Patents by Inventor Chris Basil Jiomacas

Chris Basil Jiomacas 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: 6726448
    Abstract: A gas turbine having a metallic outer shroud and a ceramic inner shroud. The ceramic inner shroud being secured to the outer shroud by hooks carried on the outer shroud. The hooks on the outer shroud being coated with TBC. A pin and spring system being provided to hold the ceramic inner shroud against the forward hook of the outer shroud. An anti-rotation pin being provided to trap the aft bend of the ceramic inner shroud against the aft hook of the outer shroud. The gas turbine further including a damping spring and pin system, disposed between a heat shield, within the outer shroud, and the ceramic inner shroud, to provide damping of the inner shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Edward Lee McGrath, Gregory S. Corman, Anthony J. Dean, Mark Stewart Schroder, Chris Basil Jiomacas, Thomas Raymond Farrell, Kenneth Lorenzo Parks
  • Publication number: 20030215328
    Abstract: A gas turbine having a metallic outer shroud and a ceramic inner shroud. The ceramic inner shroud being secured to the outer shroud by hooks carried on the outer shroud. The hooks on the outer shroud being coated with TBC. A pin and spring system being provided to hold the ceramic inner shroud against the forward hook of the outer shroud. An anti-rotation pin being provided to trap the aft bend of the ceramic inner shroud against the aft hook of the outer shroud. The gas turbine further including a damping spring and pin system, disposed between a heat shield, within the outer shroud, and the ceramic inner shroud, to provide damping of the inner shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2002
    Publication date: November 20, 2003
    Inventors: Edward Lee McGrath, Gregory S. Corman, Anthony J. Dean, Mark Steward Schroder, Chris Basil Jiomacas, Thomas Raymond Farrell, Kenneth Lorenzo Parks
  • Patent number: 6059525
    Abstract: The flow path shroud includes a plurality of generally channel-shaped shroud segments having forward and rearward rails interconnected by a flow path section along radial innermost portions of the rails. The volume bounded by the forward and rear rails and flow path sections is unbounded at the ends and the shroud therefore is without side walls. The free ends of the front and rear rails have relief cuts such that thermal induced bowing of the front and rear rails in the axial direction limits the mechanical stress applied to the turbine casing hooks. The thickness of the front and rear walls lies in an approximately 1:1 thickness ratio with the thickness of the flow path section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1998
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2000
    Assignee: General Electric Co.
    Inventors: Chris Basil Jiomacas, Peter Galen Stevens