Patents by Inventor Terry Howard Strout

Terry Howard Strout 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).

  • Patent number: 9458731
    Abstract: The present application provides a turbine shroud cooling system for a gas turbine engine. The turbine shroud cooling system may include a number of variable area cooling shrouds with tuning pins and a number of fixed area cooling shrouds with anti-rotation pins. The variable area cooling shrouds may include modulated cooling shrouds. The fixed area shrouds may include non-modulated shrouds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Charles Lewis Davis, III, Terry Howard Strout, Pawel Piotr Kolniak
  • Publication number: 20140271104
    Abstract: The present application provides a turbine shroud cooling system for a gas turbine engine. The turbine shroud cooling system may include a number of variable area cooling shrouds with tuning pins and a number of fixed area cooling shrouds with anti-rotation pins. The variable area cooling shrouds may include modulated cooling shrouds. The fixed area shrouds may include non-modulated shrouds.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: September 18, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Charles Lewis Davis, III, Terry Howard Strout, Pawel Piotr Kolniak
  • Patent number: 7150921
    Abstract: A bi-layer bond coating for use on metal alloy components exposed to hostile thermal and chemical environment, such as a gas turbine engine, and the method for applying such coatings. The preferred coatings include a bi-layer bond coat applied to the metal substrate using high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) thermal spraying. Bi-layer bond coatings in accordance with the invention consist of a dense first inner layer (such as iron, nickel or cobalt-based alloys) that provides oxidation protection to the metal substrate, and a second outer layer having controlled porosity that tends to promote roughness, mechanical compliance, and promotes adherence of the thermal barrier coating (TBC). Preferably, the outer, less dense layer of the bi-layer bond coat is formed from a mixture of metallic powder and polyester to adjust and control the porosity, but without sacrificing mechanical compliance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Warren Arthur Nelson, Jon Conrad Schaeffer, Sharon Trombly Swede, David Vincent Bucci, Joseph Debarro, Terry Howard Strout, Tyrone Robert Mortensen