Patents by Inventor Aaron Ezekiel Smith

Aaron Ezekiel Smith has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11927110
    Abstract: An apparatus and method relating to a cooling hole of a component of a turbine engine. The cooling hole can extend from an inlet to an outlet to define a connecting passage. The cooling hole can contain a diffusing section. The diffusing section can be defined by an interior surface having variable geometries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Zachary Daniel Webster, Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Gregory Terrence Garay, Kirk D. Gallier
  • Publication number: 20240011399
    Abstract: An airfoil includes a body, a cooling passage, a first cooling cavity, a second cooling cavity, a cooling conduit, and a connecting conduit. The body defines an interior and includes a tip rail with an exterior surface extending between a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface. The cooling passage is formed within the interior. The first cooling cavity and the second cooling cavity are spaced from each other within the tip rail. The cooling conduit fluidly couples the cooling passage with the first cooling cavity. The connecting conduit fluidly couples the first cooling cavity to the second cooling cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Nicholas William Rathay, Brendon James Leary, Gregory Terrence Garay, Gustavo Adolfo Ledezma, David Wayne Weber, Aaron Ezekiel Smith
  • Patent number: 11846273
    Abstract: A rocket configured to employ superheated water as a propellant, includes a photon reactor including a photon generator configured to generate UV light to superheat water.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: VENUS AEROSPACE CORP
    Inventors: Andrew Thomas Duggleby, Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Nicholas D. Cardwell, Christian Bailey
  • Patent number: 11840988
    Abstract: A rocket engine system including a coolant source containing a coolant fuel. The coolant source for providing the coolant fuel to a first surface of a wall partially defining a combustion chamber of a rocket engine, and the coolant fuel provides film cooling of the first surface of the wall. An oxidizer source for providing an oxidizer to a second surface of the wall. A monitor configured to control flow of the coolant fuel and the oxidizer, and to ensure that a stoichiometry of a combination of the coolant fuel and the oxidizer, after the coolant fuel has completed the film cooling of the first surface of the wall, is appropriate for generating a combustion of the combination of the coolant fuel and the oxidizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 12, 2023
    Assignee: Venus Aerospace Corp.
    Inventor: Aaron Ezekiel Smith
  • Patent number: 11773729
    Abstract: A component is provided and comprises at least one wall comprising a first and a second surface. At least one film cooling; hole extends through the wall between the first and second surfaces and has an outlet region at the second surface. The film cooling hole includes a first expansion section being a side diffusion portion and a second expansion section being a layback diffusion portion, wherein the side diffusion portion is upstream and spaced from the layback diffusion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Metodi Blagoev Zlatinov, Thomas Earl Dyson
  • Patent number: 11655718
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooling a blade tip for a turbine engine can include an blade, such as a cooled turbine blade, having a tip rail extending beyond a tip wall enclosing an interior for the blade at the tip. A plurality of film-holes can be provided in the tip rail. A flow of cooling fluid can be provided through the film-holes from the interior of the blade to cool the tip of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Nicholas William Rathay, Brendon James Leary, Gregory Terrence Garay, Gustavo Adolfo Ledezma, David Wayne Weber, Aaron Ezekiel Smith
  • Patent number: 11598222
    Abstract: A hanger for a turbine engine can include a first surface confronting a cooling airflow, a second surface facing a heated airflow, and a third surface radially outward of the first surface. The hanger can also include a cyclonic separator with a dirty air inlet and a clean air outlet, as well as a cooling air circuit extending through the cyclonic separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Russell Ratzlaff, Aaron Ezekiel Smith
  • Publication number: 20220412219
    Abstract: A component is provided and comprises at least one wall comprising a first and a second surface. At least one film cooling; hole extends through the wall between the first and second surfaces and has an outlet region at the second surface. The film cooling hole includes a first expansion section being a side diffusion portion and a second expansion section being a layback diffusion portion, wherein the side diffusion portion is upstream and spaced from the layback diffusion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Metodi Blagoev Zlatinov, Thomas Earl Dyson
  • Patent number: 11466575
    Abstract: A component is provided and comprises at least one wall comprising a first and a second surface. At least one film cooling hole extends through the wall between the first and second surfaces and has an outlet region at the second surface. The film cooling hole includes a first expansion section being a side diffusion portion and a second expansion section being a layback diffusion portion, wherein the side diffusion portion is upstream and spaced from the layback diffusion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Metodi Blagoev Zlatinov, Thomas Earl Dyson
  • Publication number: 20220145764
    Abstract: An apparatus and method relating to a cooling hole of a component of a turbine engine. The cooling hole can extend from an inlet to an outlet to define a connecting passage. The cooling hole can contain a diffusing section. The diffusing section can be defined by an interior surface having variable geometries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Zachary Daniel Webster, Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Gregory Terrence Garay, Kirk D. Gallier
