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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 13, 2018
Filed:
Dec. 10, 2015
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Thomas Michael Merlau, Greenville, SC (US);
Stuart Craig Hanson, Anderson, SC (US);
Sandra Beverly Kolvick, Greenville, SC (US);
Thomas Alan Mogle, II, Simpsonville, SC (US);
Loy Milton Miller, Jr., Oak Ridge, TN (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A combustor assembly alignment system comprises an alignment plate comprising a plurality of alignment plate holes that align with a plurality of combustor assembly flange holes, an alignment plate securement system configured to secure the alignment plate to a combustor assembly flange by passing through a first alignment plate hole of the alignment plate and a first combustor assembly flange hole of the combustor assembly flange, and an alignment tube that extends away from the alignment plate, wherein a hollow interior of the alignment tube aligns with a second combustor assembly flange hole when the alignment plate is secured to the combustor assembly flange.