US Patent Issued to GE Infrastructure Technology on Sept. 30 for "System and method for hydraulically actuating main and bypass valves of a steam turbine" (Indian Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. 12,428,972, issued on Sept. 30, was assigned to GE Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"System and method for hydraulically actuating main and bypass valves of a steam turbine" was invented by Amit Laxmanrao Khamkar (Uttar Pradesh, India), Arshad Amin Ansari (Uttar Pradesh, India) and Shaurabh Banerjee (New Delhi).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system includes a hydraulic power unit having a tank, a pump assembly, an accumulator assembly, and a header. The tank is configured to store a common hydraulic fluid. The pump assembly is configured to pump the common hydraulic fluid from the tank to provide a pressurized hydraulic f...