Patents by Inventor Jeffrey D. Carnes

Jeffrey D. Carnes 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).

  • Publication number: 20230417155
    Abstract: Compact bleed valve assemblies are disclosed. An example turbine engine comprises a rotor blade having an axial chord (C) measured at a tip of the rotor blade, and a variable bleed valve (VBV) including a VBV port defining a bleed flowpath and an exit angle (?exit) for bleed air exiting the VBV port, the VBV port including a forward entrance edge and an aft exit edge and a first length (LA) therebetween, and a VBV door corresponding to the VBV port, the VBV door to generate a bleed cavity having a bleed cavity area (BA) in the VBV port when the VBV is in a closed position, the VBV door to move between an open position and the closed position at a rotation angle (??), the VBV door to extend a distance (LAact) beyond the first length (LA), wherein L ? A + L ? A a ? c ? t C - 2 * ( B ? V ? I ? P + 0 . 1 ? 5 ) - 1 . 3 ? 5 ? - 0.8 , and wherein B ? V ? I ? P = 0 . 1 ? 5 * B ? A C 2 + 0 . 8 ? 5 * ? ? ? + ? e ? x ? i ? t 2 ? ? .
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 27, 2022
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Malkus, Giridhar Jothiprasad, Christopher E. LaMaster, Jeffrey D. Carnes
  • Publication number: 20230417149
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. A shroud assembly of a gas turbine engine includes: a first shroud arm having a first end and a second end, the first end to couple to an outer wall and the second end to couple to a first shroud pad, and a second shroud arm having a first end and a second end, the first end to couple to the outer wall and the second end to couple to a second shroud pad, at least one of the first shroud pad or the second shroud pad to move radially outward toward the outer wall in response to a rotor blade contacting the at least one of the first shroud pad or the second shroud pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2023
    Publication date: December 28, 2023
    Inventors: Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Praveen Sharma, Jeffrey D. Carnes, Herbert Chidsey Roberts
  • Patent number: 11773741
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. A shroud assembly of a gas turbine engine includes: a first shroud arm having a first end and a second end, the first end to couple to an outer wall and the second end to couple to a first shroud pad, and a second shroud arm having a first end and a second end, the first end to couple to the outer wall and the second end to couple to a second shroud pad, at least one of the first shroud pad or the second shroud pad to move radially outward toward the outer wall in response to a rotor blade contacting the at least one of the first shroud pad or the second shroud pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Praveen Sharma, Jeffrey D. Carnes, Herbert Chidsey Roberts
  • Patent number: 11725530
    Abstract: An example gas turbine engine includes a compressor including a casing defining a passageway and a shaft extending through the passageway. The shaft drivingly coupling the compressor and a turbine of the gas turbine engine. The shaft has an opening to receive airflow from the passageway. The gas turbine engine also includes an inner shroud, stator vanes coupled to and extending radially between the casing and the inner shroud, and an offtake scoop disposed on a downstream side of the inner shroud. The offtake scoop has a channel to direct the airflow radially inward toward the opening in the shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sesha Subramanian, Scott Alan Schimmels, Jeffrey D. Carnes, Vishnu Das K
  • Publication number: 20230212989
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed for a variable bleed valve assembly. An example variable bleed valve assembly includes a variable bleed valve (VBV) door corresponding to a bleed port, an intermediary device operatively coupled to the VBV door, and a first actuator operatively coupled to the intermediary device, the first actuator to move between a first position and a second position, the first actuator to cause the intermediary device to move between the first position and the second position to cause the VBV door to move between the first position and the second position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Thomas Malkus, Jeffrey D. Carnes, Giridhar Jothiprasad, Christopher E. LaMaster, Michael Macrorie, Trevor H. Wood, Steven M. Taylor, Mitchell J. Headley, Paul J. Trimby
  • Publication number: 20220397038
    Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed. A shroud assembly of a gas turbine engine includes: a first shroud arm having a first end and a second end, the first end to couple to an outer wall and the second end to couple to a first shroud pad, and a second shroud arm having a first end and a second end, the first end to couple to the outer wall and the second end to couple to a second shroud pad, at least one of the first shroud pad or the second shroud pad to move radially outward toward the outer wall in response to a rotor blade contacting the at least one of the first shroud pad or the second shroud pad.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2021
    Publication date: December 15, 2022
    Inventors: Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Praveen Sharma, Jeffrey D. Carnes, Herbert Chidsey Roberts