Patents by Inventor Ajoy Patra

Ajoy Patra 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: 12331932
    Abstract: A turbine engine can include a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement. The combustion section can include a combustor with a fuel mixer. The fuel mixer can include an outer wall defining a longitudinal direction and having a mixture outlet, a first compressed air flow passage, and a second compressed air flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: R Narasimha Chiranthan, Manampathy G. Giridharan, Ajoy Patra, Pradeep Naik, Perumallu Vukanti, Michael T. Bucaro, Hiranya Kumar Nath
  • Patent number: 12292194
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine includes a combustor liner, an outer casing surrounding the combustor liner, an ignitor housing extending through an ignitor opening through the liner, and an ignitor disposed within the ignitor housing. The ignitor housing includes a housing wall including at least one airflow inlet passage on a downstream side of the housing wall and arranged within the outer flow passage, and at least one cooling passage on the downstream side within the housing wall. The at least one cooling passage extends along a length of the ignitor housing from the at least one airflow inlet passage and through the inner end of the ignitor housing, the at least one cooling passage being in fluid communication with the at least one airflow inlet passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2025
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Karthikeyan Sampath, Perumallu Vukanti, Ajoy Patra, Pradeep Naik, Hiranya Nath
  • Patent number: 12276423
    Abstract: A swirler assembly includes a primary swirler having a primary swirler connecting portion, a fuel nozzle connecting portion for connecting a fuel nozzle to the primary swirler, and a primary oxidizer flow passage that extends at least partially in the longitudinal direction, and a secondary swirler having a secondary swirler connecting member, where the primary swirler connecting portion and the secondary swirler connecting member engage to connect the primary swirler and the secondary swirler in the longitudinal direction, and to permit radial movement of the primary swirler with respect to the secondary swirler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: April 15, 2025
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Pradeep Naik, David A. Lind, Shai Birmaher, Ranganatha Narasimha Chiranthan, Ajoy Patra, Saket Singh
  • Publication number: 20250116402
    Abstract: A combustor comprising a dome wall, a combustor liner extending from the dome wall, and a combustion chamber at least partially defined by the dome wall and the combustor liner. A set of fuel cups are arranged along the dome wall. A set of dilution passages extend through the dome wall or the combustor liner to direct air into the combustion chamber, wherein a dilution passage of the set of dilution passages includes an inlet, an outlet, and a passageway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2024
    Publication date: April 10, 2025
    Inventors: Aritra Chakraborty, Perumallu Vukanti, Pradeep Naik, Arijit Sinha Roy, Bhavya Naidu Panduri, R. Narasimha Chiranthan, Ajoy Patra, Michael T. Bucaro, Sibtosh Pal, Pabitra Badhuk
  • Patent number: 12228282
    Abstract: An engine can utilize a combustor to combust fuel to drive the engine. A fuel nozzle assembly can supply fuel to the combustor for combustion or ignition of the fuel. The fuel nozzle assembly can include a swirler and a fuel nozzle to supply a mixture of fuel and air for combustion. The fuel nozzle can include both a primary and secondary fuel passage, and an additional air passage to provide for greater flame control, fuel provision, or local fuel and air mixing prior to combustion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 10, 2024
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael T. Bucaro, Ajoy Patra, Pradeep Naik, Perumallu Vukanti, R Narasimha Chiranthan, Clayton Stuart Cooper, Michael A. Benjamin, Steven C. Vise, Manampathy G. Giridharan, Krishnakumar Venkatesan
  • Patent number: 12222104
    Abstract: A turbine engine can include a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement. A combustor in the combustion section can include a combustor liner at least partially defining a combustion chamber. The combustor liner can include at least one aperture fluidly coupled to the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Manampathy G. Giridharan, Michael T. Bucaro, Pradeep Naik, Clayton S. Cooper, Michael A. Benjamin, Steven C. Vise, Ajoy Patra, Perumallu Vukanti, R Narasimha Chiranthan
  • Patent number: 12215866
    Abstract: A turbine engine can include a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in axial flow arrangement. The combustion section can include a combustor having a fuel-air mixer. The fuel-air mixer can include a body with at least an air passage, as well as a set of mixing passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 4, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Pradeep Naik, Manampathy G. Giridharan, Ajoy Patra, Perumallu Vukanti, R Narasimha Chiranthan
