Patents by Inventor Phillip Behling

Phillip Behling 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 blade with corrugated tip wall
    Patent number: 10260352
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine blade (10), including a base portion (12) having a cast wall, and a tip portion (14) attached to the base portion and having a wall (60) formed by an additive manufacturing process. The tip portion wall may be formed to be solid and less than 2 mm in thickness, or it may be corrugated and be greater than 2 mm in thickness. Openings (80) defining the wall corrugations may be semi-circular, rectangular, trapezoidal, or elliptical in cross-sectional shape. The resulting blade has lower tip mass while retaining adequate mechanical properties. The tip portion may be formed to have a directionally solidified grain structure on a base portion having an equiaxed grain structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Christian Xavier Campbell, Anand A. Kulkarni, Daniel M. Eshak, Allister William James, Phillip Behling, Ahmed Kamel
  • GAS TURBINE BLADE WITH CORRUGATED TIP WALL
    Publication number: 20160237827
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine blade (10), including a base portion (12) having a cast wall, and a tip portion (14) attached to the base portion and having a wall (60) formed by an additive manufacturing process. The tip portion wall may be formed to be solid and less than 2 mm in thickness, or it may be corrugated and be greater than 2 mm in thickness. Openings (80) defining the wall corrugations may be semi-circular, rectangular, trapezoidal, or elliptical in cross-sectional shape. The resulting blade has lower tip mass while retaining adequate mechanical properties. The tip portion may be formed to have a directionally solidified grain structure on a base portion having an equiaxed grain structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Christian Xavier Campbell, Anand A. Kulkarni, Daniel M. Eshak, Allister William James, Phillip Behling, Ahmed Kamel