Patents by Inventor Manjunath Chengappa

Manjunath Chengappa 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).

  • FLOW ALIGNMENT DEVICES TO IMPROVE DIFFUSER PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20170211407
    Abstract: A turbine shroud for an axial turbine, the shroud including: an annular array of arch shaped shroud segments each configured to be mounted to an inner surface of a turbine casing, the segment having an arched seal surface aligned with tips of a last row of turbine buckets in the turbine, and vanes positioned on an inner surface of each of the shroud segments and downstream in a direction of gas flow through the last row, the vanes extending inward from the inner surface towards an axis of the turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Manjunath Chengappa
  • SYSTEM AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING FLUID FLOW THROUGH A GAS TURBINE EXHAUST
    Publication number: 20130174534
    Abstract: A system and device for controlling fluid flow through a gas turbine exhaust. One gas turbine exhaust may include a strut of the gas turbine exhaust having a first opening configured to permit a fluid to flow between an interior portion of the strut and an exterior portion of the strut. The gas turbine exhaust also may include a moveable plate coupled to the strut and configured to control an amount of the fluid flowing through the first opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Chandrasekhar Pushkaran, Rohit Pruthi, Manjunath Chengappa