Patents by Inventor Anquan Wang
Anquan Wang 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).
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Patent number: 12286932Abstract: A combustor of a turbine engine has a combustion chamber for combusting fuel and air, generating heat. A fuel nozzle-mixer assembly mixes and injects fuel and air into the combustion chamber for combustion. The assembly has a heat shield at an aft end for shielding the assembly from the heat. A centerbody outer shell defines a cooling air flow cavity. A cooling air flow gap is defined between the centerbody outer shell and the heat shield. The centerbody outer shell has cooling air exit holes between the cooling air flow cavity and the cooling air flow gap, the air passing through the cooling air exit holes and into the cooling air flow gap. The cooling air exits the cooling air flow gap at a cooling air exit angle, the cooling air exit angle having a non-zero axially aft component, displacing the combustion downstream, to protect the assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2024Date of Patent: April 29, 2025Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Hejie Li, Hiranya Nath, Habeeb Kunnummal Manat, Shai Birmaher, Craig Alan Gonyou, Anquan Wang, Michael A. Benjamin
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Patent number: 12270542Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method of reducing film cooling scrubbing in a combustor are provided. The apparatus includes a combustor liner that includes a field of a plurality of sparsely-spaced film holes that extend through the combustor liner wherein the field includes a boundary. The combustor liner also includes a patch of relatively more densely-spaced shield holes that extend through the combustor liner at specific predetermined locations within the boundary of the field.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 8, 2025Inventors: Anquan Wang, Eric John Ruggiero
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Publication number: 20250093032Abstract: A gas turbine engine comprises a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in a serial flow arrangement and enshrouded by a casing, the combustion section comprising: an annular combustion chamber defined by at least a dome wall and an annular liner; a plurality of combustor cups circumferentially arranged on the dome wall; a fuel supply connected to the casing; and a fuel nozzle passing through the casing and having a nozzle tube and a distribution manifold fluidly coupling the nozzle tube to at least two combustor cups of the plurality of combustor cups; wherein the fuel nozzle is fixed to the at least two combustor cups.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 18, 2023Publication date: March 20, 2025Inventors: Emrah Deniz, Fatih Yasar, Katarzyna Anna Mikolajczyk, Michael T. Bucaro, Ahmet Kacar, Anquan Wang, Hejie Li, Craig Alan Gonyou, Aaron C. Brady
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Publication number: 20240102392Abstract: An apparatus relating to a component for a turbine engine which generates a hot gas fluid flow, and provides a cooling fluid flow. The component having a wall separating the hot gas fluid flow from the cooling fluid flow and having a heated surface along which the hot gas fluid flow flows and a cooled surface facing the cooling fluid flow. At least one cooling hole including a connecting passage extending from a first inlet located at the cooled surface, to a first outlet located at the heated surface, the connecting passage defining a downstream flow direction from the first inlet to the first outlet, the connecting passage comprising a metering section fluidly coupled to the first inlet and defining a metered centerline and a diffusing section, downstream of the metering section, defining a diffused centerline, and fluidly coupling the metering section to the first outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Anquan Wang, Ryan Christopher Jones, Paul Christopher Schilling, Craig Alan Gonyou
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Patent number: 11873734Abstract: An apparatus and method relating to a cooling hole of a component of a turbine engine. The component can include a wall separating the hot gas fluid flow from the cooling fluid flow and having a heated surface along which the hot gas fluid flow flows and a cooled surface facing the cooling fluid flow and at least one cooling hole comprising at least one inlet at the cooled surface, at least one outlet at the heated surface, with the outlet having a modified outlet shape.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2020Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Anquan Wang, Ryan Christopher Jones, Paul Christopher Schilling, Craig Alan Gonyou
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Patent number: 11859819Abstract: A combustor for a turbomachine engine includes a dome made of a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material, the dome being secured within a support structure. The combustor includes an outer liner made of the CMC material, the outer liner being secured to the dome within the support structure. The combustor also includes an inner liner made of the CMC material, the inner liner being secured to the dome within the support structure.Type: GrantFiled: October 15, 2021Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Ryan Christopher Jones, Shai Birmaher, Nicholas John Bloom, Daniel J. Kirtley, Gerardo Antonio Salazar Lois, Anquan Wang, Trevor James Hahm
