James C Monaghan

US Patent:

7377036, May 27, 2008

Filed:

Oct 5, 2004

Appl. No.:

10/957575

Inventors:

Jere A. Johnson - Greenville SC, US
Mark J. Bailey - Simpsonville SC, US
Mark D. Pezzutti - Mason OH, US
James Christopher Monaghan - Moore SC, US
Ron Souther - Campobello SC, US
Robert R. Berry - Anderson SC, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

B23P 6/00
F02C 1/00
F01D 5/14

US Classification:

298891, 2988921, 2988922, 294011, 60742, 60780, 415115, 416181

Abstract:

A fuel nozzle assembly for a gas turbine includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced vanes with holes for flowing fuel from plenums within the vanes through holes in the vane walls for premixing with air. To tune the nozzle assembly, the holes are resized by reforming the existing holes to a predetermined hole size, securing plugs into the holes, and forming holes through at least certain of the plugs to diameters less than the diameter of the existing holes.

US Patent:

20060230763, Oct 19, 2006

Filed:

Apr 13, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/104549

Inventors:

Jere Johnson - Greenville SC, US
Mark Bailey - Simpsonville SC, US
Robert Berry - Anderson SC, US
Stewart Beitz - Greenville SC, US
James Monaghan - Moore SC, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F23R 3/42

US Classification:

060740000, 060752000

Abstract:

The cap assembly of a turbine combustor includes a plurality of burner tubes sealed against fuel nozzles extending in the tubes. These piston seals are coated with a high velocity oxygen fuel coating to extend their service life. The outer cap body assembly includes concentric seal rings each with cantilevered convex fingers circumferentially offset from one another to seal between the cap assembly casing and the inner liner. The cap assembly casing is provided with a plurality of holes at predetermined locations about the casing to minimize or eliminate response to combustion dynamics.

US Patent:

20080166233, Jul 10, 2008

Filed:

Jan 9, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/651070

Inventors:

Jere A. Johnson - Greenville SC, US
John Zelahy - Orlando FL, US
Ron Souther - Campobello SC, US
Warren Miglietti - Greenville SC, US
James C. Monaghan - Moore SC, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

B23P 6/00
B23K 31/02
F01D 25/00
F16J 15/02
F01D 11/00

US Classification:

415230, 2940202, 228119, 277650

Abstract:

A method of repairing a turbine component seal land includes: (a) removing material along substantially the entire seal land to provide a preform-receiving face; (b) locating a repair preform along and engaged with said preform-receiving face; (c) brazing the preform to said preform-receiving face; (d) and finish machining an exposed face of the preform to specifications, thereby providing a repaired seal land.

US Patent:

20100019460, Jan 28, 2010

Filed:

Jul 22, 2008

Appl. No.:

12/219458

Inventors:

Todd D. Paquin - Easley SC, US
James C. Monaghan - Moore SC, US
Jeffrey Lebegue - Simpsonville SC, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F02F 11/00

US Classification:

277595, 277313

Abstract:

A gasket assembly includes a closed periphery core of compressible sealing material, the core having top and bottom surfaces and inner and outer edges; a first cover component enclosing at least the outer edge of the closed periphery core; and a second cover component enclosing the inner edge of the closed periphery core and extending into overlapping relationship with the first cover component.

US Patent:

20130269351, Oct 17, 2013

Filed:

Apr 17, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/449012

Inventors:

Zhaoli Hu - Greer SC, US
Mark Lawrence Hunt - Simpsonville SC, US
Chandrudu Srikanth Kottilingam - Simpsonville SC, US
James Christopher Monaghan - Woodruff SC, US
John Drake Vanselow - Taylors SC, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F02C 1/00
B23P 17/00

US Classification:

60748, 29888

Abstract:

A micromixer assembly of a turbine system includes a plate having at least one aperture comprising a receiving diameter. Also included is at least one tube having an inlet and an outlet for receiving a flow and dispersing the flow to a combustor, wherein the at least one tube includes an inner diameter and an outer diameter, wherein the outer diameter is configured to fit within the receiving diameter of the at least one aperture, wherein the at least one tube is operably coupled at a location on the outer diameter to the receiving diameter of the at least one aperture by exerting a radial force on the inner diameter of the tube.

US Patent:

20130283806, Oct 31, 2013

Filed:

Apr 26, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/456602

Inventors:

James Christopher Monaghan - Moore SC, US
Thomas Edward Johnson - Greer SC, US
Johnie F. McConnaughhay - Greenville SC, US
Heath Michael Ostebee - Piedmont SC, US

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F23R 3/42
B23P 15/00

US Classification:

60754, 2989001

Abstract:

A combustor generally includes a liner that at least partially defines a combustion chamber within the combustor. The liner may generally include a hole that extends through the liner and that at least partially defines a mating surface. An insert having an outer surface extends at least partially through the hole. A projection that at least partially defines a mating surface at least partially circumferentially surrounds the insert outer surface. A joint between the projection mating surface and the hole mating surface provides a connection point between the projection mating surface and the liner hole mating surface.

US Patent:

20160153663, Jun 2, 2016

Filed:

Feb 4, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/015372

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Steven Charles Woods - Easley SC, US
Mark Carmine Bellino - Greenville SC, US
James Christopher Monaghan - Moore SC, US
Jonathan Dwight Berry - Simpsonville SC, US
Patrick S. Riley - Greenville SC, US

International Classification:

F23R 3/28
B23P 6/00

Abstract:

A method for repairing a bundled tube fuel injector includes removing a portion of a pre-mix tube, aligning a tube tip with the remaining portion pre-mix tube and fixedly connecting the tube tip to the pre-mix tube. The method may further include removing an aft plate and an outer shroud from the bundled tube fuel injector so as to expose the pre-mix tube.

US Patent:

20150165568, Jun 18, 2015

Filed:

Dec 13, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/105353

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Steven Charles Woods - Easley SC, US
Mark Carmine Bellino - Greenville SC, US
James Christopher Monaghan - Moore SC, US
Jonathan Dwight Berry - Simpsonville SC, US
Patrick S. Riley - Greenville SC, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

B23P 6/00

Abstract:

A method for repairing a bundled tube fuel injector includes removing a portion of a pre-mix tube, aligning a tube tip with the remaining portion pre-mix tube and fixedly connecting the tube tip to the pre-mix tube. The method may further include removing an aft plate and an outer shroud from the bundled tube fuel injector so as to expose the pre-mix tube.