Patents by Inventor Vinayak Shashikant Godbole

Vinayak Shashikant Godbole 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).

  • Top mounted turbine casing alignment tool with multi-axis maneuverability
    Patent number: 6839979
    Abstract: A turbine casing alignment tool includes a first section securable to an outer shell of a turbine casing. A second section of the alignment tool is securable to an inner shell of the turbine casing. The alignment tool facilitates adjustment of at least one of the inner shell and the outer shell relative to the other in multiple degrees of freedom to control both co-linearity and concentricity of the outer shell and the inner shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Vinayak Shashikant Godbole, David Leach, Stuart Forrest Waldo