Patents by Inventor Daniel L. Durstock

Daniel L. Durstock 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).

  • INJECTION MOLDING METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING COMPONENTS CAPABLE OF TRANSPORTING LIQUIDS
    Publication number: 20090014101
    Abstract: Methods for manufacturing components capable of transporting a liquid including providing a mold, placing at least one core made from a core material into the mold, injecting a component material into the mold about the core to produce a green component, heating the green component to burn out the core and produce a brown component, and sintering the brown component to produce a finished component capable of transporting a liquid wherein the finished component is from about 95% to about 99% dense.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: MARIE ANN MCMASTERS, David Edwin Budinger, Daniel L. Durstock
  • COMPONENTS CAPABLE OF TRANSPORTING LIQUIDS MANUFACTURED USING INJECTION MOLDING
    Publication number: 20090014561
    Abstract: Fuel nozzles including a fuel conduit supply having at least one pilot cavity and at least one main cavity, and a distributor ring having at least one injection post extending outwardly therefrom, the distributor ring operably coupled to each of the at least one pilot cavity and at least one main cavity wherein the nozzle is fabricated using metal injection molding.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2007
    Publication date: January 15, 2009
    Inventors: MARIE ANN MCMASTERS, David Edwin Budinger, Daniel L. Durstock
  • Corrugated cowl for combustor of a gas turbine engine and method for configuring same
    Patent number: 6672067
    Abstract: A cowl for use with a combustor of a gas turbine engine, the cowl includes a main body with an annular corrugation. A combustor of a gas turbine engine, the combustor includes: a hollow body defining a combustion chamber, the hollow body having a liner; an outer cowl having an annular corrugation, the cowl connecting to the liner; and an inner cowl connecting to the liner. A method of configuring a cowl for a gas turbine engine combustor, the method includes forming an annular corrugation in a main body of the cowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gilbert Farmer, Ronald D. Redden, Balena B. Shorter, James A. Groeschen, Mehmet M. Dede, Daniel L. Durstock
  • Corrugated cowl for combustor of a gas turbine engine and method for configuring same
    Publication number: 20030159445
    Abstract: A cowl for use with a combustor of a gas turbine engine, the cowl includes a main body with an annular corrugation. A combustor of a gas turbine engine, the combustor includes: a hollow body defining a combustion chamber, the hollow body having a liner; an outer cowl having an annular corrugation, the cowl connecting to the liner; and an inner cowl connecting to the liner. A method of configuring a cowl for a gas turbine engine combustor, the method includes forming an annular corrugation in a main body of the cowl.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2002
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Gilbert Farmer, Ronald D. Redden, Balena B. Shorter, James A. Groeschen, Mehmet M. Dede, Daniel L. Durstock