Patents by Inventor Curtis Moeckel

Curtis Moeckel 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).

  • Non uniform vane spacing
    Patent number: 10443626
    Abstract: A circular row of non-uniformally spaced vanes includes only one first group and only one second group of adjacent vanes, unequal first and second spacing between adjacent vanes in the first and second groups, and first spacing greater than second spacing. An embodiment with second group including only three adjacent vanes. Second spacing may be about 25%-35% smaller than a nominal uniform spacing used as a design parameter for designing spacing of the non-uniformly spaced stator vanes. Circular row may be sectored. A gas turbine engine section may include one or more rings or circular rows of fixed and/or variable non-uniformally spaced vanes. Method for designing non-uniform vane spacing for circular row includes determining nominal uniform spacing and forming first spacing and second spacing from nominal uniform spacing of vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Joseph Mielke, Peter John Wood, Brian Richard Green, Steven Mitchell Taylor, Curtis Moeckel, Mark Joseph Frisch, Joseph Michael Bruni
  • NON UNIFORM VANE SPACING
    Publication number: 20170268537
    Abstract: A circular row of non-uniformally spaced vanes includes only one first group and only one second group of adjacent vanes, unequal first and second spacing between adjacent vanes in the first and second groups, and first spacing greater than second spacing. An embodiment with second group including only three adjacent vanes. Second spacing may be about 25%-35% smaller than a nominal uniform spacing used as a design parameter for designing spacing of the non-uniformly spaced stator vanes. Circular row may be sectored. A gas turbine engine section may include one or more rings or circular rows of fixed and/or variable non-uniformally spaced vanes. Method for designing non-uniform vane spacing for circular row includes determining nominal uniform spacing and forming first spacing and second spacing from nominal uniform spacing of vanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Mark Joseph Mielke, Peter John Wood, Brian Richard Green, Steven Mitchell Taylor, Curtis Moeckel, Mark Joseph Frisch, Joseph Michael Bruni