Francis P Brochu

US Patent:

56533519, Aug 5, 1997

Filed:

Dec 6, 1995

Appl. No.:

8/569418

Inventors:

Dennis L. Grout - Oakdale CT
Francis P. Brochu - Tolland CT
James J. Burke - Feeding Hills MA

Assignee:

United Technologies Corporation - Hartford CT

International Classification:

B66C 502

US Classification:

212315

Abstract:

A system for building, testing, and repairing gas turbine engines and for transporting gas turbine engines from one location to another includes a transporter and a build cell. The build cell is a frame structure supported by a plurality of pedestals for mounting the gas turbine engine thereon and is transportable by the transporter to allow assembly and disassembly of the gas turbine engine at any location. The transporter removes the gas turbine engine from either a build cell or another type of a structure at a first location and transports the gas turbine engine either with or without the build cell to a second location and loads the gas turbine engine onto either a build cell or a second structure.

US Patent:

55756077, Nov 19, 1996

Filed:

Nov 2, 1994

Appl. No.:

8/333400

Inventors:

Dennis L. Grout - Oakdale CT
Francis P. Brochu - Tolland CT
James J. Burke - Feeding Hills MA

Assignee:

United Technologies Corporation - Hartford CT

International Classification:

B66F 716

US Classification:

414589

Abstract:

A system for building, testing, and repairing gas turbine engines and for transporting gas turbine engines from one location to another includes a transporter and a build cell. The build cell is a frame structure supported by a plurality of pedestals for mounting the gas turbine engine thereon and is transportable by the transporter to allow assembly and disassembly of the gas turbine engine at any location. The transporter removes the gas turbine engine from either a build cell or another type of a structure at a first location and transports the gas turbine engine either with or without the build cell to a second location and loads the gas turbine engine onto either a build cell or a second structure.