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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 17, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Mahmut Faruk Aksit, Troy, NY (US);
Osman Saim Dinc, Troy, NY (US);
Robert Russell Mayer, Schenectady, NY (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 1/544 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F16J 1/544 ;
Abstract
A brush seal for reducing leakage of a fluid across a pressure drop in a machine. The brush seal includes a bristle holder attachable to the machine and filament-yarn bristles secured to the bristle holder. In one example the bristles are filaments of an aramid filament yarn, and the machine is a hydrogen-cooled electric generator.