Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Crack-resistant member, a method of preventing crack propagation, and a method of assembling a tower
- Patent Title (中): 防裂构件，防止裂纹扩展的方法以及组装塔的方法
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Application No.: US13598140Application Date: 2012-08-29
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Publication No.: US08726610B2Publication Date: 2014-05-20
- Inventor: Bill Damon Johnston , George Albert Goller , Colwyn Sayers
- Applicant: Bill Damon Johnston , George Albert Goller , Colwyn Sayers
- Applicant Address: US NY Schenectady
- Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee: General Electric Company
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Schenectady
- Agency: McNees Wallace & Nurick LLC
- Main IPC: E04G23/02
- IPC: E04G23/02 ; B23K31/02
Abstract:
A crack-resistant member for preventing crack propagation, a method of preventing crack propagation, and method of assembly a tower are provided. The crack-resistant member includes at least one insert attached to at least one removed portion at a predetermined location along a girth weld and adjacent a heat affected zone of the tower. The at least one insert is positioned perpendicular to a weld direction and intersecting the girth weld. The at least one insert prevents crack propagation in the girth weld of the tower.
Public/Granted literature
- US20140059964A1 CRACK-RESISTANT MEMBER, A METHOD OF PREVENTING CRACK PROPAGATION, AND A METHOD OF ASSEMBLING A TOWER Public/Granted day:2014-03-06
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