Patents by Inventor Bradford David Borchert

Bradford David Borchert 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).

  • Patent number: 10788212
    Abstract: A system includes a turbine combustor. The turbine combustor has a combustor liner disposed about a combustion chamber, a flow sleeve, and a radial passageway. The flow sleeve disposed at an offset about the combustor liner to define a passage, wherein the passage is configured to direct an exhaust gas flow toward a head end of the turbine combustor. The radial passageway extends between the flow sleeve and the combustor liner, and the radial passageway is configured to isolate an oxidant flow through the radial passageway from the exhaust gas flow through the passage for a first operating condition and a second operating condition of the turbine combustor. The offset between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve at the first operating condition is greater than the offset between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve at the second operating condition.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2020
    Assignees: General Electric Company, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Kay Allen, Jesse Edwin Trout, Ilya Aleksandrovich Slobodyanskiy, Bradford David Borchert, Michael V. Kazakis, Igor Petrovich Sidko
  • Patent number: 10316746
    Abstract: A system includes a turbine combustor having a first volume configured to receive a combustion fluid and to direct the combustion fluid into a combustion chamber. The turbine combustor includes a second volume configured to receive a first flow of an exhaust gas and to direct the first flow of the exhaust gas into the combustion chamber. The turbine combustor also includes a third volume disposed axially downstream from the first volume and circumferentially about the second volume. The third volume is configured to receive a second flow of the exhaust gas and to direct the second flow of the exhaust gas out of the turbine combustor via an extraction outlet, and the third volume is isolated from the first volume and from the second volume.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignees: General Electric Company, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Kay Allen, Bradford David Borchert, Jesse Edwin Trout, Ilya Aleksandrovich Slobodyanskiy, Almaz Valeev, Igor Petrovich Sidko, Matthew Eugene Roberts, Leonid Yul'evich Ginesin
  • Patent number: 10253690
    Abstract: A system includes a turbine combustor having a first volume configured to receive a combustion fluid and to direct the combustion fluid into a combustion chamber and a second volume configured to receive a first flow of an exhaust gas. The second volume is configured to direct a first portion of the first flow of the exhaust gas into the combustion chamber and to direct a second portion of the first flow of the exhaust gas into a third volume isolated from the first volume. The third volume is in fluid communication with an extraction conduit that is configured to direct the second portion of the first flow of the exhaust gas out of the turbine combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignees: General Electric Company, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Jonathan Kay Allen, Bradford David Borchert, Jesse Edwin Trout, Ilya Aleksandrovich Slobodyanskiy, Almaz Valeev, Igor Petrovich Sidko, Andrey Pavlovich Subbota
  • Patent number: 10094566
    Abstract: A system having a gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a turbine and a combustor coupled to the turbine. The combustor includes a combustion chamber, one or more fuel nozzles upstream from the combustion chamber, and a head end having an end cover assembly. The end cover assembly includes an oxidant inlet configured to receive an oxidant flow, a central oxidant passage, and at least one fuel supply passage. The central oxidant passage is in fluid communication with the oxidant inlet, and the central oxidant passage is configured to route the oxidant flow to the one or more fuel nozzles. The at least one fuel supply passage is configured to receive a fuel flow and route the fuel flow into the one or more fuel nozzles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignees: General Electric Company, ExxonMobil Upstream Research Company
    Inventors: Bradford David Borchert, Jesse Edwin Trout, Scott Robert Simmons, Almaz Valeev, Ilya Aleksandrovich Slobodyanskiy, Igor Petrovich Sidko, Leonid Yul'evich Ginesin
  • Publication number: 20160223202
    Abstract: A system having a gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a turbine and a combustor coupled to the turbine. The combustor includes a combustion chamber, one or more fuel nozzles upstream from the combustion chamber, and a head end having an end cover assembly. The end cover assembly includes an oxidant inlet configured to receive an oxidant flow, a central oxidant passage, and at least one fuel supply passage. The central oxidant passage is in fluid communication with the oxidant inlet, and the central oxidant passage is configured to route the oxidant flow to the one or more fuel nozzles. The at least one fuel supply passage is configured to receive a fuel flow and route the fuel flow into the one or more fuel nozzles.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Bradford David Borchert, Jesse Edwin Trout, Scott Robert Simmons, Almaz Valeev, Ilya Aleksandrovich Slobodyanskiy, Igor Petrovich Sidko, Leonid Yul'evich Ginesin
  • Publication number: 20160222883
    Abstract: A system includes a turbine combustor having a first volume configured to receive a combustion fluid and to direct the combustion fluid into a combustion chamber and a second volume configured to receive a first flow of an exhaust gas. The second volume is configured to direct a first portion of the first flow of the exhaust gas into the combustion chamber and to direct a second portion of the first flow of the exhaust gas into a third volume isolated from the first volume. The third volume is in fluid communication with an extraction conduit that is configured to direct the second portion of the first flow of the exhaust gas out of the turbine combustor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan Kay Allen, Bradford David Borchert, Jesse Edwin Trout, Ilya Aleksandrovich Slobodyanskiy, Almaz Valeev, Igor Petrovich Sidko, Andrey Pavlovich Subbota
  • Publication number: 20160222884
    Abstract: A system includes a turbine combustor having a first volume configured to receive a combustion fluid and to direct the combustion fluid into a combustion chamber. The turbine combustor includes a second volume configured to receive a first flow of an exhaust gas and to direct the first flow of the exhaust gas into the combustion chamber. The turbine combustor also includes a third volume disposed axially downstream from the first volume and circumferentially about the second volume. The third volume is configured to receive a second flow of the exhaust gas and to direct the second flow of the exhaust gas out of the turbine combustor via an extraction outlet, and the third volume is isolated from the first volume and from the second volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2016
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan Kay Allen, Bradford David Borchert, Jesse Edwin Trout, Ilya Aleksandrovich Slobodyanskiy, Almaz Valeev, Igor Petrovich Sidko, Matthew Eugene Roberts, Leonid Yulk'evich Ginesin
  • Publication number: 20160201916
    Abstract: A system includes a turbine combustor. The turbine combustor has a combustor liner disposed about a combustion chamber, a flow sleeve, and a radial passageway. The flow sleeve disposed at an offset about the combustor liner to define a passage, wherein the passage is configured to direct an exhaust gas flow toward a head end of the turbine combustor. The radial passageway extends between the flow sleeve and the combustor liner, and the radial passageway is configured to isolate an oxidant flow through the radial passageway from the exhaust gas flow through the passage for a first operating condition and a second operating condition of the turbine combustor. The offset between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve at the first operating condition is greater than the offset between the combustor liner and the flow sleeve at the second operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2016
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Jonathan Kay Allen, Jesse Edwin Trout, Ilya Aleksandrovich Slobodyanskiy, Bradford David Borchert, Michael V. Kazakis, Igor Petrovich Sidko
  • Patent number: 8727684
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention relate generally to nut retention devices and, more particularly, to nut retention devices having a strap that can be fixed to a distal end of a threaded member without damage to the threaded member or nut, thereby permitting their reuse. In one embodiment, the invention provides a nut retention device comprising: a body having a nut engaging opening; and a deformable strap extending from the body, wherein, in an operative state, the nut engaging opening immovably receives a nut that is threaded on a threaded member and the strap is positioned to fixedly engage the threaded member to retain the nut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Steven Charles Woods, Matthew Paul Berkebile, Bradford David Borchert