Patents by Inventor Luis Manuel Flamand

Luis Manuel Flamand 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).

  • Gas turbine engine combustor with lobed, three dimensional contouring
    Patent number: 8938978
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine combustor is provided and includes an array of fuel nozzles, a combustion casing assembly disposed about the array of fuel nozzles and an end cap assembly disposed within the combustion casing assembly to define with the combustion casing assembly an axis-symmetric annulus through which fluid travels into each of the fuel nozzles, at least one of the combustion casing assembly and the end cap assembly being formed with lobed, three-dimensional contouring.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Donald Mark Bailey, Jonathan Dwight Berry, Luis Manuel Flamand, Kwanwoo Kim, Patrick Benedict Melton, Robert Joseph Rohrssen, John Drake Vanselow
  • SYSTEM FOR CONDITIONING FLOW THROUGH A NOZZLE
    Publication number: 20120305677
    Abstract: A system for conditioning flow through a plurality of nozzles arranged in a combustor includes a shield circumferentially surrounding at least a portion of the plurality of nozzles and a plurality of baffles disposed circumferentially around the shield. Each baffle is circumferentially disposed between adjacent nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Luis Manuel Flamand, Kwanwoo Kim, Patrick Benedict Melton, Jonathan Dwight Berry
  • SYSTEM FOR CONDITIONING FLOW THROUGH A COMBUSTOR
    Publication number: 20120305670
    Abstract: A system for conditioning flow through a combustor includes a nozzle, and a shroud circumferentially surrounds at least a portion of the nozzle. The shroud defines an upstream opening, and a plurality of vanes extends radially inward from the shroud. A circumferential slot extends through the shroud between the upstream opening and the plurality of vanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Luis Manuel Flamand, Kwanwoo Kim, Patrick Benedict Melton
  • GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMBUSTOR
    Publication number: 20120279224
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine combustor is provided and includes an array of fuel nozzles, a combustion casing assembly disposed about the array of fuel nozzles and an end cap assembly disposed within the combustion casing assembly to define with the combustion casing assembly an axis-symmetric annulus through which fluid travels into each of the fuel nozzles, at least one of the combustion casing assembly and the end cap assembly being formed with lobed, three-dimensional contouring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2011
    Publication date: November 8, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Donald Mark Bailey, Jonathan Dwight Berry, Luis Manuel Flamand, Kwanwoo Kim, Patrick Benedict Melton, Robert Joseph Rohrssen, John Drake Vanselow