Patents by Inventor Brenda Zhang

Brenda Zhang 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).

  • Publication number: 20160333699
    Abstract: An airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes pressure and suction surfaces that are provided by pressure and suction walls extending in a radial direction and joined at a leading edge and a trailing edge. A cooling passage is arranged between the pressure and suction walls and extending to the trailing edge. The cooling passage terminates in a trailing edge exit that is arranged in the trailing edge. Multiple rows of pedestals include a first row of pedestals that join the pressure and suction walls. The first row of pedestals is arranged closest to the trailing edge but interiorly from the trailing edge thereby leaving the trailing edge exit unobstructed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 26, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Inventors: James B. Downey, JR., Brenda Zhang, Steven G. Lemieux, Eleanor D. Kaufman, Takao Fukuda, Daniel C. Nadeau
  • Patent number: 6259340
    Abstract: In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, a dual test mechanism is presented for use in a circuit breaker. More specifically, the dual test mechanism includes a dual test button which comprises a single switch for testing both the AFCI and GFCI circuits of the breaker. The test mechanism includes a circuit board, which forms a part of the circuit breaker, and a test button assembly which includes a test button and signaling components which are electrically connected to the circuit board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kevin Fuhr, Ray Seymour, Doug Tilghman, Brenda Zhang
  • Patent number: 6107902
    Abstract: A circuit breaker including a housing having a window, a line terminal and a load terminal, and a circuit trip assembly. The circuit trip assembly includes a rotatable cradle, a moveable armature latch and a pivotable trip support including a trip indicator. Upon the occurrence of a tripping condition in the circuit breaker, the trip indicator moves from a first position where it is not visible through the window to a second position where it is visible through the window.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Zhiqun Brenda Zhang, Anupam Gyaneshwardayal Tiwari, Kevin J. Fuhr, Roger N. Castonguay, Javier I. Larranaga, Raymond K. Seymour
  • Patent number: 6104266
    Abstract: A visible trip indication arrangement for a circuit breaker. The visible trip indication arrangement comprises a viewing window forming a part of the breaker housing, the viewing window including indicia thereon that is readily or enhancedly visible when the circuit breaker has been tripped and essentially not visible when the circuit breaker is operating by way of a trip indicator that moves under and aligns with the viewing window when the circuit breaker is in the tripped condition. The trip indicator having a brightly colored surface, causes the indicia on the viewing window to be readily visible by way of the reflected light off a surface thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2000
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Douglas B. Tilghman, Zhiqun Brenda Zhang, Frederic W. Glabau, Raymond K. Seymour, Kevin J. Fuhr, Joseph Criniti
  • Patent number: D450660
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Raymond K. Seymour, Michael C. Guerrette, Douglas Tilghman, Frederick W. Glabau, Henry H. Mason, Jr., Brenda Zhang, Murali Magham