Paul Richard Stukenborg

US Patent:

20130071180, Mar 21, 2013

Filed:

Sep 20, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/236975

Inventors:

Nicholas Simon GRAHAM - Greenville SC, US
Raymond Andrew Vincent - Fountain Inn SC, US
George Kaliope - Greer SC, US
Paul Stukenborg - Colonie NY, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F16B 7/00
B23P 11/00

US Classification:

403335, 29428

Abstract:

A load coupling device for a power train including: a rotatable shaft; a first flange on a first end of the shaft, wherein the first flange is adapted to couple to a first rotating shaft of at a torque producing turbine or a torque driven electrical generator; a second flange on an opposite end of the shaft, wherein the shaft is adapted to couple to a second rotating shaft of the other of the turbine and the generator, and an annular ring extending radially outward from the first flange, wherein the mass of the annular ring is selected to shift a torsional natural frequency of the power train away from an operational condition of the power train. Trim masses may be added to make fine adjustments to the torsional natural frequency of the power train.

US Patent:

20200347893, Nov 5, 2020

Filed:

May 1, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/401059

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Thomas Joseph Farineau - Burnt Hills NY, US
Siddharth Navinchandra Ashar - Niskayuna NY, US
Andrew John Lammas - Greenville SC, US
Paul Richard Stukenborg - Guilderland NY, US
Eric Paul Knopf - Wurenlingen, CH
Mateusz Wojciech Golebiowski - Rutihof, CH
Chad Duncan Munkres - Schenectady NY, US
Eric Lorin Letterman - Glenville NY, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F16D 33/12
F16D 23/02
F16D 11/14
F16D 48/06

Abstract:

A clutch system configured to transmit torque between an input shaft and an output shaft. The clutch system may include a clutch and a lubrication supply system. The clutch may include: an input portion disposed at an end of the input shaft; an output portion disposed at an end of the output shaft; and a sliding component that slides axially between the input and output portions to engage the clutch. The lubrication supply system may include: one or more lubricant feeds for delivering a lubricant to the clutch; and one or more lubricant drains for draining the lubricant from the clutch. The one or more lubricant feeds may include one or more respective valves. The one or more valves each may be configurable between settings that vary an amount of the lubricant delivered to the clutch via the respective one of the one or more lubricant feeds.

US Patent:

20140251074, Sep 11, 2014

Filed:

May 19, 2014

Appl. No.:

14/281573

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Raymond Andrew Vincent - Fountain Inn SC, US
George Kaliope - Greer SC, US
Paul Stukenborg - Colonie NY, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F16F 7/10

US Classification:

745731, 745722

Abstract:

A load coupling device for a power train including: a rotatable shaft; a first flange on a first end of the shaft, wherein the first flange is adapted to couple to a first rotating shaft of at a torque producing turbine or a torque driven electrical generator; a second flange on an opposite end of the shaft, wherein the shaft is adapted to couple to a second rotating shaft of the other of the turbine and the generator, and an annular ring extending radially outward from the first flange, wherein the mass of the annular ring is selected to shift a torsional natural frequency of the power train away from an operational condition of the power train. Trim masses may be added to make fine adjustments to the torsional natural frequency of the power train.