Patents by Inventor Rajendra Paniharam

Rajendra Paniharam 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).

  • Fuel distribution manifold
    Patent number: 11629641
    Abstract: Fuel distribution manifolds and combustors are provided. A fuel distribution manifold includes a main body and a fuel circuit that is defined within the main body. The fuel circuit includes an inlet section extending generally axially from an inlet to a first branch section and a second branch section. The first branch section and the second branch section diverge circumferentially away from each other as they extend axially from the inlet section to a respective first outlet and a respective second outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rajendra Paniharam, Diana Alonso, Elizabeth Grace Hildebrand
  • FUEL DISTRIBUTION MANIFOLD
    Publication number: 20220026069
    Abstract: Fuel distribution manifolds and combustors are provided. A fuel distribution manifold includes a main body and a fuel circuit that is defined within the main body. The fuel circuit includes an inlet section extending generally axially from an inlet to a first branch section and a second branch section. The first branch section and the second branch section diverge circumferentially away from each other as they extend axially from the inlet section to a respective first outlet and a respective second outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2020
    Publication date: January 27, 2022
    Inventors: Rajendra Paniharam, Diana Alonso, Elizabeth Grace Hildebrand
  • Combustor having wake air injection
    Patent number: 8899975
    Abstract: A combustor having wake air injection is provided. The combustor includes a fuel nozzle, first and second vessels formed and disposed to define a flow path along which a first fluid flows in first and second opposite directions toward the fuel nozzle, a vane disposed in the flow path and an injector to inject a second fluid into wake formed by an obstruction disposed in the flow path upstream from the vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Abdul Rafey Khan, Bradley Donald Crawley, Rajendra Paniharam, Nishant Govindbhai Parsania
  • COMBUSTOR HAVING WAKE AIR INJECTION
    Publication number: 20130115566
    Abstract: A combustor having wake air injection is provided. The combustor includes a fuel nozzle, first and second vessels formed and disposed to define a flow path along which a first fluid flows in first and second opposite directions toward the fuel nozzle, a vane disposed in the flow path and an injector to inject a second fluid into wake formed by an obstruction disposed in the flow path upstream from the vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: May 9, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Abdul Rafey Khan, Bradley Donald Crawley, Rajendra Paniharam, Nishant Govindbhai Parsania