Patents by Inventor Alan Goetschius

Alan Goetschius 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: 20050086940
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine combustor has forward bulkhead extending between inboard and outboard walls and cooperating therewith to define a combustor interior volume or combustion chamber. At least one of the walls has an exterior shell and an interior shell including a number of panels. Each panel has interior and exterior surfaces and a perimeter having leading and trailing edges and first and second lateral edges. A number of cooling passageways have inlets on the panel exterior surface and outlets on the panel interior surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2003
    Publication date: April 28, 2005
    Inventors: Joseph Coughlan, Monica Pacheco-Tougas, James Hoke, Alan Goetschius