Patents by Inventor Brandon Joseph Kerins

Brandon Joseph Kerins 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: 11225872
    Abstract: A turbine blade includes a root for fixing the turbine blade to a turbine rotor; and an airfoil coupled to the root, the airfoil including a suction side and a pressure side, and at least one internal wall defining a coolant chamber in the airfoil for delivering a coolant through the airfoil. A tip shroud is coupled to a radially outer end of the airfoil by a suction side fillet and a pressure side fillet. The tip shroud includes a shroud body defining a substantially trident-shaped shroud cooling passage including: a trunk cooling passage, a center cooling passage in fluid communication with the trunk cooling passage, a suction side cooling passage in fluid communication with the trunk cooling passage, and a pressure side cooling passage in fluid communication with the trunk cooling passage. The center cooling passage is fluidly coupled to the coolant chamber to receive a coolant.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 18, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Melbourne James Myers, Michael Anthony Wondrasek, Mary Virginia Holloway, Luke C. Sponseller, Brandon Joseph Kerins
  • Publication number: 20210131291
    Abstract: A turbine blade includes a root for fixing the turbine blade to a turbine rotor; and an airfoil coupled to the root, the airfoil including a suction side and a pressure side, and at least one internal wall defining a coolant chamber in the airfoil for delivering a coolant through the airfoil. A tip shroud is coupled to a radially outer end of the airfoil by a suction side fillet and a pressure side fillet. The tip shroud includes a shroud body defining a substantially trident-shaped shroud cooling passage including: a trunk cooling passage, a center cooling passage in fluid communication with the trunk cooling passage, a suction side cooling passage in fluid communication with the trunk cooling passage, and a pressure side cooling passage in fluid communication with the trunk cooling passage. The center cooling passage is fluidly coupled to the coolant chamber to receive a coolant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2019
    Publication date: May 6, 2021
    Inventors: Melbourne James Myers, Michael Anthony Wondrasek, Mary Virginia Holloway, Luke C. Sponseller, Brandon Joseph Kerins
  • Patent number: 10954797
    Abstract: The present application provides a turbine rotor blade including an airfoil shape. The airfoil shape may have a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table I. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances expressed in a unit of distance (e.g., inches) by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a height of the airfoil in the unit of distance. The X and Y values, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each Z value. The airfoil profile sections at Z values may be joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Franklin Ryman, Brandon Joseph Kerins, Mary Virginia Holloway