Patents by Inventor Alan Patrick St. Hilaire

Alan Patrick St. Hilaire 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 and apparatus for cooling gas turbine engine rotor assemblies
    Patent number: 6910852
    Abstract: A method facilitates assembling a gas turbine engine. The method comprises providing a rotor assembly including a rotor shaft and a rotor disk that includes a radially outer rim, a radially inner hub, and an integral web extending therebetween, wherein the rotor assembly is rotatable about an axis of rotation extending through the rotor shaft, and coupling a disk retainer including at least one discharge tube to the rotor disk wherein the discharge tube extends outwardly from the disk retainer for pumping the air to a higher pressure before discharging cooling fluid therefrom in a direction that is substantially perpendicular with respect to the axis of rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Peter Andrew Simeone, Dean Thomas Lenahan, Jeremy Stephen Wigon, Alan Patrick St. Hilaire, Dennis Centeno Iglesias, James Patrick McGovern