Patents by Inventor Joeseph Charles Kulesa

Joeseph Charles Kulesa 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).

  • High pressure turbine disk hub with reduced axial stress and method
    Patent number: 7578656
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine disk that includes a centrally disposed disk hub having an integrally-formed, radially outwardly extending web terminating at an outer end. The disk hub has a radially-displaced annular hub surface exposed to high pressure, high temperature discharge gases during engine operation. The radially-displaced annular hub surface acts as an axial free surface mitigating the formation undesirable axial stress in the disk hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2009
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Craig William Higgins, Charles Chris England, Joeseph Charles Kulesa, Andrew John Lammas