Patents by Inventor Raghavan P. Pandalai

Raghavan P. Pandalai 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: 5685157
    Abstract: An apparatus for suppressing or attenuating acoustic pressure oscillations in a gas turbine engine combustor, the apparatus having a quarter wave resonator with a cavity closed at a first end and open at a second end and a characteristic length that reflects waves 180 degrees out of phase with the incoming waves and a viscous damper at the open end of the cavity. At least one resonating tube with a closed end and an open end and a single cavity therebetween, a damping plate with a plurality of apertures therethrough disposed across the open end, and a means for mounting the tube on the engine so that the damping plate is essentially flush with the wall. The apertures preferably have a total open area that is about 8% of an inclusive area of the open end and the tube may be cylindrical and the apertures circular.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 1995
    Date of Patent: November 11, 1997
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Raghavan P. Pandalai, Bruce A. Carter, Horst W. W. Hehmann