Patents by Inventor Fernando Reiter

Fernando Reiter 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: 12590546
    Abstract: An engine component assembly with a first substrate having a hot surface in thermal communication with a hot combustion gas flow and a cooling surface, with the cooling surface being different than the hot surface, a second substrate having a first surface in fluid communication with a cooling fluid supply and a second surface, different from the first surface, facing and spaced from the cooling surface to define at least one interior cavity. At least one cavity is provided within the first substrate defining a cavity surface where at least a portion of the cavity surface is directly opposite the second surface. At least one cooling aperture extending through the second substrate from the first surface to the second surface, and defining a streamline along which a cooling fluid passes from the cooling fluid supply to the at least one interior cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2026
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Frederick Bergholz, Jason Randolph Allen, Robert David Briggs, Kevin Robert Feldmann, Curtis Walton Stover, Zachary Daniel Webster, Fernando Reiter
  • Publication number: 20220170383
    Abstract: An engine component assembly with a first substrate having a hot surface in thermal communication with a hot combustion gas flow and a cooling surface, with the cooling surface being different than the hot surface, a second substrate having a first surface in fluid communication with a cooling fluid supply and a second surface, different from the first surface, facing and spaced from the cooling surface to define at least one interior cavity. At least one cavity is provided within the first substrate defining a cavity surface where at least a portion of the cavity surface is directly opposite the second surface. At least one cooling aperture extending through the second substrate from the first surface to the second surface, and defining a streamline along which a cooling fluid passes from the cooling fluid supply to the at least one interior cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Publication date: June 2, 2022
    Inventors: Robert Frederick Bergholz, Jason Randolph Allen, Robert David Briggs, Kevin Robert Feldmann, Curtis Walton Stover, Zachary Daniel Webster, Fernando Reiter
  • Patent number: 11280215
    Abstract: An engine component assembly includes a first engine component having a hot surface in thermal communication with a hot combustion gas flow and a cooling surface with at least one cavity. A second engine component is spaced from the cooling surface, and includes at least one cooling aperture. The cooling aperture is arranged such that cooling fluid impinges on the cooling surface at an angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Frederick Bergholz, Jason Randolph Allen, Robert David Briggs, Kevin Robert Feldmann, Curtis Walton Stover, Zachary Daniel Webster, Fernando Reiter
  • Patent number: 10927682
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a component for a turbine engine, which generates a hot gas flow, and provides a cooling fluid flow, comprising a wall separating the hot gas flow from the cooling fluid flow and having a heated surface along which the hot gas flows and a cooled surface facing the cooling fluid flow and at least one cooling hole comprising a connecting passage extending between an inlet at the cooled surface and an outlet located at the heated surface, with the connecting passage comprising a diffusing section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Fernando Reiter, Zachary Daniel Webster
  • Publication number: 20190145267
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for a component for a turbine engine, which generates a hot gas flow, and provides a cooling fluid flow, comprising a wall separating the hot gas flow from the cooling fluid flow and having a heated surface along which the hot gas flows and a cooled surface facing the cooling fluid flow and at least one cooling hole comprising a connecting passage extending between an inlet at the cooled surface and an outlet located at the heated surface, with the connecting passage comprising a diffusing section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 16, 2017
    Publication date: May 16, 2019
    Inventors: Aaron Ezekiel Smith, Fernando Reiter, Zachary Daniel Webster
  • Publication number: 20170335716
    Abstract: An engine component assembly includes a first engine component having a hot surface in thermal communication with a hot combustion gas flow and a cooling surface with at least one cavity. A second engine component is spaced from the cooling surface, and includes at least one cooling aperture. The cooling aperture is arranged such that cooling fluid impinges on the cooling surface at an angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2015
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Frederick BERGHOLZ, Jason Randolph ALLEN, Robert David BRIGGS, Kevin Robert FELDMANN, Curtis Walton STOVER, Zachary Daniel WEBSTER, Fernando REITER
  • Publication number: 20170191417
    Abstract: An engine component assembly includes a first engine component having a hot surface in thermal communication with a hot combustion gas flow and a cooling surface, and a second engine component having a first surface in fluid communication with a cooling fluid flow and a second surface spaced from the cooling surface to define a space. A cooling aperture extends through the second engine component. A cooling feature extends from the cooling surface of the first engine component, and is oriented relative to the cooling aperture such that the cooling fluid flow is orthogonal and non-orthogonal to different portions of the cooling feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 6, 2016
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Ronald Scott Bunker, Robert Frederick Bergholz, Jason Randolph Allen, Robert David Briggs, Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR., Kevin Robert Feldmann, Curtis Walton Stover, Zachary Daniel Webster, Fernando Reiter, Michael Alan Meade