Patents by Inventor Daniel Robinson Getsinger

Daniel Robinson Getsinger 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).

  • Patent number: 10577944
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooling an engine component, such as an airfoil, for a turbine engine including an outer wall separating a cooling fluid flow from a hot fluid flow. A cooling circuit including a cooling passage having opposing sidewalls can be provided in the engine component. At least one turbulator can be provided between the opposing sidewalls, and can include a conduit having an inlet and an outlet passing through the at least one turbulator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Emily Rosette Clark, James Richard Winka, Daniel Robinson Getsinger, Thomas Earl Dyson, Brian Gene Brzek, James Fredric Wiedenhoefer, William Robb Stewart
  • Publication number: 20190040745
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooling an engine component, such as an airfoil, for a turbine engine including an outer wall separating a cooling fluid flow from a hot fluid flow. A cooling circuit including a cooling passage having opposing sidewalls can be provided in the engine component. At least one turbulator can be provided between the opposing sidewalls, and can include a conduit having an inlet and an outlet passing through the at least one turbulator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 3, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Emily Rosette Clark, James Richard Winka, Daniel Robinson Getsinger, Thomas Earl Dyson, Brian Gene Brzek, James Fredric Wiedenhoefer, William Robb Stewart
  • Publication number: 20180171872
    Abstract: A cooling assembly comprises a cooling chamber disposed inside a turbine assembly. The cooling chamber is configured to direct cooling air inside one or more of a combustion chamber or an airfoil of the turbine assembly. An orthogonally converging diffusing (OCD) conduit is fluidly coupled with the cooling chamber. The OCD conduit is configured to direct at least some of the cooling air out of the cooling chamber outside of an exterior surface of the one or more of the combustion chamber or the airfoil. The OCD conduit is elongated along and encompasses an intersection between a constricting plane and a diffusing plane that are traverse to each other. The OCD conduit has an interior surface with a first distance between opposing first portions of the interior surface. The first distance increases in the diffusing plane at increasing distances along the intersection from the cooling chamber toward the exterior surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: June 21, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas Earl Dyson, Daniel Robinson Getsinger, Nicholas William Rathay