Patents by Inventor Ronnie Ray Pentecost

Ronnie Ray Pentecost 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).

  • Publication number: 20120304665
    Abstract: A mount device and mounting assembly for a turbine system are disclosed. The mounting assembly includes a transition duct extending between a fuel nozzle and a turbine section. The transition duct has an inlet, an outlet, and a passage extending between the inlet and the outlet and defining a longitudinal axis, a radial axis, and a tangential axis. The outlet of the transition duct is offset from the inlet along the longitudinal axis and the tangential axis. The mounting assembly further includes a mount device connecting the transition duct to the turbine section. The mount device is configured to allow movement of the outlet about at least two axes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Jeffrey Scott LeBegue, Kevin Weston McMahan, Ronnie Ray Pentecost, James Scott Flanagan
  • Publication number: 20120186260
    Abstract: An impingement sleeve for a transition piece of a gas turbine is disclosed. The impingement sleeve generally includes a first casing configured to surround a portion of an inner duct of the transition piece and a second casing configured to surround a portion of the inner duct. Additionally, the impingement sleeve may include a joint defined between the first and second casings. The joint may include a plurality of fasteners configured to attach the first casing to the second casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2011
    Publication date: July 26, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard Martin DiCintio, Keith Cletus Belsom, Ronnie Ray Pentecost
  • Publication number: 20110271688
    Abstract: A transition piece support for a turbomachine includes one or more support arms extending across a diffuser flowpath to the transition piece. The one or more support arms include a streamwise surface and a crosswise surface. A streamwise extent of the streamwise surface is greater than a crosswise extent of the crosswise surface to reduce flow anomalies in a flow of fluid across the one or more support arms. A turbomachine includes a combustor, a diffuser, a transition piece operably connected to the combustor and a transition piece support including one or more support arms extending across a flow of fluid to the transition piece. The support arms include a streamwise surface and a crosswise surface. A streamwise extent of the streamwise surface is greater than a crosswise extent of the crosswise surface to reduce flow anomalies in a flow of fluid across the one or more support arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2010
    Publication date: November 10, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Richard Martin DiCintio, Ronnie Ray Pentecost, Carl Gerard Schott, Stanley Kevin Widener