Patents by Inventor Donald Earl Floyd, II

Donald Earl Floyd, II 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).

  • Patent number: 10047633
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a bearing housing of a turbine, wherein the bearing housing is configured to support a shaft of the turbine, and the bearing housing comprises at least one bearing housing ear configured to transfer a load of the bearing housing to an inlet housing of the turbine through a horizontal center line of the bearing housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2018
    Assignees: General Electric Company, Exxon Mobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Maruthi Prasad Manchikanti, Kenneth Damon Black, Donald Earl Floyd, II, Gregory Allan Crum
  • Patent number: 9587510
    Abstract: A system includes a gas turbine engine that includes a combustor section having a turbine combustor that generates combustion products, a turbine section having one or more turbine stages driven by the combustion products, an exhaust section disposed downstream of the turbine section, an oxygen sensor adaptor housing disposed in at least one of the combustor section, the turbine section, or the exhaust section, or any combination thereof, and an oxygen sensor disposed in the oxygen sensor adaptor housing. The oxygen sensor adaptor housing is configured to maintain a temperature of a portion of the oxygen sensor below an upper threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2017
    Assignees: General Electric Company, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Eugene Delano White, Douglas Frank Beadie, Anthony Wayne Krull, Donald Earl Floyd, II
  • Patent number: 9458725
    Abstract: A method and system for providing cooling of a turbine component that includes a region to be cooled is provided. A recess is defined within the region to be cooled, and includes an inner face. At least one support projection extends from the inner face. The at least one support projection includes a free end. A cover is coupled to the region to be cooled, such that an inner surface of the cover is coupled to the free end of the at least one support projection, such that at least one cooling fluid passage is defined within the region to be cooled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Victor John Morgan, John Wesley Harris, Jr., Michael James Healy, Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Brian Gene Brzek, Donald Earl Floyd, II
  • Patent number: 9249667
    Abstract: A system includes a turbomachine that includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor is configured to rotate about a rotational axis relative to the stator. In addition, the rotor includes a least one rotary blade, and the at least one rotary blade has a patterned structure of beams and cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 2, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Noble, Joseph Anthony Weber, Donald Earl Floyd, II
  • Publication number: 20150330252
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure include a bearing housing of a turbine, wherein the bearing housing is configured to support a shaft of the turbine, and the bearing housing comprises at least one bearing housing ear configured to transfer a load of the bearing housing to an inlet housing of the turbine through a horizontal center line of the bearing housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Maruthi Prasad Manchikanti, Kenneth Damon Black, Donald Earl Floyd, II, Gregory Allan Crum
  • Publication number: 20150096305
    Abstract: A method and system for providing cooling of a turbine component that includes a region to be cooled is provided. A recess is defined within the region to be cooled, and includes an inner face. At least one support projection extends from the inner face. The at least one support projection includes a free end. A cover is coupled to the region to be cooled, such that an inner surface of the cover is coupled to the free end of the at least one support projection, such that at least one cooling fluid passage is defined within the region to be cooled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2013
    Publication date: April 9, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Victor John Morgan, John Wesley Harris, Jr., Michael James Healy, Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Brian Gene Brzek, Donald Earl Floyd, II
  • Publication number: 20150033757
    Abstract: A system includes a gas turbine engine that includes a combustor section having a turbine combustor that generates combustion products, a turbine section having one or more turbine stages driven by the combustion products, an exhaust section disposed downstream of the turbine section, an oxygen sensor adaptor housing disposed in at least one of the combustor section, the turbine section, or the exhaust section, or any combination thereof, and an oxygen sensor disposed in the oxygen sensor adaptor housing. The oxygen sensor adaptor housing is configured to maintain a temperature of a portion of the oxygen sensor below an upper threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2014
    Publication date: February 5, 2015
    Inventors: Eugene Delano White, Douglas Frank Beadie, Anthony Wayne Krull, Donald Earl Floyd, II
  • Publication number: 20140070058
    Abstract: A tube holder for use in turbomachinery includes a housing having a passage for receiving a tube, the housing adapted for attachment to a turbomachinery component; and a metal foam component located within the housing and arranged to engage a length portion of the tube to thereby hold the tube within the housing and reduce undesirable vibrations in the tube during operation of the turbomachinery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Bradley James MILLER, Donald Earl FLOYD, II
  • Publication number: 20130243600
    Abstract: A system includes a turbomachine that includes a stator and a rotor. The rotor is configured to rotate about a rotational axis relative to the stator. In addition, the rotor includes a least one rotary blade, and the at least one rotary blade has a patterned structure of beams and cavities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Patrick Daniel Noble, Joseph Anthony Weber, Donald Earl Floyd, II
  • Publication number: 20120009058
    Abstract: A system is provided that includes a first turbine alignment component for a turbine engine; and a shim comprises a metal foam. The shim mounts between a first surface of the first turbine alignment component and a second surface of a second turbine alignment component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2010
    Publication date: January 12, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Donald Earl Floyd, II, Kenneth Damon Black