Patents by Inventor Waylon Webbon

Waylon Webbon 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).

  • Gas turbine bucket with cooled platform leading edge and method of cooling platform leading edge
    Publication number: 20070116574
    Abstract: In a turbine bucket having an airfoil portion and a root portion with a substantially planar platform at an interface between the airfoil portion and the root portion, a platform cooling arrangement including a cavity extending along the forward portion of the platform, and at least one inlet bore extending from a source of cooling medium to the cavity, and at least one outlet opening for expelling cooling medium from the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 21, 2005
    Publication date: May 24, 2007
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Gary Itzel, Waylon Webbon