Patents by Inventor Anthony Paul Greenwood

Anthony Paul Greenwood 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).

  • Turbine engine inducer assembly
    Patent number: 11846209
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for assembling an inducer assembly for inducing a rotation on an airflow passing within a turbine engine. The inducer assembly can provide a volume of fluid from a compressor section to a turbine section of the engine. The inducer assembly can include the combination of separate segments to form an annular inducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christophe Jude Day, Kenneth Edward Seitzer, Michael Alan Hile, Thomas Alan Wall, Carol Anne Venn, Anthony Paul Greenwood
  • TURBINE ENGINE INDUCER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20230038843
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for assembling an inducer assembly for inducing a rotation on an airflow passing within a turbine engine. The inducer assembly can provide a volume of fluid from a compressor section to a turbine section of the engine. The inducer assembly can include the combination of separate segments to form an annular inducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2022
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Christophe Jude Day, Kenneth Edward Seitzer, Michael Alan Hile, Thomas Alan Wall, Carol Anne Venn, Anthony Paul Greenwood
  • Turbine engine inducer assembly
    Patent number: 11466582
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for assembling an inducer assembly for inducing a rotation on an airflow passing within a turbine engine. The inducer assembly can provide a volume of fluid from a compressor section to a turbine section of the engine. The inducer assembly can include the combination of separate segments to form an annular inducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christophe Jude Day, Kenneth Edward Seitzer, Michael Alan Hile, Thomas Alan Wall, Carol Anne Venn, Anthony Paul Greenwood
  • TURBINE ENGINE INDUCER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20210062664
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for assembling an inducer assembly for inducing a rotation on an airflow passing within a turbine engine. The inducer assembly can provide a volume of fluid from a compressor section to a turbine section of the engine. The inducer assembly can include the combination of separate segments to form an annular inducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Christophe Jude Day, Kenneth Edward Seitzer, Michael Alan Hile, Thomas Alan Wall, Carol Anne Venn, Anthony Paul Greenwood
  • Turbine engine inducer assembly
    Patent number: 10787920
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for assembling an inducer assembly for inducing a rotation on an airflow passing within a turbine engine. The inducer assembly can provide a volume of fluid from a compressor section to a turbine section of the engine. The inducer assembly can include the combination of separate segments to form an annular inducer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christophe Jude Day, Kenneth Edward Seitzer, Michael Alan Hile, Thomas Alan Wall, Carol Anne Venn, Anthony Paul Greenwood
  • Turbine engine conduit interface
    Patent number: 10697372
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a turbine engine having an engine core. A casing can contain a compressor section, a combustor section and a turbine section in axial flow arrangement. An air conduit can extend at least partially between the compressor section and the turbine section. A compliant interface can include a nut and a biasing device mount the air conduit to the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jeremy Kevin Payne, John Wilbur Acree, Anthony James Bailey, Satyambabu Kalyani, Thomas Alan Wall, Michael Alan Zupancic, Jonathan Russell Ratzlaff, Anthony Paul Greenwood, Kevin William Caldwell, Christophe Jude Day
  • Combustion System Deflection Mitigation Structure
    Publication number: 20190368381
    Abstract: A turbine engine including a first outer casing and a second outer casing coupled together at a flange. The first outer casing and the second outer casing are together disposed around a core engine. An inner casing assembly is extended from the flange between the first outer casing and the second outer casing. A flow circuit is defined between the first outer casing, the inner casing assembly, and the second outer casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Inventors: Anthony Paul Greenwood, Brian Michael Dixon, Nestor Martinez Toro, David Fasig, Kimbra Chaplin, Ashish Narayan, Jeremy Kevin Payne
  • Method and system for bowed rotor start mitigation using rotor cooling
    Patent number: 10337405
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of cooling a rotatable member enclosed within a casing are provided. The gas compressor includes a rotor, a plurality of stages of compression extending along said rotor from an inlet stage configured to receive a flow of relatively low pressure gas to an outlet stage configured to discharge a flow of relatively high pressure gas, a casing at least partially surrounding said plurality of stages, and a conduit extending radially inwardly from said casing to an area proximate said rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Tod Robert Steen, Amid Ansari, Anthony Paul Greenwood
  • TURBINE ENGINE CONDUIT INTERFACE
    Publication number: 20180291812
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a turbine engine having an engine core. A casing can contain a compressor section, a combustor section and a turbine section in axial flow arrangement. An air conduit can extend at least partially between the compressor section and the turbine section. A compliant interface can include a nut and a biasing device mount the air conduit to the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 5, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Jeremy Kevin Payne, John Wilbur Acree, Anthony James Bailey, Satyambabu Kalyani, Thomas Alan Wall, Michael Alan Zupancic, Jonathan Russell Ratzlaff, Anthony Paul Greenwood, Kevin William Caldwell, Christophe Jude Day
  • TURBINE ENGINE INDUCER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20180209284
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for assembling an inducer assembly for inducing a rotation on an airflow passing within a turbine engine. The inducer assembly can provide a volume of fluid from a compressor section to a turbine section of the engine. The inducer assembly can include the combination of separate segments to form an annular inducer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 26, 2018
    Inventors: Christophe Jude Day, Kenneth Edward Seitzer, Michael Alan Hile, Thomas Alan Wall, Carol Anne Venn, Anthony Paul Greenwood
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR BOWED ROTOR START MITIGATION USING ROTOR COOLING
    Publication number: 20170335768
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of cooling a rotatable member enclosed within a casing are provided. The gas compressor includes a rotor, a plurality of stages of compression extending along said rotor from an inlet stage configured to receive a flow of relatively low pressure gas to an outlet stage configured to discharge a flow of relatively high pressure gas, a casing at least partially surrounding said plurality of stages, and a conduit extending radially inwardly from said casing to an area proximate said rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Tod Robert Steen, Amid Ansari, Anthony Paul Greenwood
  • Methods and apparatus for supplying air to turbine engine combustors
    Patent number: 6651439
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine that facilitates reducing combustor chamber dump pressure losses to improve combustor and engine performance is described. The combustor includes a diffuser that diffuses airflow directed into the combustor. The diffuser includes an outer wall, an inner wall, and a plurality of splitter vanes between the outer wall and the inner wall. The splitter vanes are spaced radially apart, and each is spaced radially from a respective diffuser wall such that an outer passage, an inner passage, and a central passage are defined by the splitter vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Co.
    Inventors: Marwan Al-Roub, Clifford Stephen Creevy, Hubert Smith Roberts, Jr., Anthony Paul Greenwood
  • Methods and apparatus for supplying air to turbine engine combustors
    Publication number: 20020092303
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine that facilitates reducing combustor chamber dump pressure losses to improve combustor and engine performance is described. The combustor includes a diffuser that diffuses airflow directed into the combustor. The diffuser includes an outer wall, an inner wall, and a plurality of splitter vanes between the outer wall and the inner wall. The splitter vanes are spaced radially apart, and each is spaced radially from a respective diffuser wall such that an outer passage, an inner passage, and a central passage are defined by the splitter vanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2001
    Publication date: July 18, 2002
    Inventors: Marwan Al-Roub, Clifford Stephen Creevy, Hubert Smith Roberts, Anthony Paul Greenwood