Inventor
BARB KEVIN JOSEPH
US15 patents
Patents
15 patentsUS6814543B2Nov 9, 2004
Method and apparatus for bucket natural frequency tuning
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US6478540B2Nov 12, 2002
Bucket platform cooling scheme and related method
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US6390774B1May 21, 2002
Gas turbine bucket cooling circuit and related process
GEN ELECTRIC70 citations94
US6854959B2Feb 15, 2005
Mixed tuned hybrid bucket and related method
GEN ELECTRIC26 citations92
US7270518B2Sep 18, 2007
Steep angle turbine cover buckets having relief grooves
GEN ELECTRIC26 citations91
US7195455B2Mar 27, 2007
Application of high strength titanium alloys in last stage turbine buckets having longer vane lengths
GEN ELECTRIC29 citations91
US6464461B2Oct 15, 2002
Steam cooling system for a gas turbine
GEN ELECTRIC24 citations91
US7147437B2Dec 12, 2006
Mixed tuned hybrid blade related method
GEN ELECTRIC35 citations89
US7097428B2Aug 29, 2006
Integral cover bucket design
GEN ELECTRIC22 citations89
US6481972B2Nov 19, 2002
Turbine bucket natural frequency tuning rib
GEN ELECTRIC17 citations82
US7540708B2Jun 2, 2009
Methods and apparatus to facilitate sealing in a turbine
GEN ELECTRIC4 citations61
US11118479B2Sep 14, 2021
Stress mitigating arrangement for working fluid dam in turbine system
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US10046426B2Aug 14, 2018
Hydraulic ram bolt tensioning device
GEN ELECTRIC0 citations45
US9453417B2Sep 27, 2016
Turbine intrusion loss reduction system
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US11248498B2Feb 15, 2022
System and method for assembling and shipping steam turbine
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