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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 06, 2021
Filed:
Dec. 12, 2019
Applicant:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Inventors:
Carl Lawrence MacMahon, Cincinnati, OH (US);
James Eugene Dingle, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Assignee:
GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B64F 5/50 (2017.01); F01D 25/28 (2006.01); F16N 7/00 (2006.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); F01M 11/06 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F01M 11/064 (2013.01); B64F 5/50 (2017.01); F01D 25/28 (2013.01); F16N 7/00 (2013.01); B64F 5/10 (2017.01); F05D 2230/00 (2013.01); F05D 2230/68 (2013.01); F05D 2260/98 (2013.01); F16N 2210/02 (2013.01);
Abstract
An apparatus for transporting a turbine engine with a transportation fixture including a turbine engine jig having mounts for securing the turbine engine, a rotor with a drive shaft rotationally supported by a bearing, the method includes supplying a lubricant to the bearing and rotating the drive shaft while the turbine engine is in transport.