Patents Examined by Dwanye J White
  • Patent number: 9103222
    Abstract: An apparatus for sealing a gap between a stator vane platform including a seal slot, and a rotatable stator vane including a shaft connected to a vane end. The apparatus includes a substantially flat, semi-annular seal body, a first tab and a second tab. The seal body extends circumferentially between a first body end and a second body end, and radially between a radial inner body side and a radial outer body side. The inner body side wraps partially around the shaft, and the outer body side mates with the seal slot. The first tab extends axially from the first body end, and the second tab extends axially from the second body end. The first tab and the second tab engage the vane end and cause the seal body to move within the seal slot during rotation of the stator vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley
  • Patent number: 7293961
    Abstract: A turbine airfoil includes pressure and suction sidewalls spaced apart to define flow channels extending in span and separated by ribs. Side channels are disposed along one sidewall and spaced from the opposite sidewall by the ribs, and a mid channel bridges the sidewalls. The side and mid channels are arranged in a zigzag serpentine cooling circuit alternating therebetween for transferring heat from the sidewall into the mid channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 13, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ching-Pang Lee, Aspi Rustom Wadia, Steven Robert Brassfield