Patents by Inventor Daniel Paul Panayil

Daniel Paul Panayil 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).

  • Pivoting swirler inlet valve plate
    Patent number: 9388742
    Abstract: A swirler inlet valve plate for a fuel injector of a gas turbine engine includes a blocker ring and a pivot sleeve mechanically connected to the blocker ring. The blocker ring is formed from at least a portion of a toroid shape. The blocker ring includes a blocking surface perpendicular to an axis of the blocker ring formed from at least a portion of an annulus. The blocker ring also includes a flow surface, an inner circumferential surface of the toroidal shape. The pivot sleeve includes a sleeve portion extending adjacent the blocker ring. The sleeve portion includes a rotation transmission mechanism.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Georgina J. McGee, Thomas John Chipman Rogers, Anthony Fahme, Daniel Paul Panayil
  • PIVOTING SWIRLER INLET VALVE PLATE
    Publication number: 20140331675
    Abstract: A swirler inlet valve plate for a fuel injector of a gas turbine engine includes a blocker ring and a pivot sleeve mechanically connected to the blocker ring. The blocker ring is formed from at least a portion of a toroid shape. The blocker ring includes a blocking surface perpendicular to an axis of the blocker ring formed from at least a portion of an annulus. The blocker ring also includes a flow surface, an inner circumferential surface of the toroidal shape. The pivot sleeve includes a sleeve portion extending adjacent the blocker ring. The sleeve portion includes a rotation transmission mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 13, 2014
    Applicant: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Georgina J. McGee, Thomas John Chipman Rogers, Anthony Fahme, Daniel Paul Panayil
  • COMPRESSOR CASE OVERHAUL
    Publication number: 20130309085
    Abstract: A longitudinally-split compressor case of a gas turbine engine is overhauled to inhibit leakage between case segments that have been distorted. Grooves are machined in mating surfaces of the case segments. Seal wires are located at the grooves.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2012
    Publication date: November 21, 2013
    Applicant: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Daniel Paul Panayil, Thomas Lee Eddy, Gerardo Zozula, Carlos Alberto Cortes Serrano