Patents by Inventor Stephen Wayne Tilley

Stephen Wayne Tilley 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).

  • SYSTEM FOR VIBRATION DAMPING OF A FUEL NOZZLE WITHIN A COMBUSTOR
    Publication number: 20140338343
    Abstract: A system for vibration damping a fuel nozzle within a combustor includes a support plate, a fuel nozzle passage that extends through the support plate and a cylindrical damping insert that is coaxially aligned within the fuel nozzle passage and at least partially defines the fuel nozzle passage. The damping insert may include a metallic-mesh liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Dereck Joseph Ouellet, Marcus Byron Huffman, Brandon Taylor Overby, Stephen Wayne Tilley
  • System for reducing vibrational motion in a gas turbine system
    Patent number: 8800288
    Abstract: A system, including a combustor cap assembly, including a first plate configured to divide a combustion chamber from a head end chamber of a combustor, a first sleeve disposed about the first plate, and a first stiffening rib coupled to the combustor cap assembly, wherein the combustor cap assembly is configured to mount in a combustor, and the first stiffening rib is configured to damp vibration caused by combustion dynamics in the combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kyle Lee Kidder, Marcus Byron Huffman, Stephen Wayne Tilley
  • System for Reducing Vibrational Motion in a Gas Turbine System
    Publication number: 20140123658
    Abstract: A system, including a combustor cap assembly, including a first plate configured to divide a combustion chamber from a head end chamber of a combustor, a first sleeve disposed about the first plate, and a first stiffening rib coupled to the combustor cap assembly, wherein the combustor cap assembly is configured to mount in a combustor, and the first stiffening rib is configured to damp vibration caused by combustion dynamics in the combustor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2012
    Publication date: May 8, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Kyle Lee Kidder, Marcus Byron Huffman, Stephen Wayne Tilley