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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5836075 | Process for forming combustion turbine components by transient liquid phase bonding Processes for constructing complex turbine structures by the assembly of less complex sub-structures. The component sub-structures are bonded together at opposed mating surfaces by transient liquid bond phase techniques. The sub-structure mating surfaces ... | 11/17/1998 |
| 5831241 | Optimized welding technique for NiMoV rotors for high temperature applications A welding process of repairing a ferrous NiMoV low alloy steel turbine component. A first and a second layer of weld material are welded to the turbine component at electrical current levels chosen so as to prevent a substantial decrease and a substantial... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5829245 | Cooling system for gas turbine vane A gas turbine that has turbine vanes that can be cooled with either steam or air includes a compressor that compresses air, a combustor enclosed within a shell and in flow communication with the compressor, a turbine in flow communication with the combust... | 11/03/1998 |
| 5826430 | Fuel heating system used in conjunction with steam cooled combustors and transitions A system is disclosed that provides for a more efficient combined cycle turbine system by using heated coolant returning from the gas turbine engine to pre-heat fuel before that fuel is injected into the combustor. Coolant, such as steam, that is used to ... | 10/27/1998 |
| 5819525 | Cooling supply manifold assembly for cooling combustion turbine components A cooling manifold assembly for cooling combustion turbine components is provided. The manifold assembly comprises at least a first and second connector box. Each one of the first and second two connector boxes comprises a housing. A fluid supply conduit ... | 10/13/1998 |
| 5813827 | Apparatus for cooling a gas turbine airfoil An apparatus for cooling the trailing edge portion of a gas turbine vane. Two radially extending passages connected to the outer shroud direct cooling fluid to a plenum formed about mid-span adjacent the trailing edge. Two arrays of cooling fluid passages... | 09/29/1998 |
| 5803978 | Method of removing blades from a turbo machine A method of removing blades from the rotor of a turbo machine, such as a steam or gas turbine, in which material deposits formed between the surfaces of the blade root and its retaining groove have effectively bonded the blade root to the rotor groove. Th... | 09/08/1998 |
| 5761956 | Passive combustion turbine blade vibration monitor sensor A passive blade vibration monitor sensor for determining an arrival time of a blade of a combustion turbine during operation, the sensor includes an optical lens which receives infrared radiation generated by the blade of the turbine and generates a senso... | 06/09/1998 |
| 5755556 | Turbomachine rotor with improved cooling A gas turbine rotor has an essentially closed loop cooling air scheme in which cooling air drawn from the compressor discharge air that is supplied to the combustion chamber is further compressed, cooled, and then directed to the aft end of the turbine ro... | 05/26/1998 |
| 5704765 | High chromium content welding material to improve resistance of corrosion method and device A low pressure steam turbine and generator low alloy steel disc rotors with extended useful life properties. A ring member of the disc rotor has disposed on it multiple weld layers of ferrous material, forming a weld region. The ring member is made of a l... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5667706 | Apparatus and method for laser welding the inner surface of a tube A laser welding apparatus and method are used to weld the inner surface of small diameter tubes such as nuclear heat exchanger tubes. A weld filler metal carried by a rotatable laser weld head is fed into the weld zone to produce deeply penetrating weldme... | 09/16/1997 |
| 5610959 | Hafnium doped replacement rod for nuclear fuel reconstitution A replacement rod for insertion into a nuclear fuel assembly to replace a fuel rod containing a neutron absorbing, fissile fuel, includes Hafnium sufficient to substantially replace the neutron absorption capacity of the fuel rod. The replacement rod also... | 03/11/1997 |
| 5594764 | Automated video characterization of nuclear power plant components An automated system for determining positions of a plurality of nuclear fuel assemblies organized in an array within a housing of a nuclear power plant includes a radiation hardened, underwater camera for inputting images of the nuclear fuel assemblies wi... | 01/14/1997 |
| 5533410 | Motor power measuring cell for motor operated valves Disclosed is apparatus and a system for measuring and monitoring the actual mechanical power being produced by an electric motor and measuring and monitoring the reactive torque acting on and the rotational speed of a drive shaft of the electric motor use... | 07/09/1996 |
| 5504426 | Check valve position indication system and method Electromagnetic field pulses are induced in an electrically conductive/magnetically permeable housing and valving element movable within the housing of a check valve by an energizing coil placed against the housing and forming a loop extending substantial... | 04/02/1996 |
| 5433245 | Online valve diagnostic monitoring system having diagnostic couplings A motor operated valve monitoring system utilizes two diagnostic couplings with quick disconnect electrical connectors. One coupling is used for monitoring switch actuation on the motor operated valve, and the second is for measuring three phase power to ... | 07/18/1995 |
| 5423351 | Fastener for tube plug A fastener for fastening together a plurality of members, such as the plurality of members comprising a tube plug, and a method for plugging an opening in a solid member, which may be a tube, for preventing the flow of fluid through the opening in a solid... | 06/13/1995 |
| 5317330 | Dual resonant antenna circuit for RF tags A two-way communication system is provided having a stationary device and a portable passive device. The portable passive device has circuitry for storing and transmitting coded information. The stationary member transmits a signal at a first frequency vi... | 05/31/1994 |
| 5252842 | Low-loss semiconductor device and backside etching method for manufacturing same A semiconductor device has material removed from the back of the substrate and a manufacturing process is provided for manufacturing these devices. In the exemplary embodiment, a GaAs FET chip is formed by a process including the step of etching the GaAs ... | 10/12/1993 |
| 5191400 | Linear acoustic charge transport circuit A linear acoustic charge transport circuit including an acoustic charge transport (ACT) device and a transconductance amplifier. In one embodiment the ACT device includes a bipolar injector. The ACT device can comprise either a thick channel ACT or a hete... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5164832 | Clipped dynamic range compression image sensing apparatus Solid state image sensing apparatus including a readout circuit associated with each detector element. The readout circuit includes a clipping gate that operates to drain charge, from a charge storage region associated with the detector element, that is i... | 11/17/1992 |
| 5157360 | Frequency selective limiter with temperature and frequency compensation The invention is directed to a frequency selective limiter. A ferrite member supports a signal carrying conductor and magnets establish a transverse magnetic field closely coupled with the conductor through the ferrite. The magnets establish a magnetic fi... | 10/20/1992 |
| 5151661 | Direct digital FM waveform generator for radar systems A linear FM waveform generator employs direct digital synthesis and includes a digital linear FM signal generator, a digital-analog converter, and a sampler means. The linear FM waveform generator includes a frequency slope register coupled to a first sta... | 09/29/1992 |
| 5120960 | Infrared image detecting device and method An infrared (IR) imaging device includes substantially identical top and bottom IR detector arrays. In separate embodiments, either a top or bottom surface of the top array is stacked onto the bottom array to confront a top surface of the bottom array and... | 06/09/1992 |
| 5110755 | Process for forming a component insulator on a silicon substrate A process for forming an insulating layer of silicon dioxide in a silicon substrate that surrounds and electrically insulates a semiconductor device is disclosed herein. The process comprises the steps of forming a recess on the outer surface of the silic... | 05/05/1992 |
| 5043631 | Thin film electroluminescent edge emitter structure on a silicon substrate A thin film electroluminescent edge emitter assembly includes a substrate layer having a configuration to define at least one lateral edge surface and at least one integrated circuit formed therein. The integrated circuit has an input for receiving logic ... | 08/27/1991 |
