Patents by Inventor Aureen Cyr Currin

Aureen Cyr Currin 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 fabricating gas turbine engine combustors
    Patent number: 7325403
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a dome assembly for a gas turbine engine combustor includes forming an annular dome plate including a plurality of substantially circular eyelets circumferentially spaced thereon, coupling a seal plate to the dome plate at each eyelet such that an opening defined in each seal plate is aligned substantially concentrically with respect to a respective eyelet, coupling a baffle to each seal plate such that an opening defined in each baffle is aligned substantially concentrically with respect to a respective eyelet, and coupling a swirler assembly having an integrally formed swirler and flare cone to each seal plate such that the flare cone extends at least partially through the baffle opening, and such that cooling air may be directed towards the flare cone through openings formed in the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aureen Cyr Currin, Kamil Bazyli Kaczorowski, John Carl Jacobson, Joseph Douglas Monty
  • Methods and apparatus for fabricating gas turbine engine combustors
    Patent number: 7246494
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a dome assembly for a gas turbine engine combustor includes forming an annular dome plate including a plurality of substantially circular eyelets circumferentially spaced thereon, coupling a seal plate to the dome plate at each eyelet such that an opening defined in each seal plate is aligned substantially concentrically with respect to a respective eyelet, coupling a baffle to each seal plate such that an opening defined in each baffle is aligned substantially concentrically with respect to a respective eyelet, and coupling a swirler assembly having an integrally formed swirler and flare cone to each seal plate such that the flare cone extends at least partially through the baffle opening, and such that cooling air may be directed towards the flare cone through openings formed in the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aureen Cyr Currin, Kamil Bazyli Kaczorowski, John Carl Jacobson, Joseph Douglas Monty