Patents by Inventor THOMAS EARL DYSON

THOMAS EARL DYSON 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: 20240011399
    Abstract: An airfoil includes a body, a cooling passage, a first cooling cavity, a second cooling cavity, a cooling conduit, and a connecting conduit. The body defines an interior and includes a tip rail with an exterior surface extending between a first surface, a second surface, and a third surface. The cooling passage is formed within the interior. The first cooling cavity and the second cooling cavity are spaced from each other within the tip rail. The cooling conduit fluidly couples the cooling passage with the first cooling cavity. The connecting conduit fluidly couples the first cooling cavity to the second cooling cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 2, 2023
    Publication date: January 11, 2024
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Nicholas William Rathay, Brendon James Leary, Gregory Terrence Garay, Gustavo Adolfo Ledezma, David Wayne Weber, Aaron Ezekiel Smith
  • Patent number: 11814965
    Abstract: A turbomachine blade, and a coupon for a turbomachine blade, are disclosed. The blade may include an airfoil body having a pressure side and a suction side connected by a leading edge and a trailing edge, a coolant feed passage defined in the airfoil body, and a coolant reuse passage defined in the airfoil body. The blade may also include a first cooling circuit defined in the airfoil body. The first cooling circuit may include a rearward passage extending toward the trailing edge from and fluidly coupled to the coolant feed passage, and a radially spreading return passage extending away from the trailing edge toward and fluidly coupled to the coolant reuse passage. The cooling circuit may also include a radially extending turn passage coupling the rearward passage and the radially spreading return passage. A first set of obstructions may be positioned in the radially extending turn passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Nicholas William Rathay, Adam John Fredmonski
  • Publication number: 20230349298
    Abstract: A cooling assembly includes a coolant chamber disposed inside an airfoil of a turbine assembly that directs coolant inside the airfoil. The airfoil extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge along an axial length of the airfoil. Inlet cooling channels are fluidly coupled with the coolant chamber and direct the coolant in a direction toward a trailing edge chamber of the airfoil. The trailing edge chamber is fluidly coupled with at least one inlet cooling channel. The trailing edge chamber is disposed at the trailing edge of the airfoil and includes an inner surface. The inlet cooling channels direct at least a portion of the coolant in a direction toward the inner surface of the trailing edge chamber. One or more outlet cooling channels direct at least a portion of the coolant in one or more directions away from the trailing edge chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas William Rathay, Thomas Earl Dyson, Brian Brzek
  • Publication number: 20230313689
    Abstract: A ceramic matrix composite component and method of fabrication including a plurality of longitudinally extending ceramic matrix composite plies in a stacked configuration forming a densified body and one or more elongate functional features formed therein and in alignment with the plurality of longitudinally extending ceramic matrix composite plies. Each of the elongate functional features includes an inlet configured to be in fluid communication with a flow of cooling fluid from a fluid source. One or more bores cut through the plurality of ceramic matrix composite plies from at least one of the one or more elongate functional features to an outlet proximate to an outer surface of the ceramic matrix composite component. One or more film cooling throughholes cut through the ceramic matrix composite plies from an inner surface of the ceramic matrix composite component to an outlet proximate to the outer surface of the ceramic matrix composite component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2023
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Matthew Harper Hockemeyer
  • Patent number: 11773729
    Abstract: A component is provided and comprises at least one wall comprising a first and a second surface. At least one film cooling; hole extends through the wall between the first and second surfaces and has an outlet region at the second surface. The film cooling hole includes a first expansion section being a side diffusion portion and a second expansion section being a layback diffusion portion, wherein the side diffusion portion is upstream and spaced from the layback diffusion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Metodi Blagoev Zlatinov, Thomas Earl Dyson
  • Publication number: 20230278695
    Abstract: A leading edge assembly for a hypersonic vehicle is provided. The leading edge assembly includes an outer wall that tapers to a leading edge, the outer wall having a porous region at the leading edge; a coolant supply assembly in fluid communication with the porous region for selectively providing a flow of coolant through the porous region of the outer wall; and an insulation layer disposed between a portion of the coolant supply assembly and the outer wall, wherein the insulation layer is configured to reduce heat transfer between the coolant supply assembly and the outer wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2022
    Publication date: September 7, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas William Rathay, Gregory Alexander Natsui, Thomas Earl Dyson
  • Patent number: 11732594
