Patents by Inventor John Franklin Gibbons

John Franklin Gibbons 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).

  • SUBSTRATE WITH SHAPED COOLING HOLES
    Publication number: 20170261208
    Abstract: A substrate having one or more shaped effusion cooling holes formed therein. Each shaped cooling hole has a bore angled relative to an exit surface of the combustor liner. One end of the bore is an inlet formed in an inlet surface of the combustor liner. The other end of the bore is an outlet formed in the exit surface of the combustor liner. The outlet has a shaped portion that expands in only one dimension. Also methods for making the shaped cooling holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2017
    Publication date: September 14, 2017
    Inventors: John Howard Starkweather, William Thomas Bennett, John Franklin Gibbons, Anthony Stephen Urbanski