  • Publication number: 20250035311
    Abstract: An engine can utilize a combustor to combust fuel to drive the engine. A fuel nozzle assembly can supply fuel to the combustor for combustion or ignition of the fuel. The fuel nozzle assembly can include a swirler and a fuel nozzle to supply a mixture of fuel and air for combustion. The fuel nozzle assembly can be configured to increase lateral provision of fuels to reduce flame scrubbing on combustor liners for the combustor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Inventors: Pradeep Naik, Ajoy Patra, Michael T. Bucaro, Perumallu Vukanti, Steven C. Vise, Michael A. Benjamin, Manampathy G. Giridharan, Sakat Singh, Clayton S. Cooper
  • Publication number: 20250020324
    Abstract: A turbine engine and method for controlling nitrogen oxides present within a combustor of the turbine engine. The turbine engine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement along an engine centerline. The combustion section having a combustor liner having a first end, a second end, opposing the first end, and at least partially defining a combustion chamber extending between the first and second ends. A dome assembly is mounted to the combustor liner at the first end and defines a dome inlet of the combustion chamber. There are multiple sets of dilution holes including a first set of dilution holes provided in the combustor liner downstream from the dome inlet and a second set of dilution holes provided in the combustor liner between the first set of dilution holes and the dome inlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Manampathy G. Giridharan, Clayton S. Cooper, Michael A. Benjamin, Steven C. Vise, Michael T. Bucaro, Ajoy Patra, Pradeep Naik, Perumallu Vukanti, R Narasimha Chiranthan
  • Publication number: 20250020325
    Abstract: A turbine engine that includes an engine core having at least a compressor section and a combustion section. The combustion section includes a combustor. The combustor section or combustor includes a fuel-air mixing assembly fluidly coupled to the compressor section. The fuel-air mixing assembly includes an outer wall, a center body at least partially circumscribed by the outer wall, and an annular flow passage between the outer wall and center body. At least one fuel orifice includes a fuel outlet fluidly coupled to the annular flow passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Inventors: Manampathy G. Giridharan, Ajoy Patra, Pradeep Naik, R Narasimha Chiranthan, Perumallu Vukanti, Michael T. Bucaro
  • Publication number: 20240418369
    Abstract: A turbine engine with a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow arrangement along an engine centerline. The combustion section including a primary combustor liner having an inner liner and an outer liner. A dome wall and a dome inlet are located in the dome wall. At least one opening is located in the outer liner downstream from the dome inlet. A primary combustion chamber and a set of secondary combustors are fluidly coupled to the primary combustion chamber at the at least one opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Pradeep Naik, Clayton Stuart Cooper, Perumallu Vukanti, Michael A. Benjamin, Steven C. Vise, Sripathi Mohan, Ajoy Patra, Karthikeyan Sampath
  • Patent number: 12163660
    Abstract: A combustor for a turbomachine engine includes a combustion chamber, a liner forming a boundary of the combustion chamber, and multiple dilution holes through the liner to permit airflow into the combustion chamber. The dilution holes include converging dilution holes and diverging dilution holes, the converging dilution holes having a converging cross-sectional profile and the diverging dilution holes having a diverging cross-sectional profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2024
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Rimple Rangrej, Saket Singh, Pradeep Naik, Ajoy Patra
  • Publication number: 20240401809
    Abstract: An engine can utilize a combustor to combust fuel to drive the engine. A fuel nozzle assembly can supply fuel to the combustor for combustion or ignition of the fuel. The fuel nozzle assembly can include a swirler and a fuel nozzle to supply a mixture of fuel and air for combustion, which can supply a primary fuel supply and a secondary fuel supply. Increasing efficiency and reducing emission require the use of alternative fuels, which combust at higher temperatures or burn at faster burn speeds than traditional fuels, requiring improved fuel introduction without the occurrence of flame holding or flashback.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2024
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Perumallu Vukanti, Pradeep Naik, Clayton S. Cooper, Michael A. Benjamin, Michael T. Bucaro, Manampathy G. Giridharan, Steven C. Vise, Ajoy Patra, Saket Singh, R Narasimha Chiranthan
  • Patent number: 12158270
