Patents by Inventor Jeremy Clyde Bailey

Jeremy Clyde Bailey 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: 20120162192
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a system includes an optical monitoring system configured to optically communicate with an interior of a rotary machine. The optical monitoring system is configured to redirect a field of view toward different regions of a component within the interior of the rotary machine while the rotary machine is in operation, and to capture an image of each region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: June 28, 2012
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Guanghua Wang, Jeremy Clyde Bailey, Nirm Velumylum Nirmalan, Lucy Joelle Summerville, James Peter DeLancey
  • Patent number: 7493767
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for cooling a combustor liner and transitions piece of a gas turbine include a combustor liner with a plurality of turbulators arranged in an array axially along a length defining a length of the combustor liner and located on an outer surface thereof; a first flow sleeve surrounding the combustor liner with a first flow annulus therebetween, the first flow sleeve having a plurality of rows of cooling holes formed about a circumference of the first flow sleeve for directing cooling air from the compressor discharge into the first flow annulus; a transition piece connected to the combustor liner and adapted to carry hot combustion gases to a stage of the turbine; a second flow sleeve surrounding the transition piece a second plurality of rows of cooling apertures for directing cooling air into a second flow annulus between the second flow sleeve and the transition piece; wherein the first plurality of cooling holes and second plurality of cooling apertures are each configured with an eff
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 19, 2005
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ronald Scott Bunker, Jeremy Clyde Bailey, Stanley Kevin Widener, Thomas Edward Johnson, John C Intile
  • Patent number: 7373778
    Abstract: A combustor liner for a gas turbine includes a body having a plurality of angled strips on an outside surface of the combustor liner. The plurality of angled strips are arranged in an array about the outside surface. A space is disposed between each of said plurality of angled strips so as to create vortices in a cooling air flowing in a longitudinal direction across said outside surface of said combustor liner. A method of fabricating a combustor liner includes forming a plurality of angled strips on an outside surface of the combustor liner and arranged in an array about the outside surface, each of the angled strips is disposed so as to be spaced apart to create vortices in a cooling air flowing across the outside surface of the combustor liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ronald Scott Bunker, Jeremy Clyde Bailey, Stanley Kevin Widener, Thomas Edward Johnson
  • Patent number: 7186084
    Abstract: A component includes at least one wall having an inner portion and an outer portion. A number of pins extend between the inner and outer portions of the wall. The pins define a mesh cooling arrangement having a number of flow channels. A number of dimples are located in at least one of the inner and outer portions of the wall. The component may also include a number of turbulators disposed on at least one of the inner and outer portions of the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ronald Scott Bunker, Jeremy Clyde Bailey, Ching-Pang Lee
  • Patent number: 6984102
    Abstract: A component includes at least one wall having an inner portion and an outer portion. A number of pins extend between the inner and outer portions of the wall. The pins define a mesh cooling arrangement having a number of flow channels. A number of turbulators are disposed on at least one of the inner and outer portions of the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ronald Scott Bunker, Jeremy Clyde Bailey, Ching-Pang Lee
  • Patent number: 6350102
    Abstract: A turbine assembly includes a plurality of rotor blades comprising a root portion, an airfoil having a pressure sidewall and a suction sidewall, and a top portion having a cap. An outer shroud is concentrically disposed about said rotor blades, said shroud in combination with said tip portions defining a clearance gap. At least one circumferential shroud leakage discourager is disposed within the shroud. The leakage discourager(s) increase the flow resistance and thus reduce the flow of hot gas flow leakage for a given pressure differential across the clearance gap to improve overall turbine efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jeremy Clyde Bailey, Ronald Scott Bunker
  • Patent number: 6234755
    Abstract: A method is described for improving the cooling effectiveness of a fluid which flows through a row of passage holes in a substrate (e.g., a turbine component), out to a high-temperature surface of the substrate. The method involves forming a slot over the holes, within the high temperature surface of the substrate. The slot can be formed within protective coatings applied over the substrate. Alternatively, it can be formed partially within the substrate, and partially within the protective coatings. Movement of a film coolant through the substrate and into the slot results in greater cooling effectiveness. Related articles are also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 22, 2001
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ronald Scott Bunker, Jeremy Clyde Bailey, Ching-Pang Lee, Nesim Abuaf