Patents by Inventor Zafer Tuncali

Zafer Tuncali 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).

  • Generator rotor refurbishing system and method of repairing a generator rotor
    Patent number: 10038356
    Abstract: A generator rotor refurbishing system includes a cutting tool configured to cut generator rotor bars. The cutting tool includes a guide track configured and disposed to be fixedly mounted relative to a generator rotor and a cutting head block moveably mounted relative to the guide track. The cutting tool is configured and disposed to produce a fixed depth cut through a generator rotor bar. A cleaning system is configured for substantially simultaneously cleaning first and second opposing surfaces and first and second opposing edges of the generator rotor bar. The cleaning system includes a guide member and a cleaning assembly moveably mounted to the guide member. The cleaning assembly includes a plurality of cleaning members arranged to clean each of first and second opposing surfaces and first and second opposing edges of the generator rotor bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ozgen Ozturk, Murat Alver, Nihan Basaran, David Thomas Brockenbrough, Erkan Karakazan, August Elwood Pendergast, Zafer Tuncali, Robert William Vadney, Yu Wang
  • GENERATOR ROTOR REFURBISHING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF REPAIRING A GENERATOR ROTOR
    Publication number: 20130312250
    Abstract: A generator rotor refurbishing system includes a cutting tool configured to cut generator rotor bars. The cutting tool includes a guide track configured and disposed to be fixedly mounted relative to a generator rotor and a cutting head block moveably mounted relative to the guide track. The cutting tool is configured and disposed to produce a fixed depth cut through a generator rotor bar. A cleaning system is configured for substantially simultaneously cleaning first and second opposing surfaces and first and second opposing edges of the generator rotor bar. The cleaning system includes a guide member and a cleaning assembly moveably mounted to the guide member. The cleaning assembly includes a plurality of cleaning members arranged to clean each of first and second opposing surfaces and first and second opposing edges of the generator rotor bar.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 28, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ozgen Ozturk, Murat Alver, Nihan Basaran, David Thomas Brockenbrough, Erkan Karakazan, August Elwood Pendergast, Zafer Tuncali, Robert William Vadney, Yu Wang