Patents by Inventor Daniel Gerritt Wegerif

Daniel Gerritt Wegerif 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).

  • Effusion plate using additive manufacturing methods
    Patent number: 9309809
    Abstract: Additive manufacturing techniques may be utilized to construct effusion plates. Such additive manufacturing techniques may include defining a configuration for an effusion plate having one or more internal cooling channels. The manufacturing techniques may further include depositing a powder into a chamber, applying an energy source to the deposited powder, and consolidating the powder into a cross-sectional shape corresponding to the defined configuration. Such methods may be implemented to construct an effusion plate having one or more channels with a curved cross-sectional geometry.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Johnson, Christopher Paul Keener, Heath Michael Ostebee, Daniel Gerritt Wegerif
  • Combustion nozzle with floating aft plate
    Patent number: 9175855
    Abstract: The present application provides a combustion nozzle for use with a gas turbine engine. The combustion nozzle may include a number of mixing tubes, an outer shell surrounding the mixing tubes, and a floating aft plate assembly. The floating plate assembly may enclose the outer shell. The mixing tubes may extend through the aft plate assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Gerritt Wegerif, Jonathan Dwight Berry, Carl Robert Barker
  • EFFUSION PLATE USING ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING METHODS
    Publication number: 20140202163
    Abstract: Additive manufacturing techniques may be utilized to construct effusion plates. Such additive manufacturing techniques may include defining a configuration for an effusion plate having one or more internal cooling channels. The manufacturing techniques may further include depositing a powder into a chamber, applying an energy source to the deposited powder, and consolidating the powder into a cross-sectional shape corresponding to the defined configuration. Such methods may be implemented to construct an effusion plate having one or more channels with a curved cross-sectional geometry.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Publication date: July 24, 2014
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Johnson, Christopher Paul Keener, Heath Michael Ostebee, Daniel Gerritt Wegerif