Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Adjustable locking block assembly for a toothed gear and methods of using same
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Application No.: US16473973Application Date: 2016-12-27
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Publication No.: US10954823B2Publication Date: 2021-03-23
- Inventor: Magdalena Ewa Gaca , Chad Duncan Munkres , Sean Cornelius O'Meara , John Matthew Sassatelli , Robert Oliver Perry, Jr. , Adrian Adam Klejc , Michal Wojciech Wnuk , Michael Alan Davi
- Applicant: General Electric Company
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: Armstrong Teasdale LLP
- International Application: PCT/PL2016/050058 WO 20161227
- International Announcement: WO2018/124893 WO 20180705
- Main IPC: F01D25/34
- IPC: F01D25/34 ; B23Q3/06 ; B23Q3/12 ; F16B1/02 ; F16D63/00

Abstract:
A block assembly for locking a toothed gear housed in a frame includes a body shaped to couple to a portion of the frame adjacent to the gear for translation in a first direction parallel to an axis of the gear, and a locking block coupled to the body that includes at least one locking tooth shaped complementary to at least one gear tooth of the gear. The block assembly further includes an adjustment mechanism operable, when the body is coupled to the frame, to move the locking block in a second direction that is substantially orthogonal the axis of the gear, such that at least one locking tooth is received between a circumferentially spaced pair of the gear teeth to prevent movement of the toothed gear.
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