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Publication number: 20230119008Abstract: A combustor for a turbomachine engine includes a dome made of a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) material, the dome being secured within a support structure. The combustor includes an outer liner made of the CMC material, the outer liner being secured to the dome within the support structure. The combustor also includes an inner liner made of the CMC material, the inner liner being secured to the dome within the support structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 15, 2021Publication date: April 20, 2023Inventors: Ryan Christopher Jones, Shai Birmaher, Nicholas John Bloom, Daniel J. Kirtley, Gerardo Antonio Salazar Lois, Anquan Wang, Trevor James Hahm
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Publication number: 20210358042Abstract: The disclosure provides a stock recommendation method based on item attribute identification and the system thereof. The method includes: receiving images to be identified and obtained by scanning items; conducting classified identification and text extraction on the images to be identified, and outputting classified identification information and text extraction information; searching on a search engine by using the classified identification information and the text extraction information as search conditions respectively, and outputting corresponding stock object information; and screening out stock object information matched with user preferences from the stock object information and recommending the screened-out stock object information to a user.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2021Publication date: November 18, 2021Inventors: Anquan WANG, Xiong LIU
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Publication number: 20210317745Abstract: An apparatus and method relating to a cooling hole of a component of a turbine engine. The component can include a wall separating the hot gas fluid flow from the cooling fluid flow and having a heated surface along which the hot gas fluid flow flows and a cooled surface facing the cooling fluid flow and at least one cooling hole comprising at least one inlet at the cooled surface, at least one outlet at the heated surface, with the outlet having a modified outlet shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 12, 2020Publication date: October 14, 2021Inventors: Anquan Wang, Ryan Christopher Jones, Paul Christopher Schilling, Craig Alan Gonyou
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Patent number: 11092076Abstract: A combustor assembly for a turbine engine and method for cooling a portion of the combustor assembly, the combustor assembly comprising a combustor liner defining a combustion chamber with an inlet and an outlet, a fuel dome located in the inlet and having a wall adjacent at least a portion of the combustor liner, and a deflector overlying and spaced from at least a portion of the wall.Type: GrantFiled: November 28, 2017Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Anquan Wang, Hojjat Nasr, Craig Alan Gonyou, Michael Anthony Benjamin
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Publication number: 20210199296Abstract: An apparatus, system, and method of reducing film cooling scrubbing in a combustor are provided. The apparatus includes a combustor liner that includes a field of a plurality of sparsely-spaced film holes that extend through the combustor liner wherein the field includes a boundary. The combustor liner also includes a patch of relatively more densely-spaced shield holes that extend through the combustor liner at specific predetermined locations within the boundary of the field.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Anquan Wang, Eric John Ruggiero
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Patent number: 10822958Abstract: An apparatus and method relating to a cooling hole of a component of a turbine engine. The component can include a wall separating the hot gas fluid flow from the cooling fluid flow and having a heated surface along which the hot gas fluid flow flows and a cooled surface facing the cooling fluid flow and at least one cooling hole comprising at least one inlet at the cooled surface, at least one outlet at the heated surface, with the outlet having a modified outlet shape.Type: GrantFiled: January 16, 2019Date of Patent: November 3, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Anquan Wang, Ryan Christopher Jones, Paul Christopher Schilling, Craig Alan Gonyou
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Publication number: 20200224539Abstract: An apparatus and method relating to a cooling hole of a component of a turbine engine. The component can include a wall separating the hot gas fluid flow from the cooling fluid flow and having a heated surface along which the hot gas fluid flow flows and a cooled surface facing the cooling fluid flow and at least one cooling hole comprising at least one inlet at the cooled surface, at least one outlet at the heated surface, with the outlet having a modified outlet shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 16, 2019Publication date: July 16, 2020Inventors: Anquan Wang, Ryan Christopher Jones, Paul Christopher Schilling, Craig Alan Gonyou
