Patents by Inventor Charles Wesley Wells

Charles Wesley Wells 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).

  • Rotor blade damping structures
    Patent number: 11299992
    Abstract: Rotor blades and turbomachines are provided. The rotor blade includes a main body having a shank, an airfoil extending radially outwardly from the shank, and a platform. The main body further includes a pressure-side slash face and a suction-side slash face. Each of the pressure-side slash face and the suction-side slash face includes a damper land and defines a slot. The damper land is disposed radially inward from the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Martin James Jasper, Charles Wesley Wells
  • ROTOR BLADE DAMPING STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20210301669
    Abstract: Rotor blades and turbomachines are provided. The rotor blade includes a main body having a shank, an airfoil extending radially outwardly from the shank, and a platform. The main body further includes a pressure-side slash face and a suction-side slash face. Each of the pressure-side slash face and the suction-side slash face includes a damper land and defines a slot. The damper land is disposed radially inward from the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2020
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Martin James Jasper, Charles Wesley Wells
  • Airfoil shape for a turbine rotor blade
    Patent number: 10422227
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade is provided including an airfoil having an airfoil shape. The airfoil shape having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table I wherein the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances in inches by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a height of the airfoil in inches, and wherein X and Y are distances in inches which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z, the airfoil profile sections at Z distances being joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Craig Allen Bielek, Zachary James Taylor, Charles Wesley Wells
  • Airfoil Shape for a Turbine Rotor Blade
    Publication number: 20180320528
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade is provided including an airfoil having an airfoil shape. The airfoil shape having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table I wherein the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances in inches by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a height of the airfoil in inches, and wherein X and Y are distances in inches which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z, the airfoil profile sections at Z distances being joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Inventors: Craig Allen Bielek, Zachary James Taylor, Charles Wesley Wells