Patents by Inventor Eric Matthew ROBERSON

Eric Matthew ROBERSON 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).

  • Conical-flat heat shield for gas turbine engine combustor dome
    Patent number: 9869473
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine combustor conical-flat heat shield includes an annular conical section extending upstream from and being integral with a flat section with a flat downstream facing surface which may be generally perpendicular to or canted with respect to a centerline. The flat section includes radially outer and inner edges at least one of which is circular and circumscribed about a centerline and circumferentially spaced apart clockwise and counter-clockwise radial edges having an origin on the centerline. A gas turbine engine combustor includes conical-flat heat shields in one or more circular rows arranged in a non-symmetrical or asymmetrical pattern. Two or more groups (A, B, C) of the conical-flat heat shields in the circular rows may be mounted on a domeplate and one or more of the conical-flat heat shields is different in one or more of the groups (A, B, C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 16, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ahmed Mostafa Elkady, Allen Michael Danis, Eric Matthew Roberson, Mark Anthony Mueller, George Moertle, Shui-chi Li
  • CONICAL-FLAT HEAT SHIELD FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMBUSTOR DOME
    Publication number: 20150377488
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine combustor conical-flat heat shield includes an annular conical section extending upstream from and being integral with a flat section with a flat downstream facing surface which may be generally perpendicular to or canted with respect to a centerline. The flat section includes radially outer and inner edges at least one of which is circular and circumscribed about a centerline and circumferentially spaced apart clockwise and counter-clockwise radial edges having an origin on the centerline. A gas turbine engine combustor includes conical-flat heat shields in one or more circular rows arranged in a non-symmetrical or asymmetrical pattern. Two or more groups (A, B, C) of the conical-flat heat shields in the circular rows may be mounted on a domeplate and one or more of the conical-flat heat shields is different in one or more of the groups (A, B, C).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2015
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Ahmed Mostafa ELKADY, Allen Michael DANIS, Eric Matthew ROBERSON, Mark Anthony MUELLER, George MOERTLE, Shui-Chi LI