Patents by Inventor Daniel D. Vandale

Daniel D. Vandale 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).

  • Independent pilot fuel control in secondary fuel nozzle
    Patent number: 7854121
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle includes a first fuel introduction location, a second fuel introduction location, and fuel passages. The first fuel introduction location is located radially about the fuel nozzle and is connected with a fuel passage. The second fuel introduction location is located at an end of the fuel nozzle and is connected with another fuel passage such that the fuel passage connected to the first fuel introduction location is separate from the fuel passage connected to the second fuel introduction location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel D. Vandale, Derrick Simons, Alberto Jose Negroni, Carey Romoser
  • Combustor with staged fuel premixer
    Patent number: 7836698
    Abstract: A combustor for mixing a flow of compressed air from a compressor and a flow of fuel from a fuel source. The combustor may include a first swirler for mixing the flow of compressed air and the flow of fuel into a first fuel-air flow, a second flow source for providing a second flow downstream of the first swirler, and a second swirler for mixing the first fuel-air flow and the second flow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel D. Vandale, Girard A. Simons