Michael R Storage

US Patent:

6439619, Aug 27, 2002

Filed:

Oct 16, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/690054

Inventors:

Michael Ralph Storage - Beavercreek OH
Leon James Bryan - Jamestown OH
David Lee Graham - Xenia OH

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F16L 2506

US Classification:

285330, 285365, 285408

Abstract:

A pipe connection includes a longitudinally extending first pipe portion having an annular first flange at a first distal end of the first pipe and a longitudinally extending second pipe portion having an annular second flange at a second distal end of the second pipe. One of the flanges is a male flange and the other of the flanges is a female flange. The male flange has a ring shaped male wall longitudinally extending from a longitudinally facing flat surface of the male flange. The female flange has a ring shaped female wall longitudinally extending from a longitudinally facing first flat surface of the female flange. The male and female walls are shaped and sized such that the male wall is received within the female wall. A detent is formed from, in, and extending radially away from a first one of the walls toward a second one of the walls. A notch extends radially into the second one of the walls and is sized and shaped to receive the detent therein.

US Patent:

6709024, Mar 23, 2004

Filed:

Sep 27, 2000

Appl. No.:

09/670999

Inventors:

Mark Douglas Swinford - Centerville OH
Antonio Salas Gonzalez - Beavercreek OH
Mark Allen Rich - Urbana OH
Michael Ralph Storage - Beavercreek OH

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F16L 2102

US Classification:

285233, 285369, 285261

Abstract:

A coupling used to transfer fluid between two conduits includes a seal arrangement that permits an inner sleeve to move axially and angularly without fluid leaking from the coupling. The coupling also includes a pair of coupling members coupled to the inner sleeve, around each end of the inner sleeve. The inner sleeve includes tapered ends sized to receive a seal including a spherical lip. Each coupling member includes a tapered end that compresses each seal during assembly of the coupling. The seal spherical lips maintain sealable contact between the inner sleeve and the coupling first and second members.

US Patent:

8387362, Mar 5, 2013

Filed:

Oct 19, 2006

Appl. No.:

11/550894

Inventors:

Michael Ralph Storage - Beavercreek OH, US
Kevin Richard Leamy - Loveland OH, US
Brian Neal - Highland Heights KY, US

International Classification:

F02K 99/00
F02K 3/02

US Classification:

60266, 602261

Abstract:

A method for assembling a turbine engine includes assembling a heat exchanger assembly that includes at least a radially inner plate, a radially outer plate, and a heat exchanger coupled between the radially inner and outer plates, forming the heat exchanger assembly such that the heat exchanger assembly has a substantially arcuate shape, and coupling the heat exchanger to a fan casing such that the heat exchanger is positioned upstream or downstream from the fan assembly.

US Patent:

20040056485, Mar 25, 2004

Filed:

Sep 20, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/251534

Inventors:

Kevin Love - Centerville OH, US
John Robison - Silvercreek OH, US
Michael Storage - Beavercreek OH, US
Antonio Gonzalez - Beavercreek OH, US
Mark Meyer - Centerville OH, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company

International Classification:

F16L017/00

US Classification:

285/363000, 285/405000, 285/406000

Abstract:

An integral sheet metal flange system for fluid ducts including a tubular base with an outwardly projecting annular clamping surface, and an inwardly projecting annular sealing face, wherein the inwardly projecting annular sealing face has a surface transverse to the longitudinal axis of the tube. The sheet metal flanges are made integral with the tubing and are comprised of aerospace alloys.

US Patent:

20040174014, Sep 9, 2004

Filed:

Mar 7, 2003

Appl. No.:

10/249000

Inventors:

Michael Storage - Beavercreek OH, US
Mark Mehl - Centerville OH, US
David Rader - Urbana OH, US

International Classification:

F16L013/02
F16L035/00
F16L047/02

US Classification:

285/021100

Abstract:

A hose assembly and method of making the hose assembly are disclosed. The method of making the hose assembly may include inserting an end of a hose into a sleeve portion of a fitting. The hose may have an outer diameter relative to an inner diameter of the sleeve portion to cause contact between an exterior of the hose and the sleeve portion of the fitting. A magnetic pulse may be directed on the sleeve portion of the fitting and the end of the hose within the sleeve portion to form one of a metallurgical bond, a molecular bond or a mechanical bond between the sleeve portion of the fitting and the hose without heat damaging the hose assembly.

US Patent:

20060266049, Nov 30, 2006

Filed:

May 27, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/139190

Inventors:

Michael Storage - Beavercreek OH, US
Douglas Millward - Beavercreek OH, US

International Classification:

F02C 6/08

US Classification:

060785000, 060796000

Abstract:

A method for assembling an expansion joint includes providing a first seal retainer, positioning an annular first seal at least partially within the first seal retainer such that the first seal extends between the first seal retainer first and second ends and substantially fills the first seal retainer cavity, providing a second seal retainer, positioning an annular second seal at least partially within the second seal retainer such that the second seal extends between the second seal retainer first and second ends and substantially fills the second seal retainer cavity, coupling a bellows to the first and second seal retainers, and slidably coupling a unitary annular shroud the first and second seal retainers such that the shroud substantially circumscribes the first and second seal retainers, and such that the bellows is operable in conjunction with the annular shroud and the first and second seal retainers.

US Patent:

20130167704, Jul 4, 2013

Filed:

Dec 28, 2011

Appl. No.:

13/338523

Inventors:

Mark Douglas Swinford - Centerville OH, US
Michael Ralph Storage - Beavercreek OH, US

Assignee:

UNISON INDUSTRIES, LLC - Jacksonville FL

International Classification:

B26D 3/10

US Classification:

83862

Abstract:

Methods of skiving metal using a skiving blade to form a shaving and methods of forming fins in a heat exchanger by skiving using a skiving blade. Where the metal body used to form the shaving or fin is made from a metal material having a hardness greater than that of aluminum.

US Patent:

20140027097, Jan 30, 2014

Filed:

Jul 30, 2012

Appl. No.:

13/561627

Inventors:

Ian Alexandre Araujo De Barros - West Chester OH, US
Michael Ralph Storage - Beavercreek OH, US

International Classification:

F28D 7/00
B01D 45/08
F28D 7/10

US Classification:

165154, 165164, 55462, 554342

Abstract:

A heat exchanger assembly is provided which may be modularly constructed for inline or off engine installation. A water extraction device is also provided which may be used independently or with the heat exchanger to remove water from a fluid flowpath.