).

  • Methods and systems for assembling rotatable machines
    Patent number: 7497662
    Abstract: A method of ordering blades in a rotatable machine that includes a plurality of blades that extend radially outwardly from a rotor is provided. The method includes receiving at least one geometric parameter measurement of each blade in a row of blades, determining a maximum difference of at least one of the received geometric parameter measurements between adjacent blades in the row of blades, determining a vector sum of at least one of the received geometric parameter measurements, determining a plurality of moment weight vector sums of the rotor, and determining, using a computer, a sequence map of each blade using the maximum difference of the at least one geometric parameter measurement between adjacent blades in the row of blades, the vector sum of the at least one received geometric parameter measurement, and the plurality of moment weight vector sums.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel E. Mollmann, Thomas R. Henning, David W. Crall, Matthew A. Oakland, Todd M. Dahling
  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR ASSEMBLING ROTATABLE MACHINES
    Publication number: 20080027686
    Abstract: A method of ordering blades in a rotatable machine that includes a plurality of blades that extend radially outwardly from a rotor is provided. The method includes receiving at least one geometric parameter measurement of each blade in a row of blades, determining a maximum difference of at least one of the received geometric parameter measurements between adjacent blades in the row of blades, determining a vector sum of at least one of the received geometric parameter measurements, determining a plurality of moment weight vector sums of the rotor, and determining, using a computer, a sequence map of each blade using the maximum difference of the at least one geometric parameter measurement between adjacent blades in the row of blades, the vector sum of the at least one received geometric parameter measurement, and the plurality of moment weight vector sums.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: January 31, 2008
    Inventors: Daniel E. Mollmann, Thomas R. Henning, David W. Crall, Matthew A. Oakland, Todd M. Dahling