Patents by Inventor Edwin Lee Kite

Edwin Lee Kite 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: 9945232
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine blade (22), including an airfoil substrate (10) having an exterior surface, wherein: a base (14) of the airfoil substrate is located at a 0% radial on an inner platform surface (20) and a tip (16) of the airfoil substrate is located at a 100% radial; wherein at the 0% radial a cross-sectional profile of the exterior surface is substantially characterized by nominal X and Y coordinates present in Table 1; and wherein at a 50% radial location a cross-sectional profile of the exterior surface is characterized by nominal X and Y coordinates present in Table 6.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Munoz, Edwin Lee Kite, Robert J. McClelland, Charles M. Evans
  • Patent number: 9828858
    Abstract: A turbine blade airfoil (25, 31R, 31M, 31T, 72) comprising an outer surface shape defined by Cartesian coordinates of successive transverse profiles at radial increments as set forth in Tables 1a to 1k, wherein each table defines a transverse sectional profile characterized by a smooth curve connecting the coordinates, and the surface shape comprises a smooth surface connecting the sectional profiles. The blade may include a tip shroud with edge profiles defined by Cartesian coordinates set forth in Table 2a and 2b. A gusset/fillet may be provided between the blade airfoil and the tip shroud, with a planar diagonal surface over most of a diagonal bracing area of the gusset/fillet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Eric Munoz, Edwin Lee Kite, John Pula, Charles M. Evans
  • Publication number: 20160115795
    Abstract: A turbine blade airfoil (25, 31R, 31M, 31T, 72) comprising an outer surface shape defined by Cartesian coordinates of successive transverse profiles at radial increments as set forth in Tables 1a to 1k, wherein each table defines a transverse sectional profile characterized by a smooth curve connecting the coordinates, and the surface shape comprises a smooth surface connecting the sectional profiles. The blade may include a tip shroud with edge profiles defined by Cartesian coordinates set forth in Table 2a and 2b. A gusset/fillet may be provided between the blade airfoil and the tip shroud, with a planar diagonal surface over most of a diagonal bracing area of the gusset/fillet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Munoz, Edwin Lee Kite, John Pula, Charles M. Evans
  • Publication number: 20160102558
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine blade (22), including an airfoil substrate (10) having an exterior surface, wherein: a base (14) of the airfoil substrate is located at a 0% radial on an inner platform surface (20) and a tip (16) of the airfoil substrate is located at a 100% radial; wherein at the 0% radial a cross-sectional profile of the exterior surface is substantially characterized by nominal X and Y coordinates present in Table 1; and wherein at a 50% radial location a cross-sectional profile of the exterior surface is characterized by nominal X and Y coordinates present in Table 6.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: April 14, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Munoz, Edwin Lee Kite, Robert J. McClelland, Charles M. Evans