US Patent Issued to GE Infrastructure Technology on Feb. 17 for "Vibration dampening system including resonant-tuned elongated body for damper element(s) for turbine component" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,553,349, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to GE Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Vibration dampening system including resonant-tuned elongated body for damper element(s) for turbine component" 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 vibration dampening system includes damper element(s) in a body opening of a turbine component. A resonant-tuned elongated body extends through the damper element(s) in the body opening. The elongated body is configured to resonate at a predefined resonant frequency, such as the same resonant frequency ...