  • Publication number: 20210404344
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooling a blade tip for a turbine engine can include an blade, such as a cooled turbine blade, having a tip rail extending beyond a tip wall enclosing an interior for the blade at the tip. A plurality of film-holes can be provided in the tip rail. A flow of cooling fluid can be provided through the film-holes from the interior of the blade to cool the tip of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Nicholas William Rathay, Brendon James Leary, Gregory Terrence Garay, Gustavo Adolfo Ledezma, David Wayne Weber, Aaron Ezekiel Smith
  • Publication number: 20210215065
    Abstract: A hanger for a turbine engine can include a first surface confronting a cooling airflow, a second surface facing a heated airflow, and a third surface radially outward of the first surface. The hanger can also include a cyclonic separator with a dirty air inlet and a clean air outlet, as well as a cooling air circuit extending through the cyclonic separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: July 15, 2021
    Inventors: Jonathan Russell Ratzlaff, Aaron Ezekiel Smith
  • Patent number: 11035237
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooling a blade tip for a turbine engine can include an blade, such as a cooled turbine blade, having a tip rail extending beyond a tip wall enclosing an interior for the blade at the tip. A plurality of film-holes can be provided in the tip rail. A flow of cooling fluid can be provided through the film-holes from the interior of the blade to cool the tip of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Nicholas William Rathay, Brendon James Leary, Gregory Terrence Garay, Gustavo Adolfo Ledezma, David Wayne Weber, Aaron Ezekiel Smith
  • Patent number: 11015453
    Abstract: An airfoil for a turbine engine can include an outer wall bounding an interior and extending in a chord-wise direction between a leading edge and a trailing edge, and also extending radially between a root and a tip. A tip rail including at least one tip cooling cavity can project from the tip, and cooling holes can be provided in the tip rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Matthew Thomas Beyer, Gregory Terrence Garay, Zachary Daniel Webster
  • Patent number: 11008889
    Abstract: A hanger for a turbine engine can include a first surface confronting a cooling airflow, a second surface facing a heated airflow, and a third surface radially outward of the first surface. The hanger can also include a cyclonic separator with a dirty air inlet and a clean air outlet, as well as a cooling air circuit extending through the cyclonic separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Russell Ratzlaff, Aaron Ezekiel Smith
  • Patent number: 10927682
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a component for a turbine engine, which generates a hot gas flow, and provides a cooling fluid flow, comprising a wall separating the hot gas flow from the cooling fluid flow and having a heated surface along which the hot gas flows and a cooled surface facing the cooling fluid flow and at least one cooling hole comprising a connecting passage extending between an inlet at the cooled surface and an outlet located at the heated surface, with the connecting passage comprising a diffusing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Fernando Reiter, Zachary Daniel Webster
  • Patent number: 10830057
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooling an airfoil tip for a turbine engine can include an airfoil, such as a cooled turbine blade, having a tip rail extending beyond a tip wall enclosing an interior for the airfoil at the tip. A plurality of cooling holes can be provided in the tip rail at the tip. A flow of cooling fluid can be provided through the cooling holes from the interior of the airfoil to cool the tip of the airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Matthew Thomas Beyer, Gregory Terrence Garay, Aaron Ezekiel Smith
  • Publication number: 20200300116
    Abstract: A hanger for a turbine engine can include a first surface confronting a cooling airflow, a second surface facing a heated airflow, and a third surface radially outward of the first surface. The hanger can also include a cyclonic separator with a dirty air inlet and a clean air outlet, as well as a cooling air circuit extending through the cyclonic separator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Jonathan Russell Ratzlaff, Aaron Ezekiel Smith
  • Publication number: 20200300097
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooling a blade tip for a turbine engine can include an blade, such as a cooled turbine blade, having a tip rail extending beyond a tip wall enclosing an interior for the blade at the tip. A plurality of film-holes can be provided in the tip rail. A flow of cooling fluid can be provided through the film-holes from the interior of the blade to cool the tip of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Nicholas William Rathay, Brendon James Leary, Gregory Terrence Garay, Gustavo Adolfo Ledezma, David Wayne Weber, Aaron Ezekiel Smith
  • Patent number: 10781698
    Abstract: A cooling system according to an embodiment includes: a leading edge cooling circuit including a pressure side serpentine circuit and a suction side serpentine circuit; a first mid-blade cooling circuit including a suction side serpentine circuit; a second mid-blade cooling circuit including a pressure side serpentine circuit; a trailing edge cooling circuit; and at least one air feed for supplying cooling air to the leading edge cooling circuit, the first mid-blade cooling circuit, the second mid-blade cooling circuit, and the trailing edge cooling circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Gregory Thomas Foster