Patents by Inventor Frederick Alan Buck

Frederick Alan Buck 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).

  • Engine component with film hole
    Patent number: 11313235
    Abstract: An engine component for a gas turbine engine includes a film-cooled substrate having a hot surface facing hot combustion gas and a cooling surface facing a cooling fluid flow. The substrate includes one or more film holes that have a metering section defining a metering diameter and a diffusing section that defines a hooded length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Inventors: Ronald Scott Bunker, Frederick Alan Buck, Robert David Briggs, Gulcharan Singh Brainch, Kevin Robert Feldmann
  • Gas turbine engine wall
    Patent number: 10386069
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine wall is provided. The wall includes an inner surface and an opposing outer surface having at least one film cooling hole defined therein. The at least one film cooling hole includes an inclined inlet bore that extends from the inner surface and a pair of channels that diverge laterally from an outlet end of the inclined inlet bore. The pair of channels have a substantially constant width and are separated by a ridge to form a boomerang cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Shawn Michael Pearson, Robert Frederick Bergholz, Douglas Ray Smith, Frederick Alan Buck, Stephen Mark Molter, Kevin Robert Feldmann
  • ENGINE COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20160273363
    Abstract: An engine component for a gas turbine engine includes a film-cooled substrate having a hot surface facing hot combustion gas and a cooling surface facing a cooling fluid flow. The substrate includes one or more film holes that have a metering section defining a metering diameter and a diffusing section that defines a hooded length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2015
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Ronald Scott BUNKER, Frederick Alan BUCK, Robert David BRIGGS, Gulcharan Singh BRAINCH, Kevin Robert FELDMANN
  • ENGINE COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20160245094
    Abstract: An engine component for a gas turbine engine includes a film-cooled substrate having a hot surface facing hot combustion gas and a cooling surface facing a cooling fluid flow. The substrate includes one or more film holes that have a passage with an inlet and an outlet, where the passage includes portions that are angled relative to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Ronald Scott BUNKER, Frederick Alan BUCK
  • GAS TURBINE ENGINE WALL
    Publication number: 20150159871
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine wall is provided. The wall includes an inner surface and an opposing outer surface having at least one film cooling hole defined therein. The at least one film cooling hole includes an inclined inlet bore that extends from the inner surface and a pair of channels that diverge laterally from an outlet end of the inclined inlet bore. The pair of channels have a substantially constant width and are separated by a ridge to form a boomerang cross-sectional shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2013
    Publication date: June 11, 2015
    Inventors: Shawn Michael Pearson, Robert Frederick Bergholz, Douglas Ray Smith, Frederick Alan Buck, Stephen Mark Molter, Kevin Robert Feldmann
  • Method for forming a turbine engine component having enhanced heat transfer characteristics
    Patent number: 6505673
    Abstract: A method of forming a turbine engine component, includes providing a mold having a textured region, pouring a molten alloy into the mold, and cooling the molten alloy to form a turbine engine component, wherein the turbine engine component has an enhanced surface area region corresponding to the textured region of the mold, the enhanced surface area region comprising randomly arranged bumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1999
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nesim Abuaf, Wayne Charles Hasz, Ching-Pang Lee, Robert Alan Johnson, Frederick Alan Buck