Patents by Inventor Kirk D. GALLIER

Kirk D. GALLIER 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: 11927110
    Abstract: An apparatus and method relating to a cooling hole of a component of a turbine engine. The cooling hole can extend from an inlet to an outlet to define a connecting passage. The cooling hole can contain a diffusing section. The diffusing section can be defined by an interior surface having variable geometries.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Zachary Daniel Webster, Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Gregory Terrence Garay, Kirk D. Gallier
  • Patent number: 11905881
    Abstract: A component for a turbine engine includes a body having an outer surface confronting a combustion air flow path and defining an interior, as well as a first cooling passage having at least a portion supplying cooling air to the interior of the body. The component also includes a cyclone separator having a cooling air inlet, a clean air outlet, and a dirty air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Endecott Osgood, Jonathan Russell Ratzlaff, Kirk D. Gallier
  • Publication number: 20230304408
    Abstract: A component for a gas turbine engine includes a first surface and a second surface. The component additionally includes one or more layers of ceramic matrix composite material extending between the first and second surfaces. A thermal void extends between a first end and a second end. The second end of the thermal void is a terminal end embedded in the component between the first and second surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ronald Scott Bunker, Kirk D. Gallier, David Alan Frey
  • Patent number: 11549377
    Abstract: An apparatus and method regarding an airfoil for a turbine engine, the airfoil comprising an outer wall defining an interior bound by a pressure side and a suction side extending axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge defining a chord-wise direction and extending radially between a root and a tip defining a span-wise direction. The airfoil further comprising at least one cooling passage extending radially within the interior and defining a primary cooling airflow; and at least one cooling hole having an inlet defining a first cross-sectional area, the inlet in communication with the cooling passage, an outlet defining a second cross-sectional area greater than the first cross-sectional area; wherein the primary cooling airflow enters the inlet in a first direction and exits the outlet in a second direction different than the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gregory Terrence Garay, Zachary Daniel Webster, Kirk D. Gallier
  • Patent number: 11391161
    Abstract: An apparatus and method relating an airfoil for a turbine engine with an outer wall bounding an interior and defining a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a chord-wise direction and extending between a root and a tip to define a span-wise direction. The airfoil includes a first cooling passage extending in the span-wise direction within the interior and a second cooling passage defining an impingement surface and located proximate the first cooling passage, an interior wall separating the first cooling passage from the second cooling passage, and at least one cooling hole passing through the interior wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Alan Frey, Kirk D. Gallier
  • Publication number: 20220145764
    Abstract: An apparatus and method relating to a cooling hole of a component of a turbine engine. The cooling hole can extend from an inlet to an outlet to define a connecting passage. The cooling hole can contain a diffusing section. The diffusing section can be defined by an interior surface having variable geometries.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2022
    Publication date: May 12, 2022
    Inventors: Zachary Daniel Webster, Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Gregory Terrence Garay, Kirk D. Gallier
  • Patent number: 11306655
    Abstract: A component for a turbine engine includes a body having a wall at least partially defining an interior and separating a combustion air flow path from a cooling air flow path. The component also includes at least one fluid inlet supplying cooling air to the interior of the body, as well as a cyclone separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Endecott Osgood, Jonathan Russell Ratzlaff, Kirk D. Gallier
  • Publication number: 20220106884
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a turbine engine for can include an engine component. The engine component can include an interior cooling passage at least partially defining a cooling circuit for passing a flow of cooling fluid through the component. Film holes provide for exhausting a portion of the cooling fluid to an exterior of the component, to form a cooling film along an exterior hot surface of the engine component. A deflector can be position within the cooling passage upstream form the film hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Inventor: Kirk D. Gallier
  • Publication number: 20220099024
    Abstract: A component for a turbine engine includes a body having an outer surface confronting a combustion air flow path and defining an interior, as well as a first cooling passage having at least a portion supplying cooling air to the interior of the body. The component also includes a cyclone separator having a cooling air inlet, a clean air outlet, and a dirty air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Daniel Endecott Osgood, Jonathan Russell Ratzlaff, Kirk D. Gallier
  • Patent number: 11174736
    Abstract: Aspects generally relate to a method of forming a plexus within an additively-manufactured component. The method includes forming a fluid passage in the plexus by serially forming layers of material along a build direction to form a column defining the fluid passage along a first direction within an interior of a turbine engine component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Endecott Osgood, Zachary Daniel Webster, Gregory Terrence Garay, Tingfan Pang, Kirk D. Gallier
  • Patent number: 11149555
