Patents by Inventor Christopher Arda Macarian

Christopher Arda Macarian 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).

  • Bucket platform cooling circuit and method
    Patent number: 7416391
    Abstract: In a turbine bucket having an airfoil portion and a root portion with a platform at an interface between the airfoil portion and the root portion, a platform cooling arrangement including: a cooling passage defined in the platform to extend along at least a portion of a concave, pressure side of the airfoil portion, at least one cooling medium inlet to said cooling passage extending from an airfoil cooling medium cavity in a vicinity of an axial center of the airfoil portion, and at least one outlet opening for expelling cooling medium from said cooling passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Louis Veltre, Christopher Arda Macarian