Patents by Inventor Gary D. Steuber

Gary D. Steuber 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).

  • Stator vane for a rotary machine
    Patent number: 6241467
    Abstract: A coolable stator vane 46 having a platform 48, 54 having internal cooling for the platform is disclosed. Various construction details are developed for cooling the interior of the platform in the trailing edge region 126, 146 of the platform. In one particular embodiment, the platform has a two-pass passage 168 in flow communication with the exterior of the platform, the rearmost pass 170 discharging more than half the cooling fluid entering the two pass passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 2, 1999
    Date of Patent: June 5, 2001
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Mark F. Zelesky, Gary D. Steuber, Daniel E. Kane, Brian Merry
  • Coolable air foil for a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 5857837
    Abstract: A coolable airfoil (25) for a gas turbine engine includes a leading edge portion (52) cooled by a combination of radial and impingement flows through internal passages (80) and (90) separated by an internal wall (95) which is imperforate along a radially inner portion (100) thereof and apertured along a radially outer portion (105) thereof
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 1997
    Date of Patent: January 12, 1999
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Mark F. Zelesky, Dominic J. Mongillo, David J. Candelori, Gary D. Steuber