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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 19, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 05, 2013
Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Jack Harvey Cabeen, Lakeside, CA (US);
Manuel Estevez, III, Chula Vista, CA (US);
Edward William Sieveking, San Diego, CA (US);
Bruno Enriquez Struck, San Diego, CA (US);
Solar Turbines Incorporated, San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A system and method for aligning a gas turbine engine. The system and method includes installing an alignment mount, determining whether the gas turbine engine is aligned and/or in a sufficiently aligned condition, and modifying a vertical position of the gas turbine engine at the alignment mount in response. The alignment mount includes an engine attachment, a ground attachment, and an expansion member configured to allow the engine attachment and the ground attachment to move relative to each other and maintain a load path therebetween.