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a turbine engine for can include an engine component. The engine component can include an interior cooling passage at least partially defining a cooling circuit for passing a flow of cooling fluid through the component. Film holes provide for exhausting a portion of the cooling fluid to an exterior of the component, to form a cooling film along an exterior hot surface of the engine component. A deflector can be position within the cooling passage upstream form the film hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Kirk D. Gallier
  • Publication number: 20210239004
    Abstract: An apparatus and method regarding an airfoil for a turbine engine, the airfoil comprising an outer wall defining an interior bound by a pressure side and a suction side extending axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge defining a chord-wise direction and extending radially between a root and a tip defining a span-wise direction. The airfoil further comprising at least one cooling passage extending radially within the interior and defining a primary cooling airflow; and at least one cooling hole having an inlet defining a first cross-sectional area, the inlet in communication with the cooling passage, an outlet defining a second cross-sectional area greater than the first cross-sectional area; wherein the primary cooling airflow enters the inlet in a first direction and exits the outlet in a second direction different than the first direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Inventors: Gregory Terrence Garay, Zachary Daniel Webster, Kirk D. Gallier
  • Patent number: 11053809
    Abstract: A component, such as for a turbine engine, can include an airfoil with an outer wall defining an exterior surface bounding an interior and defining a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a chord-wise direction and extending between a root and a tip to define a span-wise direction. The component can also include at least one cooling passage within the interior.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Endecott Osgood, David Alan Frey, Kirk D. Gallier, Steven Robert Brassfield
  • Patent number: 11053814
    Abstract: A component for a turbine engine includes a body having an outer surface confronting a combustion air flow path and defining an interior, as well as a first cooling passage having at least a portion supplying cooling air to the interior of the body. The component also includes a cyclone separator having a cooling air inlet, a clean air outlet, and a dirty air outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Endecott Osgood, Jonathan Russell Ratzlaff, Kirk D. Gallier
  • Patent number: 11021967
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of forming an engine component having an outer wall forming an interior. The interior can be separated into two or more flow paths or flow channels. The two flow paths can be formed by casting having one or more core ties connecting the flow paths during casting. One or more core tie holes can be formed remnant of the core ties during casting in order to fluidly couple the two or more flow paths or flow channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kirk D. Gallier, Cedric Carlton Lowe
  • Patent number: 10941664
    Abstract: A component for a turbine engine includes a body having a wall separating a combustion air flow path from a cooling air flow path. The component can include an isolation chamber formed in the cooling air flow path. The component can also include at least one cyclone separator having a cooling air inlet fluidly coupled to the cooling air flow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Endecott Osgood, Jonathan Russell Ratzlaff, Kirk D. Gallier
  • Publication number: 20210017869
    Abstract: A component, such as for a turbine engine, can include an airfoil with an outer wall defining an exterior surface bounding an interior and defining a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a chord-wise direction and extending between a root and a tip to define a span-wise direction. The component can also include at least one cooling passage within the interior.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Daniel Endecott Osgood, David Alan Frey, Kirk D. Gallier, Steven Robert Brassfield
  • Patent number: 10830053
    Abstract: An apparatus and method regarding an airfoil for a turbine engine, the airfoil comprising an outer wall defining an interior bound by a pressure side and a suction side extending axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge defining a chord-wise direction and extending radially between a root and a tip defining a span-wise direction, at least one cooling passage extending radially within the interior and defining a primary cooling airflow, and at least one cooling hole having an inlet in communication with the cooling passage and an outlet in communication with the exterior of the outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gregory Terrence Garay, Zachary Daniel Webster, Kirk D. Gallier
  • Patent number: 10801724
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for minimizing a cross-flow across an engine cooling hole can include a component, such as an airfoil, having an outer wall bounding an interior from an exterior. A cooling passage is formed in the interior of the component for cooling the engine component. A cooling hole or film hole can be provided in the outer wall fluidly coupling the interior to the exterior. The cooling passage can be shaped to minimize cross-flow over the cooling hole at the interior of the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Kirk D. Gallier
  • Publication number: 20200300114
    Abstract: A component for a turbine engine includes a body having an outer surface confronting a combustion air flow path and defining an interior, as well as a first cooling passage having at least a portion supplying cooling air to the interior of the body. The component also includes a cyclone separator having a cooling air inlet, a clean air outlet, and a dirty air outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Daniel Endecott Osgood, Jonathan Russell Ratzlaff, Kirk D. Gallier