US Patent Issued to GE Infrastructure Technology on Sept. 23 for "Damper element with flexible legs for vibration dampening system for turbine blade" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,421,856, issued on Sept. 23, 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.) and John McConnell Delvaux (Fountain Inn, 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, an opening defined through a center of th...