Patents by Inventor Blaine Charles Bosley

Blaine Charles Bosley 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 operating gas turbine engines
    Patent number: 7607885
    Abstract: A method of operating a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes channeling cooling air towards a shroud hanger assembly such that the cooling air flows through a cavity defined in the shroud hanger assembly, directing the cooling air through a plurality of cooling passages extending from the cavity, and discharging the air from the plurality of cooling passages towards an impingement baffle to facilitate cooling a shroud hanging from the shroud hanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Blaine Charles Bosley, Sean Robert Keith, Jeffrey Allen Kress, Richard W. Albrecht, Jr.
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING GAS TURBINE ENGINES
    Publication number: 20090202337
    Abstract: A method of operating a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes channeling cooling air towards a shroud hanger assembly such that the cooling air flows through a cavity defined in the shroud hanger assembly, directing the cooling air through a plurality of cooling passages extending from the cavity, and discharging the air from the plurality of cooling passages towards an impingement baffle to facilitate cooling a shroud hanging from the shroud hanger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2006
    Publication date: August 13, 2009
    Inventors: Blaine Charles Bosley, Sean Robert Keith, Jeffrey Allen Kress, Richard W. Albrecht, JR.