US 12,215,594 B2
Support member and support system for installing a turbine assembly
Piotr Krzysztof Dzieciol, Mazowieckie (PL); Sean Cornelius O'Meara, Schenectady, NY (US); Adrian Adam Klejc, Mazowieckie (PL); and Szymon Perkowski, Mazowieckie (PL)
Assigned to GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC, Greenville, SC (US)
Filed by GE Infrastructure Technology LLC, Greenville, SC (US)
Filed on Jul. 14, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/375,835.
Application 17/375,835 is a division of application No. 16/093,549, granted, now 11,136,904, previously published as PCT/PL2016/050023, filed on May 20, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0340883 A1, Nov. 4, 2021
Int. Cl. F01D 25/28 (2006.01); F16M 5/00 (2006.01); F16M 7/00 (2006.01); F16M 11/28 (2006.01)
CPC F01D 25/285 (2013.01) [F16M 5/00 (2013.01); F16M 7/00 (2013.01); F16M 11/28 (2013.01); F05D 2230/51 (2013.01); F05D 2230/68 (2013.01); F16M 2200/00 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A support member for supporting a turbine assembly during installation, said support member comprising:
a platform comprising a plurality of modular platform components, wherein each of said plurality of modular platform components comprises an upper plate comprising a plate upper surface, said upper plates are oriented to collectively define an upper surface of said platform;
a linear actuator selectively seated at a selected location from among a plurality of locations on said upper surface of said platform; and
a column selectively positionable on said linear actuator, wherein said platform, said linear actuator, and said column are sized to support the turbine assembly.