Patents by Inventor Dale William Ladoon

Dale William Ladoon 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).

  • Turbocharger with improved casing and diffuser areas
    Patent number: 9003790
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes a compressor, a turbine, a shaft coupling the compressor to the turbine, and a turbo casing configured to improve pressure recovery and reduce energy loss from exhaust flow. In one embodiment, the turbo casing may include a geometry configured to improve exhaust flow towards an exhaust outlet. The turbo casing may include a torus shaped chamber having a cross-sectional area that progressively increases in an annular direction of the flow towards the exhaust outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Edward Loringer, Anthony Holmes Furman, Kendall Swenson, Dale William Ladoon
  • Turbocharger for an Engine
    Publication number: 20130052054
    Abstract: A turbocharger includes a compressor, a turbine, a shaft coupling the compressor to the turbine, and a turbo casing configured to improve pressure recovery and reduce energy loss from exhaust flow. In one embodiment, the turbo casing may include a geometry configured to improve exhaust flow towards an exhaust outlet. The turbo casing may include a torus shaped chamber having a cross-sectional area that progressively increases in an annular direction of the flow towards the exhaust outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Daniel Edward Loringer, Anthony Holmes Furman, Kendall Swenson, Dale William Ladoon
  • TURBINE INCLUDING EXHAUST HOOD
    Publication number: 20120163969
    Abstract: A turbine includes an inner casing, a rotor extending in a longitudinal direction, and rows of buckets transversely disposed on the rotor. A bearing cone covering a portion of the rotor and a flow guide extending from the inner casing define an annular passage for flow of exhaust gases. Exhaust gas movement is facilitated by a guide cap having a streamlined surface and situated in a downstream direction of the flow guide, a tip leakage flow injection channel to inject exhaust gases at the inner surface of the flow guide, an incline of the casing of the turbine surrounding the last stage buckets relative to the longitudinal axis, or use of a first portion of the annular passage with a substantially constant surface area and a second portion of the annular passage with a progressively increasing surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Chaitanya Venkata Rama Krishna Ongole, Subhrajit Dey, Dale William Ladoon, Manisekaran Santhanakrishnan, Hiteshkumar Rameshchandra Mistry
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TURBOCHARGING AN ENGINE
    Publication number: 20100178164
    Abstract: A turbocharger system, in certain embodiments, includes a compressor, a turbine, a shaft coupling the compressor to the turbine, and a turbo casing configured to improve pressure recovery, wherein the turbo casing includes a non symmetrical geometry configured to improve flow towards an exhaust outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2009
    Publication date: July 15, 2010
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Edward Loringer, Anthony Holmes Furman, Kendall Roger Swenson, Dale William Ladoon