Patents by Inventor Adrian Fredrick Crowe

Adrian Fredrick Crowe 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).

  • Methods for fabricating gas turbine engine combustors
    Patent number: 6844520
    Abstract: A method facilitates manufacturing a combustor for a gas turbine engine. The combustor includes an inner and an outer liner, a dome, and flanges. The method comprises assembling the inner and outer liner such that each includes a series of liner panels, positioning a spatter shield against a downstream side of the inner and outer liners, wherein the spatter shield comprises molybdenum, positioning a mounting flange against the downstream side of the inner and outer liners, such that the spatter shield is positioned at least partially between the mounting flange and the inner and outer liners, and coupling the mounting flange to the inner and outer liners.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Michael D'Andrea, Adrian Fredrick Crowe
  • Apparatus for fabricating gas turbine engine combustors
    Publication number: 20040255461
    Abstract: A method facilitates manufacturing a combustor for a gas turbine engine. The combustor includes an inner and an outer liner, a dome, and flanges. The method comprises assembling the inner and outer liner such that each includes a series of liner panels, positioning a spatter shield against a downstream side of the inner and outer liners, wherein the spatter shield comprises molybdenum, positioning a mounting flange against the downstream side of the inner and outer liners, such that the spatter shield is positioned at least partially between the mounting flange and the inner and outer liners, and coupling the mounting flange to the inner and outer liners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2004
    Publication date: December 23, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Michael D'Andrea, Adrian Fredrick Crowe
  • Methods for fabricating gas turbine engine combustors
    Publication number: 20040060909
    Abstract: A method facilitates manufacturing a combustor for a gas turbine engine. The combustor includes an inner and an outer liner, a dome, and flanges. The method comprises assembling the inner and outer liner such that each includes a series of liner panels, positioning a spatter shield against a downstream side of the inner and outer liners, wherein the spatter shield comprises molybdenum, positioning a mounting flange against the downstream side of the inner and outer liners, such that the spatter shield is positioned at least partially between the mounting flange and the inner and outer liners, and coupling the mounting flange to the inner and outer liners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Mark Michael D'Andrea, Adrian Fredrick Crowe