Patents by Inventor Raphael Durand Jones

Raphael Durand Jones 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 bucket with impingement cooled platform
    Patent number: 6431833
    Abstract: In a turbine bucket having an airfoil portion and a root portion, with a substantially planar platform at an interface between the airfoil portion and root portion, a platform cooling arrangement including at least one bore in the root portion and at least one impingement cooling tube seated in the bore, the tube extending beyond the bore with an outlet in close proximity to a targeted area on an underside of the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Raphael Durand Jones
  • Gas turbine bucket with impingement cooled platform
    Publication number: 20010019696
    Abstract: In a turbine bucket having an airfoil portion and a root portion, with a substantially planar platform at an interface between the airfoil portion and root portion, a platform cooling arrangement including at least one bore in the root portion and at least one impingement cooling tube seated in the bore, the tube extending beyond the bore with an outlet in close proximity to a targeted area on an underside of the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2001
    Publication date: September 6, 2001
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Raphael Durand Jones