US Patent Issued to DOOSAN ENERBILITY on June 30 for "BTT probe fixing apparatus and gas turbine including same" (South Korean Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,669,066, issued on June 30, was assigned to DOOSAN ENERBILITY Co. LTD (Changwon, South Korea).

"BTT probe fixing apparatus and gas turbine including same" was invented by Iurii Kondrashev (Gimhae, South Korea), Sung Hyun Kim (Gimhae, South Korea), Sam Sik Nam (Changwon, South Korea) and Keun Won Choi (Changwon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The BTT probe fixing apparatus includes a cooling sleeve inserted into a fixing hole formed in a vane carrier, the cooling sleeve accommodating a BTT probe measuring vibration of a blade therein, and the cooling sleeve having a lower end thereof fastened to the fixing hole. Furthermore, t...