Patents by Inventor Srinath Varadarajan Ekkad

Srinath Varadarajan Ekkad 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: 20140070640
    Abstract: A generator stator core assembly is disclosed. The assembly includes a plurality of packages of stacked laminations, each package including an outermost lamination having a plurality of radially extending spacer blocks. The plurality of radially extending spacer blocks and adjacent axially spaced laminations define a radial cooling duct, and the outermost lamination includes a plurality of recesses such that a flow through the cooling duct flows over the plurality of recesses. In one embodiment, at least one adjacent axially spaced lamination defining the radial cooling duct also includes a plurality of recesses.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Anil Kumar Tolpadi, Srinath Varadarajan Ekkad, Christopher Anthony Kaminski, Samir Armando Salamah
  • Patent number: 8127553
    Abstract: A jet impingement array design and method are disclosed for efficiently cooling the liner of a gas turbine combustion chamber, while eliminating almost all effects of coolant gas crossflow. The design includes an array of extended jet ports for which the distance between the ends of the jet ports and the surface to be cooled progressively decreases from upstream to downstream. Spent air from upstream jets is directed away from downstream jets, thereby reducing the detrimental effects of crossflow, and optimizing heat transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2012
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Inc.
    Inventors: Srinath Varadarajan Ekkad, Eric Ian Esposito, Yong Weon Kim
  • Publication number: 20080271458
    Abstract: A jet impingement array design and method are disclosed for efficiently cooling the liner of a gas turbine combustion chamber, while eliminating almost all effects of coolant gas crossflow. The design includes an array of extended jet ports for which the distance between the ends of the jet ports and the surface to be cooled progressively decreases from upstream to downstream. Spent air from upstream jets is directed away from downstream jets, thereby reducing the detrimental effects of crossflow, and optimizing heat transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Publication date: November 6, 2008
    Inventors: Srinath Varadarajan Ekkad, Eric Ian Esposito, Yong Weon Kim