Patents by Inventor Jeffrey De Jonge

Jeffrey De Jonge 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: 11371699
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes a compressor and a turbine with a burner and a combustor between the compressor and the turbine. The burner is downstream of the compressor and upstream of the turbine. The burner is connected to the combustor at a front panel of the burner. The front panel includes a frame, a rim extending around a central aperture within the frame, and a seal segment. The frame, the rim, and the seal segment are all integrally formed as a single unitary body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Felipe Bolanos Chaverri, Dariusz Oliwiusz Palys, Andre Theuer, Jeffrey De Jonge
  • Publication number: 20210140638
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes a compressor and a turbine with a burner and a combustor between the compressor and the turbine. The burner is downstream of the compressor and upstream of the turbine. The burner is connected to the combustor at a front panel of the burner. The front panel includes a frame, a rim extending around a central aperture within the frame, and a seal segment. The frame, the rim, and the seal segment are all integrally formed as a single unitary body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: May 13, 2021
    Inventors: Felipe Bolanos Chaverri, Dariusz Oliwiusz Palys, Andre Theuer, Jeffrey De Jonge
  • Patent number: 10570771
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a damping device for absorbing structural vibrations or high excitation frequencies between a first component and a second component of a turbomachine, particularly in connection with high temperature operating conditions. The first component may be a combustor or a burner of a gas turbine and the second component may be a fuel supply line, connected to or passed through a wall of the first component. The damping device may include at least one wire mesh element which is inserted into a housing with a radially outer surface of the wire mesh element being compressed by the housing, and a radially inner surface of the wire mesh element closely surrounding the second component, wherein the housing is fixedly connected to the wall of the first component by a weld seam.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Martin Kollenrott, Ivo Belina, Armando Alsina, Jeffrey De Jonge
  • Patent number: 10378767
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hot gas wall for a gas turbine is described. The method is carried out on a hot gas wall having a wall part with a front side and a back side, the wall part being for exposure to a hot fluid on the front side, and the hot gas wall also having a turbulator structure. In an exemplary embodiment, a turbulator structure is attached to the wall by placing a braze foil on the back side of the wall part, placing a turbulator structure on the braze foil, and brazing to attach the turbulator structure to the wall part. In another embodiment, the turbulator structure is attached by passing a current through the turbulator structure part and the wall part to resistance weld the turbulator structure part to the wall part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Maurer, Jeffrey De Jonge, Karolina Krystyna Sobol
  • Patent number: 10253985
    Abstract: The invention concerns a sequential liner for a gas turbine combustor, having a sequential liner outer wall spaced apart from a sequential liner inner wall to define a sequential liner cooling channel between the sequential liner outer wall and the sequential liner inner wall. The sequential liner outer wall includes a first face, a first adjacent face and a second adjacent face, the first and second adjacent faces each being adjacent to the first face, the first face of the sequential liner outer wall having a first convective cooling hole adjacent to the first adjacent face and a second convective cooling hole adjacent to the second adjacent face, each convective cooling hole being arranged to direct a convective cooling flow into the sequential liner cooling channel adjacent to each adjacent face. The invention also concerns a method of cooling using the sequential liner and a method of retrofitting a gas turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: ANSALDO ENERGIA SWITZERLAND AG
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Maurer, Jeffrey De Jonge, Felix Baumgartner, Patrik Meng
  • Patent number: 9631813
    Abstract: An insert element for closing an opening inside a wall of a hot gas path component of a gas turbine includes a plate like body with an opening sided surface. The surface provides at least one first area which projects beyond at least one second area of said surface which surrounds the at least one first area frame-like. The at least one first area is encompassed by a circumferential edge corresponding in form and size to the opening such that the circumferential edge and the opening contour limit a gap at least in some areas, while the at least one second area contacts directly or indirectly the wall of the hot gas path component at a rear side facing away from the hot gas path. The plate like body provides at least a first functional layer-system, providing at least one layer made of heat resistant material, defining the first area of the surface (S).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2017
