US Patent Issued to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology on Dec. 23 for "Clearance probe assembly using replenishable, contacting elongated clearance tip" (South Carolina Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 23 -- United States Patent no. 12,503,958, issued on Dec. 23, was assigned to GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Clearance probe assembly using replenishable, contacting elongated clearance tip" was invented by Willy S. Ziminsky (Greenville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A probe assembly for determining a clearance between a stationary component and a rotating component is provided. A gas turbine system and a related method are also provided. The probe assembly includes an elongated clearance tip extending from the stationary component toward the rotating component. A controller is configured to determine a clearance between the stationar...