Patents by Inventor Jakub Roniewicz

Jakub Roniewicz 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for assembling turbine engines
    Patent number: 7360988
    Abstract: A method facilitates the assembly of a gas turbine engine. The method comprises providing a turbine nozzle including an inner band, an outer band, and at least one vane extending between the inner and outer bands, wherein the vane includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall connected together at a leading edge and a trailing edge and coupling the turbine nozzle to a combustor that includes a plurality of circumferentially-spaced cooling openings that are oriented with respect to the turbine nozzle such that cooling air discharged therefrom during engine operation is biased towards the vane leading edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ching-Pang Lee, Wenfeng Lu, Douglas Marti Fortuna, Jakub Roniewicz, Robert Andrzej Gniazdowski
  • Methods and apparatus for assembling turbine engines
    Publication number: 20070134088
    Abstract: A method facilitates the assembly of a gas turbine engine. The method comprises providing a turbine nozzle including an inner band, an outer band, and at least one vane extending between the inner and outer bands, wherein the vane includes a first sidewall and a second sidewall connected together at a leading edge and a trailing edge and coupling the turbine nozzle to a combustor that includes a plurality of circumferentially-spaced cooling openings that are oriented with respect to the turbine nozzle such that cooling air discharged therefrom during engine operation is biased towards the vane leading edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2005
    Publication date: June 14, 2007
    Inventors: Ching-Pang Lee, Wenfeng Lu, Douglas Fortuna, Jakub Roniewicz, Robert Gniazdowski