US Patent Issued to GE Infrastructure Technology on July 14 for "Methods and apparatuses for real-time rotor balancing for a generator and connected equipment" (Mexican Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 14 -- United States Patent no. 12,683,459, issued on July 14, was assigned to GE Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Methods and apparatuses for real-time rotor balancing for a generator and connected equipment" was invented by Luis Fernando Magana Cano (Queretaro, Mexico), Gerardo Plata Contreras (Queretaro, Mexico) and Abel Gracia Reyes (Queretaro, Mexico).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A generator rotor shaft balancing system is disclosed. The generator rotor shaft balancing system includes a generator that includes a rotor and a rotor shaft. A weight is coupled to the rotor shaft. The weight is dynamically moveable, while the rotor is operating, to faci...