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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 16, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 31, 2013
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Richard Douglas Berkland, Spartanburg, SC (US);
Shaun Christopher Barrett, Easley, SC (US);
Michael Sean Markham, Ballston Spa, NY (US);
Sean Cornelius O'Meara, Schenectady, NY (US);
General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);
Abstract
A thermocouple assembly includes a thermocouple probe fixedly contained within a probe insulation sheath. Also included is a protection tube having a first end, a second end, and a hollow portion extending in a longitudinal direction of the protection tube from the first end to the second end, the hollow portion configured to receive the thermocouple probe and the probe insulation sheath therein. Further included is a radiation shield integrally formed with the protection tube proximate the second end of the protection tube. Yet further included is a nut configured to threadingly engage a threaded portion of the protection tube proximate the first end of the protection tube, the nut configured to positionally fix the thermocouple probe and the probe insulation sheath upon engagement with the protection tube.