Patents by Inventor Dustin Alfred Placke

Dustin Alfred Placke 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).

  • Dual stage turbine shroud
    Patent number: 8147192
    Abstract: A turbine shroud includes a shroud hanger having an arcuate panel from which three inner hooks extend inwardly, and from which two outer hooks extend outwardly therefrom. The two outer hooks effect a statically determinate configuration of the shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Vern Jones, James Harvey Laflen, Richard William Albrecht, Dustin Alfred Placke, Ching-Pang Lee
  • Methods and system for cooling integral turbine shround assemblies
    Patent number: 7740444
    Abstract: A method for cooling a turbine shroud assembly includes providing a turbine shroud assembly including a shroud segment having a leading edge, a trailing edge and a midsection defined therebetween. A shroud support circumferentially spans and supports the shroud segment. The shroud support includes a forward hanger coupled to the leading edge, a midsection hanger coupled to the midsection and an aft hanger coupled to the trailing edge. An annular shroud ring structure includes a midsection position control ring coupled to the midsection hanger and an aft position control ring coupled to the aft hanger. Cooling air is extracted from a compressor positioned upstream of the turbine shroud assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 22, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ching-Pang Lee, James Harvey Laflen, Dustin Alfred Placke, George Elliott Moore, Katherine Jaynetorrence Andersen, Daniel Verner Jones
  • DUAL STAGE TURBINE SHROUD
    Publication number: 20100074745
    Abstract: A turbine shroud includes a shroud hanger having an arcuate panel from which three inner hooks extend inwardly, and from which two outer hooks extend outwardly therefrom. The two outer hooks effect a statically determinate configuration of the shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 19, 2008
    Publication date: March 25, 2010
    Inventors: Daniel Vern Jones, James Harvey Laflen, Richard William Albrecht, Dustin Alfred Placke, Ching-Pang Lee
  • ROTOR BLADE
    Publication number: 20090097979
    Abstract: A rotor blade may include a tip shroud having at least one seal tooth disposed at an angle that may be relative to the engine centerline when in an assembled condition, the leading edge of the tip shroud and/or the trailing edge of the tip shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Publication date: April 16, 2009
    Inventors: Omer Duane Erdmann, D. Keith Patrick, Dustin Alfred Placke, John Peter Heyward, Francis Bobie