    Abstract: A cooling assembly includes a coolant chamber disposed inside an airfoil of a turbine assembly that directs coolant inside the airfoil. The airfoil extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge along an axial length of the airfoil. Inlet cooling channels are fluidly coupled with the coolant chamber and direct the coolant in a direction toward a trailing edge chamber of the airfoil. The trailing edge chamber is fluidly coupled with at least one inlet cooling channel. The trailing edge chamber is disposed at the trailing edge of the airfoil and includes an inner surface. The inlet cooling channels direct at least a portion of the coolant in a direction toward the inner surface of the trailing edge chamber. One or more outlet cooling channels direct at least a portion of the coolant in one or more directions away from the trailing edge chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas William Rathay, Thomas Earl Dyson, Brian Brzek
  • Patent number: 11680488
    Abstract: A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component and method of fabrication including one or more elongate functional features in the CMC component. The CMC component includes a plurality of longitudinally extending ceramic matrix composite plies in a stacked configuration. Each of the one or more elongate functional features includes an inlet in fluid communication with a source of a cooling fluid flow. The CMC component further includes one or more bores cutting through the plurality of longitudinally extending ceramic matrix composite plies from at least one of the one or more elongate functional features to an outlet proximate to an outer surface of the ceramic matrix composite to form a cooling channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Matthew Harper Hockemeyer
  • Patent number: 11655718
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooling a blade tip for a turbine engine can include an blade, such as a cooled turbine blade, having a tip rail extending beyond a tip wall enclosing an interior for the blade at the tip. A plurality of film-holes can be provided in the tip rail. A flow of cooling fluid can be provided through the film-holes from the interior of the blade to cool the tip of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Nicholas William Rathay, Brendon James Leary, Gregory Terrence Garay, Gustavo Adolfo Ledezma, David Wayne Weber, Aaron Ezekiel Smith
  • Publication number: 20230145370
    Abstract: A turbomachine blade, and a coupon for a turbomachine blade, are disclosed. The blade may include an airfoil body having a pressure side and a suction side connected by a leading edge and a trailing edge, a coolant feed passage defined in the airfoil body, and a coolant reuse passage defined in the airfoil body. The blade may also include a first cooling circuit defined in the airfoil body. The first cooling circuit may include a rearward passage extending toward the trailing edge from and fluidly coupled to the coolant feed passage, and a radially spreading return passage extending away from the trailing edge toward and fluidly coupled to the coolant reuse passage. The cooling circuit may also include a radially extending turn passage coupling the rearward passage and the radially spreading return passage. A first set of obstructions may be positioned in the radially extending turn passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2021
    Publication date: May 11, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Nicholas William Rathay, Adam John Fredmonski
  • Patent number: 11603764
    Abstract: An article of manufacture includes an article body portion (36); at least one pedestal (58A, 60A, 84, 86) integrally formed with the article body portion (36), and disposed at an outer periphery of (52), and structurally coupled to the article body portion (36); and at least one internal feature (72) disposed at least partially within the article body portion (36) and at least partially within the pedestal (58A, 60A, 84, 86). At least a portion of the internal feature (72) is hollow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Joseph I Block, Brendon James Leary, Lyndsay Marie Kibler
  • Publication number: 20220412219
    Abstract: A component is provided and comprises at least one wall comprising a first and a second surface. At least one film cooling; hole extends through the wall between the first and second surfaces and has an outlet region at the second surface. The film cooling hole includes a first expansion section being a side diffusion portion and a second expansion section being a layback diffusion portion, wherein the side diffusion portion is upstream and spaced from the layback diffusion portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2022
    Publication date: December 29, 2022
    Inventors: Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Metodi Blagoev Zlatinov, Thomas Earl Dyson
  • Patent number: 11499434
    Abstract: In one embodiment, an airfoil includes an airfoil body portion, an airfoil tip portion disposed radially outward of the airfoil body portion, an airfoil root portion, and a plurality of radial cooling passages extending through the airfoil body portion from the root portion to the tip airfoil portion. The airfoil body portion and the airfoil tip portion are joined at a braze interface or a weld interface. The airfoil tip portion includes at least one manifold fluidly connecting at least one radial cooling passage to at least one other radial cooling passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Brian Brzek, Fred Willett, Jr., Paul Dimascio
  • Patent number: 11466575
