Patents by Inventor Charalambos Polyzopoulos, JR.

Charalambos Polyzopoulos, JR. 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).

  • D5/D5A DF-42 integrated exit cone and splash plate
    Patent number: 10139108
    Abstract: A combustor basket assembly for a gas turbine engine that includes a combustor basket having a basket liner including an input end and an output end. An integrated exit cone and splash plate member is affixed to the output end of the basket liner and includes a base portion, an exit cone portion and a splash plate portion. The base portion includes an annular cooling channel that receives a cooling air flow and the exit cone portion and the splash plate portion each include an array of cooling feed holes in fluid communication with the cooling channel. The spacing between the feed holes and the size of the feed holes can be optimized to provide more cooling for hotter regions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Richard L. Thackway, Charalambos Polyzopoulos, Jr., James M. Hurney
  • D5/D5A DF-42 INTEGRATED EXIT CONE AND SPLASH PLATE
    Publication number: 20160356496
    Abstract: A combustor basket assembly for a gas turbine engine that includes a combustor basket having a basket liner including an input end and an output end. An integrated exit cone and splash plate member is affixed to the output end of the basket liner and includes a base portion, an exit cone portion and a splash plate portion. The base portion includes an annular cooling channel that receives a cooling air flow and the exit cone portion and the splash plate portion each include an array of cooling feed holes in fluid communication with the cooling channel. The spacing between the feed holes and the size of the feed holes can be optimized to provide more cooling for hotter regions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2015
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Richard L. Thackway, Charalambos Polyzopoulos, JR., James M. Hurney