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Patent number: 10662786Abstract: An engine component is generally provided for a gas turbine engine generating hot combustion gas flow. In one embodiment, the engine the engine component includes a substrate having a hot surface facing the hot combustion gas flow and a cooling surface facing a cooling fluid flow. The substrate defines a film hole extending through the substrate and having an inlet provided on the cooling surface, an outlet provided on the hot surface, and a passage connecting the inlet and the outlet. The passage defines a diffusion section having a pair of side passage walls extending to the outlet on the hot surface, with each of the side passage walls within the diffusion section having a surface roughness (Ra) of about 4 mils to about 7 mils. Methods are also provided for forming a film hole in a CMC substrate.Type: GrantFiled: January 12, 2016Date of Patent: May 26, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Anquan Wang, Wilbur Douglas Scheidt, Jeffrey Lehmkuhl
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Publication number: 20190162117Abstract: A combustor assembly for a turbine engine and method for cooling a portion of the combustor assembly, the combustor assembly comprising a combustor liner defining a combustion chamber with an inlet and an outlet, a fuel dome located in the inlet and having a wall adjacent at least a portion of the combustor liner, and a deflector overlying and spaced from at least a portion of the wall.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 28, 2017Publication date: May 30, 2019Inventors: Anquan Wang, Hojjat Nasr, Craig Alan Gonyou, Michael Anthony Benjamin
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Patent number: 10197474Abstract: A system for use in inspecting a component having flow openings defined therein. The system includes a fluid injector in flow communication with the component, wherein the fluid injector provides fluid to the component such that the fluid is discharged from the flow openings. A sensing sheet is coupled to or positioned proximate to the component such that the fluid discharged from the flow openings is received at the sensing sheet, wherein the sensing sheet is formed from pressure-sensitive material. A light source emits light towards the sensing sheet such that the pressure-sensitive material is excited to an energy level. The system further includes an imaging device that captures images of a change in color of the pressure-sensitive material as a function of a pressure of the fluid received at the sensing sheet, wherein the change in color represents a pressure distribution across the sensing sheet based on a flow profile of the fluid discharged from the flow openings.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2017Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Anquan Wang, Guanghua Wang, James Peter DeLancey
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Publication number: 20180321113Abstract: A system for use in inspecting a component having flow openings defined therein. The system includes a fluid injector in flow communication with the component, wherein the fluid injector provides fluid to the component such that the fluid is discharged from the flow openings. A sensing sheet is coupled to or positioned proximate to the component such that the fluid discharged from the flow openings is received at the sensing sheet, wherein the sensing sheet is formed from pressure-sensitive material. A light source emits light towards the sensing sheet such that the pressure-sensitive material is excited to an energy level. The system further includes an imaging device that captures images of a change in color of the pressure-sensitive material as a function of a pressure of the fluid received at the sensing sheet, wherein the change in color represents a pressure distribution across the sensing sheet based on a flow profile of the fluid discharged from the flow openings.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 4, 2017Publication date: November 8, 2018Inventors: Anquan Wang, Guanghua Wang, James Peter DeLancey
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Publication number: 20180283689Abstract: A combustor liner, a combustor, and a gas turbine engine are provided. The combustor liner includes a liner portion having a plurality of dilution holes extending through the liner portion. Each dilution hole includes a downstream edge in a direction of a flow of a first fluid through the combustion liner. The downstream edge includes a film cooling starter device. The film cooling starter device includes a plurality of cooling holes extending through the liner portion and spaced apart from the downstream edge in a downstream direction. The film cooling starter device also includes a support flange extending from the downstream edge into the combustion zone, and a lip extending away from the support flange in the downstream direction and spaced a predetermined distance from a surface of the liner portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2017Publication date: October 4, 2018Inventors: Shanwu Wang, Anquan Wang
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Patent number: D981934Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2021Date of Patent: March 28, 2023Inventor: Anquan Wang
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Patent number: D998533Type: GrantFiled: September 27, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Inventor: Anquan Wang