Mark J Allison

US Patent:

6932117, Aug 23, 2005

Filed:

Aug 26, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/064874

Inventors:

Kevin Joseph Wensel - San Jose CA, US
Scott S. Duink - Los Gatos CA, US
Mark P. Allison - Willowbrook IL, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F16L055/16

US Classification:

138 99, 138158

Abstract:

A seal clamp assembly for sealing an opening in a piping system includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a base having a first side, a second side and an aperture extending therethrough from the first side to the second side, and a brace coupled to the base. The brace includes a distal pad hingedly coupled to a distal end portion of the brace. The seal clamp assembly also includes a spring bridge coupled to the base first side. The bridge includes a substantially rectangular U-shaped frame and an aperture extending through the spring bridge frame such that the spring bridge aperture is in substantial lineal alignment with the base aperture. A clamping assembly is coupled to a proximate end portion of the brace.

US Patent:

7243959, Jul 17, 2007

Filed:

Feb 9, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/054197

Inventors:

Kevin Joseph Wensel - San Jose CA, US
Scott S. Duink - Los Gatos CA, US
Mark P. Allison - Willowbrook IL, US

Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

International Classification:

F16L 25/00
F16L 55/00
B25B 5/00
B25B 1/06

US Classification:

285420, 285 15, 285197, 269143, 269249, 269254 CS, 24523

Abstract:

A seal clamp assembly for sealing an opening in a piping system includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a base having a first side, a second side and an aperture extending therethrough from the first side to the second side, and a brace coupled to the base. The brace includes a distal pad hingedly coupled to a distal end portion of the brace. The seal clamp assembly also includes a spring bridge coupled to the base first side. The bridge includes a substantially rectangular U-shaped frame and an aperture extending through the spring bridge frame such that the spring bridge aperture is in substantial lineal alignment with the base aperture. A clamping assembly is coupled to a proximate end portion of the brace.