    Abstract: A component is provided and comprises at least one wall comprising a first and a second surface. At least one film cooling hole extends through the wall between the first and second surfaces and has an outlet region at the second surface. The film cooling hole includes a first expansion section being a side diffusion portion and a second expansion section being a layback diffusion portion, wherein the side diffusion portion is upstream and spaced from the layback diffusion portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Metodi Blagoev Zlatinov, Thomas Earl Dyson
  • Patent number: 11333022
    Abstract: An airfoil includes a multi-part body and one or more thermally conductive pins. The multi-part body has an interior region and is formed from multiple pieces joined with each other at an interface. The pieces have multiple cavities and at least one of the pieces defines airfoil cooling channels disposed within the interior region of the body. The one or more thermally conductive pins are within the interior region of the body and extend across the interface. Each of the thermally conductive pins has a first segment disposed within a corresponding cavity of a first piece of the multiple pieces and a second segment disposed within a corresponding cavity of a second piece of the multiple pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Kimberly Hammer, Jared Iverson, Gerald Rawcliffe, Patrick Willson, Akane Suzuki
  • Patent number: 11326470
    Abstract: A ceramic matrix composite (CMC) component and method of fabrication including a plurality of counterflow elongated functional features. The CMC component includes a plurality of longitudinally extending ceramic matrix composite plies forming a densified body and a plurality of elongated functional features formed therein the densified body. Each of the plurality of functional features is configured longitudinally extending and in alignment with the plurality of ceramic matrix composite plies. Each of the plurality of elongated functional features includes an inlet configured in cross-ply configuration. The plurality of elongated functional features are configured to provide a flow of fluid from a fluid source to an exterior of the ceramic matrix composite component. The plurality of functional features are configured in alternating flow configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Douglas Glenn Decesare, Changjie Sun
  • Patent number: 11255544
    Abstract: A rotating detonation combustion (RDC) system is provided. The RDC includes a first outer wall and a second outer wall each extended around a centerline axis, and a detonation chamber formed radially inward of the second outer wall. A fuel passage extended between the first outer wall and the second outer wall, the fuel passage including a first inlet opening proximate to the aft end through which a flow of fuel is received into the fuel passage. The flow of fuel is provided through the fuel passage from the aft end to the forward end of the RDC system and to the detonation chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2022
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Thomas Michael Lavertu, Sarah Marie Monahan, Kapil Kumar Singh, Venkat Eswarlu Tangirala, Joel Meier Haynes
  • Patent number: 11225707
    Abstract: A method of depositing a coating on a component of a turbine engine. The method includes forming a turbine component including at least one cooling flow passage in fluid communication with an aperture on a surface of the turbine component. A protective shield is formed on an inner surface of the at least one cooling flow passage and extending to an exterior of the turbine component via the aperture. During a coating process, the protective shield is configured to block the coating from being deposited in the at least one cooling flow passage via the aperture. Subsequent to coating, at least a portion of the protective shield is removed to provide for passage of a cooling fluid flow in the at least one cooling flow passage. The cooling fluid flow exits the turbine component through the aperture. A turbine component employing user of the protective shield is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Lyndsay Marie Kibler, Brendon James Leary, David Vincent Bucci
  • Publication number: 20210404344
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooling a blade tip for a turbine engine can include an blade, such as a cooled turbine blade, having a tip rail extending beyond a tip wall enclosing an interior for the blade at the tip. A plurality of film-holes can be provided in the tip rail. A flow of cooling fluid can be provided through the film-holes from the interior of the blade to cool the tip of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2021
    Publication date: December 30, 2021
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Nicholas William Rathay, Brendon James Leary, Gregory Terrence Garay, Gustavo Adolfo Ledezma, David Wayne Weber, Aaron Ezekiel Smith
  • Patent number: 11208899
    Abstract: A cooling assembly comprises a pin disposed inside a first chamber of an airfoil. The first chamber is disposed inside the tip end comprising a tip floor. The pin extends from a first end to a second end along a pin axis. The first end is coupled with a first surface of the first chamber and the second end is coupled with an inner floor surface of the tip floor such that the pin increases a structural load support level of the tip floor. A cooling conduit is placed inside the pin through which coolant flows. The cooling conduit is elongated along and extends around a conduit axis and is fluidly coupled with conduit channels disposed between the first and second ends of the pin. The conduit channels direct coolant out of the cooling conduit or direct coolant into the cooling conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Nicholas William Rathay, Gustavo Ledezma