Patents by Inventor Brett Darrick Klinger

Brett Darrick Klinger 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).

  • Turbomachinery heat transfer system
    Patent number: 11603773
    Abstract: A heat management system for turbomachinery is provided. The heat management system includes a thermal delivery system configured to providing heating, cooling, or a combination thereof, to a turbomachinery. The thermal delivery system includes a first heat transfer conduit and a second heat transfer conduit. The second heat transfer conduit is disposed on the turbomachinery adjacent to the first heat transfer conduit. The heat management system additionally includes a controller operatively coupled to the thermal delivery system and configured to control the heating, the cooling, or the combination thereof, of the turbomachinery via the thermal delivery system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 14, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Black, David M. Johnson, Brett Darrick Klinger, George Martin Gilchrist
  • TURBOMACHINERY HEAT TRANSFER SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20210332718
    Abstract: A heat management system for turbomachinery is provided. The heat management system includes a thermal delivery system configured to providing heating, cooling, or a combination thereof, to a turbomachinery. The thermal delivery system includes a first heat transfer conduit and a second heat transfer conduit. The second heat transfer conduit is disposed on the turbomachinery adjacent to the first heat transfer conduit. The heat management system additionally includes a controller operatively coupled to the thermal delivery system and configured to control the heating, the cooling, or the combination thereof, of the turbomachinery via the thermal delivery system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Black, David M. Johnson, Brett Darrick Klinger, George Martin Gilchrist