US Patent Issued to GE Infrastructure Technology on Sept. 15 for "Turbine component handling system for computerized machining system" (South Carolina Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,734,628, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to GE Infrastructure Technology LLC (Greenville, S.C.).

"Turbine component handling system for computerized machining system" was invented by Craig Sarratt (Greenville, S.C.), Mark Kromer (Simpsonville, S.C.), Timothy Austin Cadden (Greenville, S.C.), Jason Palmer (Marietta, S.C.) and Martin Otto (Simpsonville, S.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A handling system for a turbine component and a computerized machining system are provided. A gripper of the system includes a mounting arm operatively coupled to a tool handler of the machining system, a plurality of contact members configured to colle...