Patents by Inventor Christopher Schilling

Christopher Schilling 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: 12312975
    Abstract: An apparatus relating to a component for a turbine engine which generates a hot gas fluid flow, and provides a cooling fluid flow. The component having a wall separating the hot gas fluid flow from the cooling fluid flow and having a heated surface along which the hot gas fluid flow flows and a cooled surface facing the cooling fluid flow. At least one cooling hole including a connecting passage extending from a first inlet located at the cooled surface, to a first outlet located at the heated surface, the connecting passage defining a downstream flow direction from the first inlet to the first outlet, the connecting passage comprising a metering section fluidly coupled to the first inlet and defining a metered centerline and a diffusing section, downstream of the metering section, defining a diffused centerline, and fluidly coupling the metering section to the first outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Anquan Wang, Ryan Christopher Jones, Paul Christopher Schilling, Craig Alan Gonyou
  • Publication number: 20250129939
    Abstract: Embodiments of a combustor assembly for a turbine engine are generally provided. The combustor assembly includes a first separable portion defining a dome assembly, and a second separable portion defining a deflector assembly. The first separable portion and the second separable portion are coupled together at a fitted interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2024
    Publication date: April 24, 2025
    Inventors: Ryan Christopher Jones, Paul Christopher Schilling, Andrew Scott Bilse, Daniel Endecott Osgood, Donald Lee Gardner
  • Publication number: 20250101885
    Abstract: A shroud hanger assembly is provided for hangers and shrouds defining dimensionally incompatible components such as those which are press or frictionally fit to engage one another. The shroud hanger assembly includes a multi-piece hanger and a shroud that is pinned to the hanger assembly by at least one axially extending pin and which locates the shroud relative to the hanger to control motion in one or both of circumferential (tangential) and radial directions relative to the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 6, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Jan Christopher Schilling, Andrew John Breslin, Bryce Loring Heitman
  • Patent number: 12196099
    Abstract: A shroud hanger assembly is provided for hangers and shrouds defining dimensionally incompatible components such as those which are press or frictionally fit to engage one another. The shroud hanger assembly includes a multi-piece hanger and a shroud that is pinned to the hanger assembly by at least one axially extending pin and which locates the shroud relative to the hanger to control motion in one or both of circumferential (tangential) and radial directions relative to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jan Christopher Schilling, Andrew John Breslin, Bryce Loring Heitman
  • Patent number: 12173897
    Abstract: Embodiments of a combustor assembly for a turbine engine are generally provided. The combustor assembly includes a first separable portion defining a dome assembly, and a second separable portion defining a deflector assembly. The first separable portion and the second separable portion are coupled together at a fitted interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2024
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ryan Christopher Jones, Paul Christopher Schilling, Andrew Scott Bilse, Daniel Endecott Osgood, Donald Lee Gardner
  • Publication number: 20240409971
    Abstract: The invention relates to a polysaccharide or a polysaccharide mixture produced by a genetically modified production organism Paenibacillus polymyxa, as well as to a method for the preparation of the polysaccharide or polysaccharide mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2022
    Publication date: December 12, 2024
    Inventors: Volker Sieber, Christoph Schilling, Broder Rühmann, Jochen Schmid
  • Publication number: 20240141804
    Abstract: A shroud hanger assembly is provided for hangers and shrouds defining dimensionally incompatible components such as those which are press or frictionally fit to engage one another. The shroud hanger assembly includes a multi-piece hanger and a shroud that is pinned to the hanger assembly by at least one axially extending pin and which locates the shroud relative to the hanger to control motion in one or both of circumferential (tangential) and radial directions relative to the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2023
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Jan Christopher Schilling, Andrew John Breslin, Bryce Loring Heitman
  • Publication number: 20240102392
    Abstract: An apparatus relating to a component for a turbine engine which generates a hot gas fluid flow, and provides a cooling fluid flow. The component having a wall separating the hot gas fluid flow from the cooling fluid flow and having a heated surface along which the hot gas fluid flow flows and a cooled surface facing the cooling fluid flow. At least one cooling hole including a connecting passage extending from a first inlet located at the cooled surface, to a first outlet located at the heated surface, the connecting passage defining a downstream flow direction from the first inlet to the first outlet, the connecting passage comprising a metering section fluidly coupled to the first inlet and defining a metered centerline and a diffusing section, downstream of the metering section, defining a diffused centerline, and fluidly coupling the metering section to the first outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2023
    Publication date: March 28, 2024
    Inventors: Anquan Wang, Ryan Christopher Jones, Paul Christopher Schilling, Craig Alan Gonyou
  • Patent number: 11879349
    Abstract: A shroud hanger assembly is provided for hangers and shrouds defining dimensionally incompatible components such as those which are press or frictionally fit to engage one another. The shroud hanger assembly includes a multi-piece hanger and a shroud that is pinned to the hanger assembly by at least one axially extending pin and which locates the shroud relative to the hanger to control motion in one or both of circumferential (tangential) and radial directions relative to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jan Christopher Schilling, Andrew John Breslin, Bryce Loring Heitman
  • Patent number: 11873734
    Abstract: An apparatus and method relating to a cooling hole of a component of a turbine engine. The component can include a wall separating the hot gas fluid flow from the cooling fluid flow and having a heated surface along which the hot gas fluid flow flows and a cooled surface facing the cooling fluid flow and at least one cooling hole comprising at least one inlet at the cooled surface, at least one outlet at the heated surface, with the outlet having a modified outlet shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Anquan Wang, Ryan Christopher Jones, Paul Christopher Schilling, Craig Alan Gonyou
  • Publication number: 20230265769
