Patents by Inventor Billy Joe Coslow

Billy Joe Coslow 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).

  • Gas turbine combustor transition
    Patent number: 5906093
    Abstract: A method of converting a steam cooled transition to an air cooled transition in a gas turbine having a compressor in fluid communication with a combustor, a turbine section in fluid communication with the combustor, the transition disposed in a combustor shell and having a cooling circuit connecting a steam outlet and a steam inlet and wherein hot gas flows from the combustor through the transition and to the turbine section, includes forming an air outlet in the transition in fluid communication with the cooling circuit and providing for an air inlet in the transition in fluid communication with the cooling circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 25, 1999
    Assignee: Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation
    Inventors: Billy Joe Coslow, Graydon Lane Whidden