Patents by Inventor Christos Adamopoulos

Christos Adamopoulos 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: 10670267
    Abstract: A combustor liner for a gas turbine is provided. The combustor liner comprises a wall and a plurality of airflow injection holes in the wall arranged in a circumferentially-extending row, the plurality of airflow injection holes including a plurality of circular first airflow injection holes and at least one non-circular second airflow injection hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Albert K. Cheung, Christos Adamopoulos
  • Patent number: 10514169
    Abstract: A combustor liner for a gas turbine is provided. The combustor liner comprises a wall and a plurality of airflow injection holes in the wall arranged in a circumferentially-extending row, the plurality of airflow injection holes including a plurality of circular first airflow injection holes and at least one non-circular second airflow injection hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Albert K. Cheung, Christos Adamopoulos
  • Patent number: 10480787
    Abstract: A cooled wall for lining a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes an annular outer wall defining a radial passage extending therethrough, an inner wall spaced radially from the outer wall to define an axial channel in fluid communication with the radial passage, and a connecting wall joining the inner wall to the outer wall. A method of making the cooled wall includes providing a three-dimensional computer model of the cooled wall, depositing a uniform thickness layer of material on a substrate, using a laser or electron beam to melt or sinter the material to form a cross section, repeating the depositing and cross section steps to form the cooled wall, and heat treating the cooled wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Hoyt Y. Chang, Christos Adamopoulos, Stanislav Kostka, Jr.
  • Patent number: 10024538
    Abstract: An air extraction port at a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a port inlet at a combustor case of the combustor having an inlet area, a port outlet having a final area, and a fluid passage extending from the port inlet to the port outlet to convey an airflow, the port inlet sized and configured to extract the airflow from the combustor case at the same nominal upstream Mach number with a tolerance of +/?0.05.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Albert K. Cheung, Christos Adamopoulos, Christopher B. Lyons
  • Publication number: 20170059161
    Abstract: An air extraction port at a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a port inlet at a combustor case of the combustor having an inlet area, a port outlet having a final area, and a fluid passage extending from the port inlet to the port outlet to convey an airflow, the port inlet sized and configured to extract the airflow from the combustor case at the same nominal upstream Mach number with a tolerance of +/?0.05.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Albert K. Cheung, Christos Adamopoulos, Christopher B. Lyons
  • Publication number: 20170045226
    Abstract: A combustor liner for a gas turbine is provided. The combustor liner comprises a wall and a plurality of airflow injection holes in the wall arranged in a circumferentially-extending row, the plurality of airflow injection holes including a plurality of circular first airflow injection holes and at least one non-circular second airflow injection hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Albert K. Cheung, Christos Adamopoulos
  • Publication number: 20170044979
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The engine includes a combustor configured at a combustor angle relative to an engine axis and a pre-diffuser configured to supply air to the combustor and configured at a diffuser angle relative to the engine axis, wherein the diffuser angle is greater than the combustor angle. A method of manufacturing a gas turbine engine includes installing a combustor at a combustor angle relative to an engine axis and installing a pre-diffuser at a diffuser angle relative to the engine axis, wherein the diffuser angle is greater than the combustor angle. A gas turbine engine includes a pre-diffuser configured at an angle of between 8° and 10° relative to an engine axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: February 16, 2017
    Inventors: Albert K. Cheung, Christos Adamopoulos
  • Publication number: 20170003027
    Abstract: A liner panel for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a multiple of heat transfer augmentors. At least one of the multiple of heat transfer augmentors includes a cone shaped pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Stanislav Kostka, Frank J. Cunha, James B. Hoke, Timothy S. Snyder, Albert K. Cheung, Christos Adamopoulos
  • Publication number: 20160281986
    Abstract: A cooled wall for lining a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes an annular outer wall defining a radial passage extending therethrough, an inner wall spaced radially from the outer wall to define an axial channel in fluid communication with the radial passage, and a connecting wall joining the inner wall to the outer wall. A method of making the cooled wall includes providing a three-dimensional computer model of the cooled wall, depositing a uniform thickness layer of material on a substrate, using a laser or electron beam to melt or sinter the material to form a cross section, repeating the depositing and cross section steps to form the cooled wall, and heat treating the cooled wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2015
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Hoyt Y. Chang, Christos Adamopoulos, Stanislav Kostka, JR.