    Abstract: A shroud hanger assembly (30) or shroud assembly is provided for dimensionally incompatible components wherein the assembly includes a multi-piece hanger (32), for example having a forward hanger portion (34) and a rearward hanger portion (36). A cavity (46) is formed between the parts; wherein a shroud (50) may be positioned which is formed of a low coefficient of thermal expansion material. The hanger (32) and shroud (50) may be formed of the same material or differing materials in order to better match the thermal growth between the hanger and the shroud. When the shroud (50) is positioned within the hanger opening or cavity (46), one of the forward (34) and rearward hanger (36) portions may be press fit or otherwise connected into the other of the forward (34) and rearward (36) hanger portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2023
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Jason David Shapiro, Jan Christopher Schilling, Michael John Franks
  • Patent number: 11668207
    Abstract: A shroud hanger assembly or shroud assembly is provided for dimensionally incompatible components wherein the assembly includes a multi-piece hanger, for example having a forward hanger portion and a rearward hanger portion. A cavity is formed between the parts; wherein a shroud may be positioned which is formed of a low coefficient of thermal expansion material. The hanger and shroud may be formed of the same material or differing materials in order to better match the thermal growth between the hanger and the shroud. When the shroud is positioned within the hanger opening or cavity, one of the forward and rearward hanger portions may be press fit or otherwise connected into the other of the forward and rearward hanger portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jason David Shapiro, Jan Christopher Schilling, Michael John Franks
  • Publication number: 20220325889
    Abstract: Embodiments of a combustor assembly for a turbine engine are generally provided. The combustor assembly includes a first separable portion defining a dome assembly, and a second separable portion defining a deflector assembly. The first separable portion and the second separable portion are coupled together at a fitted interface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2022
    Publication date: October 13, 2022
    Inventors: Ryan Christopher Jones, Paul Christopher Schilling, Andrew Scott Bilse, Daniel Endecott Osgood, Donald Lee Gardner
  • Patent number: 11440097
    Abstract: A method for additively manufacturing a component includes generating, via imaging software, a plurality of slices of a support structure of the component based on component geometry. The method also includes melting or fusing, via the additive manufacturing system, layers of material to a build platform of the component so as to form the support structure according to the plurality of slices. The support structure includes a lattice configuration having of a plurality of support members arranged together to form a plurality of cells. Further, the method includes melting or fusing, via the additive manufacturing system, a component body to the support structure. After the component body solidifies, the method includes removing all of the support structure from the component body to form the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ryan Christopher Jones, Jun Zheng Hu, John Alan Manteiga, Xuefeng Zhang, Earl Neal Dunham, Paul Christopher Schilling, Johnnattan Tennessee Ugarte, Justin Michael Stekli, Justin Adam Masters
  • Publication number: 20220268443
    Abstract: A combustor assembly for a heat engine is generally provided. The combustor assembly includes a liner wall defining a combustion chamber, and a deflector assembly. The deflector assembly includes a radially extended first wall disposed adjacent to the combustion chamber, and further an axially extended second wall disposed forward of the first wall and adjacent thereto. The second wall is coupled to the liner wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Inventors: Andrew Scott Bilse, Craig Alan Gonyou, Paul Christopher Schilling, Hojjat Nasr, Ryan Christopher Jones, Donald Lee Gardner
  • Patent number: 11339966
    Abstract: A combustor assembly for a heat engine is generally provided. The combustor assembly includes a liner wall defining a combustion chamber, and a deflector assembly. The deflector assembly includes a radially extended first wall disposed adjacent to the combustion chamber, and further an axially extended second wall disposed forward of the first wall and adjacent thereto. The second wall is coupled to the liner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2022
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Andrew Scott Bilse, Donald Lee Gardner, Craig Alan Gonyou, Paul Christopher Schilling, Hojjat Nasr, Ryan Christopher Jones
  • Publication number: 20220120198
    Abstract: A shroud hanger assembly is provided for hangers and shrouds defining dimensionally incompatible components such as those which are press or frictionally fit to engage one another. The shroud hanger assembly includes a multi-piece hanger and a shroud that is pinned to the hanger assembly by at least one axially extending pin and which locates the shroud relative to the hanger to control motion in one or both of circumferential (tangential) and radial directions relative to the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: Jan Christopher Schilling, Andrew John Breslin, Bryce Loring Heitman
  • Patent number: 11280492
    Abstract: Embodiments of a combustor assembly for a turbine engine are generally provided. The combustor assembly includes a first separable portion defining a dome assembly, and a second separable portion defining a deflector assembly. The first separable portion and the second separable portion are coupled together at a fitted interface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ryan Christopher Jones, Donald Lee Gardner, Paul Christopher Schilling, Andrew Scott Bilse, Daniel Endecott Osgood
  • Patent number: 11215081
    Abstract: A shroud hanger assembly is provided for hangers and shrouds defining dimensionally incompatible components such as those which are press or frictionally fit to engage one another. The shroud hanger assembly includes a multi-piece hanger and a shroud, which is pinned to the hanger assembly by at least one axially extending pin and which locates the shroud relative to the hanger to control motion in one or both of circumferential (tangential) and radial directions relative to the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 4, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jan Christopher Schilling, Andrew John Breslin, Bryce Loring Heitman
  • Publication number: 20210317745
    Abstract: An apparatus and method relating to a cooling hole of a component of a turbine engine. The component can include a wall separating the hot gas fluid flow from the cooling fluid flow and having a heated surface along which the hot gas fluid flow flows and a cooled surface facing the cooling fluid flow and at least one cooling hole comprising at least one inlet at the cooled surface, at least one outlet at the heated surface, with the outlet having a modified outlet shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2020
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Anquan Wang, Ryan Christopher Jones, Paul Christopher Schilling, Craig Alan Gonyou