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Felix Reinert, Guenter Ambrosy, Matthias Hoebel, Jeffrey De Jonge
  • Publication number: 20160363002
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a damping device for absorbing structural vibrations or high excitation frequencies between a first component and a second component of a turbomachine, particularly in connection with high temperature operating conditions. The first component may be a combustor or a burner of a gas turbine and the second component may be a fuel supply line, connected to or passed through a wall of the first component. The damping device may include at least one wire mesh element which is inserted into a housing with a radially outer surface of the wire mesh element being compressed by the housing, and a radially inner surface of the wire mesh element closely surrounding the second component, wherein the housing is fixedly connected to the wall of the first component by a weld seam. In addition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2016
    Publication date: December 15, 2016
    Applicant: ANSALDO ENERGIA IP UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Martin KOLLENROTT, Ivo BELINA, Armando ALSINA, Jeffrey DE JONGE
  • Publication number: 20160258625
    Abstract: The invention concerns a sequential liner for a gas turbine combustor, having a sequential liner outer wall spaced apart from a sequential liner inner wall to define a sequential liner cooling channel between the sequential liner outer wall and the sequential liner inner wall. The sequential liner outer wall includes a first face, a first adjacent face and a second adjacent face, the first and second adjacent faces each being adjacent to the first face, the first face of the sequential liner outer wall having a first convective cooling hole adjacent to the first adjacent face and a second convective cooling hole adjacent to the second adjacent face, each convective cooling hole being arranged to direct a convective cooling flow into the sequential liner cooling channel adjacent to each adjacent face. The invention also concerns a method of cooling using the sequential liner and a method of retrofitting a gas turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 22, 2016
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Applicant: General Electric Technology GmbH
    Inventors: Michael Thomas MAURER, Jeffrey DE JONGE, Felix BAUMGARTNER, Patrik MENG
  • Publication number: 20160209034
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a hot gas wall for a gas turbine is described. The method is carried out on a hot gas wall having a wall part with a front side and a back side, the wall part being for exposure to a hot fluid on the front side, and the hot gas wall also having a turbulator structure. In an exemplary embodiment, a turbulator structure is attached to the wall by placing a braze foil on the back side of the wall part, placing a turbulator structure on the braze foil, and brazing to attach the turbulator structure to the wall part. In another embodiment, the turbulator structure is attached by passing a current through the turbulator structure part and the wall part to resistance weld the turbulator structure part to the wall part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2016
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC TECHNOLOGY GMBH
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Maurer, Jeffrey De Jonge, Karolina Krystyna Sobol
  • Publication number: 20150075168
    Abstract: A strip seal arrangement for turbine components employs acoustic damping. A sealing plate having a front face adjacent a combustion chamber and a back face facing away from a combustion chamber configured to have one or more holes of a predefined cross-sectional area. Containers having predefined volumes are attached to the back face of the sealing plate such that the one or more holes are in fluidic communication with the one or more containers thereby creating at least one acoustic damper. The side edges of the sealing plate fit into a slots of burner front panels, creating a seal between the panels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: March 19, 2015
    Inventors: Jeffrey DE JONGE, Andreas Huber, Bruno Schuermans, Urs Benz
  • Publication number: 20140147251
    Abstract: The invention refers an insert element for closing an opening inside a wall of a hot gas path component of a gas turbine. The insert includes a plate like body with an opening sided surface. The surface provides at least one first area which projects beyond at least one second area of said surface which surrounds the at least one first area frame-like. The at least one first area is encompassed by a circumferential edge corresponding in form and size to the opening such that the circumferential edge and the opening contour limit a gap at least in some areas, while the at least one second area contacts directly or indirectly the wall of the hot gas path component at a rear side facing away from the hot gas path. The plate like body provides at least a first functional layer-system, providing at least one layer made of heat resistant material, defining the first area of the surface (S).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2013
    Publication date: May 29, 2014
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Felix REINERT, Guenter Ambrosy, Matthias Hoebel, Jeffrey De Jonge