Brian David Moran

US Patent:

20140064910, Mar 6, 2014

Filed:

Aug 29, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/598024

Inventors:

Jayakrishna Velampati - Bangalore, IN
Sukriti Gupta - Bangalore, IN
Brian Moran - Greenville SC, US

Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F01D 17/00

US Classification:

415 1, 415150

Abstract:

Embodiments of the present application include a variable stator vanes control mechanism for a gas turbine engine. The control mechanism may include a moveable actuation rod in operative communication with a torque shaft such that movement of the actuation rod rotates the torque shaft. The control mechanism also may include a first unison ring in operative communication with the torque shaft such that rotation of the torque shaft drives the first unison ring. Moreover, the control mechanism may include a second unison ring in operative communication with the torque shaft such that rotation of the torque shaft drives the second unison ring.

US Patent:

20160123591, May 5, 2016

Filed:

Oct 29, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/527476

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Brian David MORAN - Greenville SC, US
Shawn KELLEY - Greenville SC, US

International Classification:

F23R 3/00
B23P 15/00
F01D 25/26
F23R 3/26
F02C 7/18
F01D 17/02

Abstract:

A rotary machine including: a casing providing an annular chamber for rotating components of the machine; a cooling passage extending through the casing or mounted to a surface of casing; a plug assembly connected to the cooling passage and in the casing or mounted to the casing, wherein the plug assembly includes a collar and a conduit aligned with an axis of the collar, and the collar includes a cooling air by-pass passage in fluid communication with the cooling passage such that cooling air from the cooling passage flows through the by-pass passage and returns to the cooling passage, and another cooling passage or a port extending through the conduit of the plug assembly.