Patents by Inventor Ferruccio Candela

Ferruccio Candela 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: 7467920
    Abstract: The first stage nozzles and buckets have nominal airfoil profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and R set forth in Tables I and II, respectively, and second stage nozzles and buckets have nominal airfoil profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values set forth in Tables III and IV, respectively. The X, Y and R values are in millimeters. R represents distances along a radius from an axis of rotation of the turbine. For each airfoil, X and Y are distances which, when connected by smooth continuous arcs, define airfoil profile sections in planes normal to the radius at each distance R. The profile sections at the R distances for each airfoil are joined smoothly with one another to form the airfoil shape. The airfoil shapes given by the X, Y and R distances lie within envelopes of ±4.064 millimeters in a direction normal to any airfoil surface location therealong.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Adelbert Sullivan, Dale W. Ladoon, Ferruccio Candela, Adam J. Fredmonski
  • Publication number: 20080175707
    Abstract: The first stage nozzles and buckets have nominal airfoil profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and R set forth in Tables I and II, respectively, and second stage nozzles and buckets have nominal airfoil profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values set forth in Tables III and IV, respectively. The X, Y and R values are in millimeters. R represents distances along a radius from an axis of rotation of the turbine. For each airfoil, X and Y are distances which, when connected by smooth continuous arcs, define airfoil profile sections in planes normal to the radius at each distance R. The profile sections at the R distances for each airfoil are joined smoothly with one another to form the airfoil shape. The airfoil shapes given by the X, Y and R distances lie within envelopes of ±4.064 millimeters in a direction normal to any airfoil surface location therealong.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Adelbert Sullivan, Dale W. Ladoon, Ferruccio Candela, Adam J. Fredmonski
  • Publication number: 20060216144
    Abstract: The first stage nozzles and buckets have nominal airfoil profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and R set forth in Tables I and II, respectively, and second stage nozzles and buckets have nominal airfoil profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values set forth in Tables III and IV, respectively. The X, Y and R values are in millimeters. R represents distances along a radius from an axis of rotation of the turbine. For each airfoil, X and Y are distances which, when connected by smooth continuous arcs, define airfoil profile sections in planes normal to the radius at each distance R. The profile sections at the R distances for each airfoil are joined smoothly with one another to form the airfoil shape. The airfoil shapes given by the X, Y and R distances lie within envelopes of ±4.064 millimeters in a direction normal to any airfoil surface location therealong.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2005
    Publication date: September 28, 2006
    Inventors: Michael Sullivan, Dale Ladoon, Ferruccio Candela, Adam Fredmonski