Patents by Inventor Kiran Sreeram

Kiran Sreeram 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).

  • Rotor wheel and impeller inserts
    Patent number: 10208764
    Abstract: A rotor wheel for an engine includes a plurality of impeller vanes and a plurality of fluid passages defined by adjacent impeller vanes. The fluid passages are radially disposed across at least a portion of the rotor wheel. One or more impeller inserts may be disposed within one or more of the plurality of fluid passages, respectively. The impeller inserts define an impeller passage with a passage shape that controls a flow of fluid through the one or more of the plurality of fluid passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kiran Sreeram, John Herbert Dimmick, III, Gary Charles Liotta, John Robert Sech, Eric Richard Bonini, Patrick Shawn Reilly
  • ROTOR WHEEL AND IMPELLER INSERTS
    Publication number: 20170248152
    Abstract: A rotor wheel for an engine includes a plurality of impeller vanes and a plurality of fluid passages defined by adjacent impeller vanes. The fluid passages are radially disposed across at least a portion of the rotor wheel. One or more impeller inserts may be disposed within one or more of the plurality of fluid passages, respectively. The impeller inserts define an impeller passage with a passage shape that controls a flow of fluid through the one or more of the plurality of fluid passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Kiran Sreeram, John Herbert Dimmick, III, Gary Charles Liotta, John Robert Sech, Eric Richard Bonini, Patrick Shawn Reilly
  • INTER-STAGE SEAL RING
    Publication number: 20110052376
    Abstract: The present application describes a turbine section. The turbine section may include a pair of rotors, a seal ring positioned between the pair of rotors, and a first weld at a first end of the seal ring and a second weld at a second end of the seal ring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Kiran Sreeram