Patents by Inventor Christopher Michael Prue

Christopher Michael Prue 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).

  • FUEL NOZZLE
    Publication number: 20160091201
    Abstract: A fuel nozzle includes a center body and a shroud circumferentially surrounding at least a portion of the center body to define an annular passage between the center body and the shroud. A plurality of vanes extend radially between the center body and the shroud in the annular passage. A first ceramic extension extends downstream from the shroud to define at least a portion of the annular passage downstream from the shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Prue, Thomas Edward Johnson, Stephen Gerard Pope
  • System and method for airfoil cover plate
    Patent number: 9097126
    Abstract: A system includes at least one gas turbine blade that includes at least one recess disposed in a surface of the at least one gas turbine blade. The system also includes a porous insert that includes multiple pores that enable a cooling fluid to flow through the porous insert. The system further includes a cover plate, wherein the porous insert is disposed within the at least one recess, and the cover plate is disposed over the porous insert to enclose the porous insert within the at least one recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Prue, Jesse Blair Butler
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AIRFOIL COVER PLATE
    Publication number: 20140072448
    Abstract: A system includes at least one gas turbine blade that includes at least one recess disposed in a surface of the at least one gas turbine blade. The system also includes a porous insert that includes multiple pores that enable a cooling fluid to flow through the porous insert. The system further includes a cover plate, wherein the porous insert is disposed within the at least one recess, and the cover plate is disposed over the porous insert to enclose the porous insert within the at least one recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 13, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Prue, Jesse Blair Butler
  • FUEL NOZZLE
    Publication number: 20130284825
    Abstract: A fuel nozzle includes a center body and a shroud circumferentially surrounding at least a portion of the center body to define an annular passage between the center body and the shroud. A plurality of vanes extend radially between the center body and the shroud in the annular passage. A first ceramic extension extends downstream from the shroud to define at least a portion of the annular passage downstream from the shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2012
    Publication date: October 31, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher Michael Prue, Thomas Edward Johnson, Stephen Gerard Pope
  • FABRICATED TURBINE AIRFOIL
    Publication number: 20130236318
    Abstract: The invention provides an apparatus and method for combining materials having different thermal and mechanical properties into an article, such as a gas turbine bucket, which includes a first section, a second section, and a third section; wherein the first section provides structural support for the remaining sections, the second section is integrally joined with the first section, and the third section connects the first and second sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2012
    Publication date: September 12, 2013
    Inventor: Christopher Michael Prue