    Abstract: A combustor comprising a dome wall, an annular liner, a combustion chamber, a set of fuel cups, and a set of dilution passages for each fuel cup of the set of fuel cups. The set of fuel cups circumferentially spaced along the dome wall relative to the combustor centerline. The set of dilution passages terminating in a plurality of slots spaced about the corresponding fuel cup in the set of fuel cups.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Perumallu Vukanti, Pradeep Naik, R Narasimha Chiranthan, Ajoy Patra, Arijit Sinha Roy, Pabitra Badhuk, Aritra Chakraborty, Bhavya Naidu Panduri, Michael T. Bucaro, Sibtosh Pal
  • Patent number: 12152780
    Abstract: A method of supplying a first fuel and air mixture and a second fuel and air mixture to a combustor. The combustor having a combustion chamber, a dome wall at least partially defining the combustion chamber, at least one fuel cup provided in the dome wall, and at least one ignition tube having an outlet exhausting to the combustion chamber. The method comprising supplying a first flow of compressed air to only the at least one ignition tube, igniting the first fuel and air mixture, supplying the first ignited fuel and air mixture of the combustion chamber, and supplying a second flow of fuel and a second flow of compressed air to the at least one fuel cup.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ajoy Patra, Pradeep Naik, Perumallu Vukanti, Michael T. Bucaro, R Narasimha Chiranthan, Manampathy G. Giridharan, Michael A. Benjamin, Clayton S. Cooper
  • Patent number: 12146662
    Abstract: A turbine engine that includes an engine core having at least a compressor section and a combustion section. The combustion section includes a combustor. The combustor section or combustor includes a fuel-air mixing assembly fluidly coupled to the compressor section. The fuel-air mixing assembly includes an outer wall, a center body at least partially circumscribed by the outer wall, and an annular flow passage between the outer wall and center body. At least one fuel orifice includes a fuel outlet fluidly coupled to the annular flow passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Manampathy G. Giridharan, Ajoy Patra, Pradeep Naik, R Narasimha Chiranthan, Perumallu Vukanti, Michael T. Bucaro
  • Publication number: 20240328360
    Abstract: A turbine engine and method of operation with a combustor as shown and described. The turbine engine including a combustor comprising an annular array of rich cups and an annular array of lean cups. A method for controlling nitrogen oxides including injecting a fuel/air mixture from the lean cups and the rich cups.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2024
    Publication date: October 3, 2024
    Inventors: Michael T. Bucaro, Manampathy G. Giridharan, Pradeep Naik, Sripathi Mohan, Michael A. Benjamin, Steven C. Vise, Ajoy Patra, Perumallu Vukanti, R Narasimha Chiranthan
  • Publication number: 20240318822
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustor section, and a turbine section in fore-to-aft serial flow arrangement and defines an engine centerline. The combustor section includes a combustor liner at least partially defining a combustor chamber and a dome wall, coupled to the combustor liner, and defining a forward end of the combustion chamber. A fuel nozzle is located on the dome wall and fluidly coupled to the combustion chamber. A first set of compressed air openings emit compressed air into the combustion chamber along a first flow path and a second set of compressed air openings emit compressed air into the combustion chamber along a second flow path. The first and second flow paths intersect at an intersection point to form a sheet of air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Perumallu Vukanti, Sibtosh Pal, Pradeep Naik, R Narasimha Chiranthan, Ajoy Patra, Michael T. Bucaro, Aritra Chakraborty, Arijit Sinha Roy, Pabitra Badhuk, Bhavya Naidu Panduri
  • Patent number: 12092332
    Abstract: An engine can utilize a combustor to combust fuel to drive the engine. A fuel nozzle assembly can supply fuel to the combustor for combustion or ignition of the fuel. The fuel nozzle assembly can include a swirler and a fuel nozzle to supply a mixture of fuel and air for combustion. The fuel nozzle assembly can be configured to increase lateral provision of fuels to reduce flame scrubbing on combustor liners for the combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Pradeep Naik, Ajoy Patra, Michael T. Bucaro, Perumallu Vukanti, Steven C. Vise, Michael A. Benjamin, Manampathy G. Giridharan, Saket Singh, Clayton S. Cooper
  • Patent number: 12085281
    Abstract: An engine can utilize a combustor to combust fuel to drive the engine. A fuel nozzle assembly can supply fuel to the combustor for combustion or ignition of the fuel. The fuel nozzle assembly can include a swirler and a fuel nozzle to supply a mixture of fuel and air for combustion, which can supply a primary fuel supply and a secondary fuel supply. Increasing efficiency and reducing emission require the use of alternative fuels, which combust at higher temperatures or burn at faster burn speeds than traditional fuels, requiring improved fuel introduction without the occurrence of flame holding or flashback.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Perumallu Vukanti, Pradeep Naik, Clayton S. Cooper, Michael A. Benjamin, Michael T. Bucaro, Manampathy G. Giridharan, Steven C. Vise, Ajoy Patra, Saket Singh, R Narasimha Chiranthan