US Patent Issued to GE Infrastructure Technology on April 15 for "Damper element with flexible legs for vibration dampening system for turbine blade" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,276,205, issued on April 15, was assigned to GE Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Damper element with flexible legs for vibration dampening system for turbine blade" was invented by Zachary John Snider (Pelzer, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A damper element and a vibration dampening system including a plurality of the stacked damper elements, are provided. The damper element(s) may be used in a body opening in a rotating blade in a turbine. The damper elements include a head member having an at least partially ramped surface, and a plurality of flexible legs extending from the head member. Each flexible leg includes...