Patents by Inventor Karthik Subramanian

Karthik Subramanian 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).

  • PILOT SYSTEM FOR COMBUSTORS
    Publication number: 20110244410
    Abstract: A secondary nozzle for a combustor includes a feed nozzle having center channel surrounded by a fuel channel and a pilot channel. The secondary nozzle also includes a housing that surrounds at least a portion of the feed nozzle and includes a fuel inlet channel in a first plane and pilot inlet feed channel in a second plane different than the first plane, the fuel inlet channel and the pilot inlet feed channel interconnected to one another within the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2010
    Publication date: October 6, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Karthik Subramanian, Lucas John Stoia
  • Combustor with Pre-Mixing Primary Fuel-Nozzle Assembly
    Publication number: 20110225973
    Abstract: A combustor includes a first combustion chamber, a pre-mixing primary fuel-nozzle assembly associated with the first combustion chamber, a second combustion chamber, and a secondary fuel-nozzle assembly associated with the second combustion chamber. The pre-mixing primary fuel-nozzle assembly includes a number of vanes configured to swirl airflow, each vane comprising a number of fuel injection holes configured to inject fuel into the airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2010
    Publication date: September 22, 2011
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bryan Wesley Romig, Derrick Walter Simons, Lucas John Stoia, Karthik Subramanian
  • FUEL NOZZLE SEAL SPACER AND METHOD OF INSTALLING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20110089267
    Abstract: The present application provides a method of mounting lip seals within a sleeve assembly of a fuel nozzle. The method may include the steps of sliding a first lip seal along a second diameter tube until the first lip seal contacts a first tube flange of a first diameter tube, sliding a seal spacer along the second diameter tube until the seal spacer contacts the first lip seal, and sliding a second lip seal along the second diameter tube until the second lip seal contacts the seal spacer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2009
    Publication date: April 21, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Lucas John Stoia, Karthik Subramanian