Patents by Inventor Leonel Arellano

Leonel Arellano 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: 10386074
    Abstract: A fuel injector for a combustor of a gas turbine engine is disclosed herein. In embodiments, the fuel injector includes an injector head adjoining a stem. The injector head includes a main premix passage, a main air inlet, vanes, and a main premix resonator. The main premix passage extends through the injector head and the main air inlet directs compressed air into the main premix passage. The vanes are located within the main premix passage for swirling the compressed air. The main premix resonator is located adjacent to and downstream of the vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Leonel Arellano, James Wilfrid Blust, II, Ariel Schuger, Ashley Vega
  • Publication number: 20190093562
    Abstract: A scroll for a fuel injector assembly of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The scroll includes a cylindrical body that has an axial end face and an inner surface defining a bore. A passage spans circumferentially within the cylindrical body around the bore. Further, an inlet channel extends from the axial end face to the passage and is configured to facilitate a flow of a fuel to the passage. Moreover, outlets are formed in the cylindrical body to facilitate a release of the fuel from the passage. The cylindrical body includes a resonator integrally formed with the cylindrical body. The resonator includes a chamber, and a channel that fluidly couples the chamber to the inlet port.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Meagan Lau, James Wilfrid Blust, II, Leonel Arellano, Georgina Jeannette McGee
  • Publication number: 20180163967
    Abstract: A fuel injector for a combustor of a gas turbine engine is disclosed herein. In embodiments, the fuel injector includes an injector head adjoining a stem. The injector head includes a main premix passage, a main air inlet, vanes, and a main premix resonator. The main premix passage extends through the injector head and the main air inlet directs compressed air into the main premix passage. The vanes are located within the main premix passage for swirling the compressed air. The main premix resonator is located adjacent to and downstream of the vanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Leonel Arellano, James Wilfrid Blust, II, Ariel Schuger, Ashley Vega
  • Publication number: 20160102862
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a machine component includes obtaining a casted component, a forged component, or a component manufactured using additive fabrication such that the machine component has a wall exhibiting at least some porosity therethrough. The method further includes adding a filler material to on the wall to a pre-determined thickness, the filler material being configured to cover the porosity present in the wall. The method further includes finishing the component by performing a finishing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: ALEXANDER I. KRICHEVER, Ariel Schuger, Leonel Arellano, Diane K. Larue, Oscar T. Lopez
  • Patent number: 9228941
    Abstract: An imaging inspection system and inspection method for a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine having an imaging inspection device and a controller. The imaging inspection device includes a combustor interface, an inspection head having a first camera, an inspection head extender, a roll actuator, and a pitch actuator. The controller is configured to manipulate the inspection head in a predefined sequence.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Leonel Arellano, Nathaniel David Brown
  • Patent number: 9079273
    Abstract: A method for modifying a gas turbine injector is disclosed herein. The method for modifying a gas turbine injector includes removing a first tubular member from the gas turbine injector, replacing the first tubular member with a second tubular member, the second tubular member having a center axis and including a circumferential lip extending radially from the center axis, aiming a laser beam at the circumferential lip so that the laser beam forms an acute angle with the center axis, and, laser welding the second tubular member to the gas turbine injector at the acute angle, the laser welding forming a resultant weld between the second tubular member and the gas turbine injector, and such that at least a portion of the circumferential lip is consumed to form at least a portion of the resultant weld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Leonel Arellano, James Scott Piper
  • Publication number: 20140125791
    Abstract: An imaging inspection system and inspection method for a combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine having an imaging inspection device and a controller. The imaging inspection device includes a combustor interface, an inspection head having a first camera, an inspection head extender, a roll actuator, and a pitch actuator. The controller is configured to manipulate the inspection head in a predefined sequence.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: SOLAR TURBINES INCORPORATED
    Inventors: Leonel Arellano, Nathaniel David Brown
  • Publication number: 20130298368
    Abstract: A method for modifying a gas turbine injector is disclosed herein. The method for modifying a gas turbine injector includes removing a first tubular member from the gas turbine injector, replacing the first tubular member with a second tubular member, the second tubular member having a center axis and including a circumferential lip extending radially from the center axis, aiming a laser beam at the circumferential lip so that the laser beam forms an acute angle with the center axis, and, laser welding the second tubular member to the gas turbine injector at the acute angle, the laser welding forming a resultant weld between the second tubular member and the gas turbine injector, and such that at least a portion of the circumferential lip is consumed to form at least a portion of the resultant weld.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventor: Leonel Arellano
  • Patent number: 7980069
    Abstract: An exhaust treatment system is provided. The system may include a particulate trap configured to remove one or more types of particulate matter from an exhaust flow, the exhaust flow including at least a portion of a totality of exhaust gases produced by an engine. The system may further include a burner assembly configured to increase a temperature of gases in the exhaust flow at a location upstream from the particulate trap. The burner assembly may include an exhaust inlet oriented in a direction along a first axis and configured to direct the exhaust flow into the burner assembly and an exhaust outlet oriented in a direction along a second axis at an angle relative to the first axis, the exhaust outlet being configured to direct the exhaust flow out of the burner assembly toward the particulate trap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Inc.
    Inventors: Leonel Arellano, Vu Phi, Anthony Fahme, Alan Kubasco, Kenneth Smith
  • Publication number: 20090277164
    Abstract: An exhaust treatment system is provided. The system may include a particulate trap configured to remove one or more types of particulate matter from an exhaust flow, the exhaust flow including at least a portion of a totality of exhaust gases produced by an engine. The system may further include a burner assembly configured to increase a temperature of gases in the exhaust flow at a location upstream from the particulate trap. The burner assembly may include an exhaust inlet oriented in a direction along a first axis and configured to direct the exhaust flow into the burner assembly and an exhaust outlet oriented in a direction along a second axis at an angle relative to the first axis, the exhaust outlet being configured to direct the exhaust flow out of the burner assembly toward the particulate trap. The burner assembly may also include a fuel injector having a longitudinal axis in substantial alignment with the second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: November 12, 2009
    Inventors: Leonel Arellano, Vu Phi, Anthony Fahme, Alan Kubasco, Kenneth Smith
  • Publication number: 20060218902
    Abstract: An exhaust treatment system is provided. The system may include a particulate trap configured to remove one or more types of particulate matter from an exhaust flow, the exhaust flow including at least a portion of a totality of exhaust gases produced by an engine. The system may further include a burner assembly configured to increase a temperature of gases in the exhaust flow at a location upstream from the particulate trap. The burner assembly may include an exhaust inlet oriented in a direction along a first axis and configured to direct the exhaust flow into the burner assembly and an exhaust outlet oriented in a direction along a second axis at an angle relative to the first axis, the exhaust outlet being configured to direct the exhaust flow out of the burner assembly toward the particulate trap. The burner assembly may also include a fuel injector having a longitudinal axis in substantial alignment with the second axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Publication date: October 5, 2006
    Inventors: Leonel Arellano, Vu Phi, Anthony Fahme, Alan Kubasco, Kenneth Smith