Patents by Inventor Johnathan Ray Wallen

Johnathan Ray Wallen 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).

  • Patent number: 12535012
    Abstract: A turbine nozzle assembly includes at least one airfoil and an outer endwall coupled to a radial outer end of the airfoil(s). A mounting rail is coupled to the outer endwall and extends at least partially radially outward from the outer endwall and at least partially circumferentially along the outer endwall. A stress relief structure is defined in the mounting rail and includes an end opening defined in a radial outer surface of the mounting rail, a slot defined through the rail thickness of the mounting rail and coupled to the end opening, and an oblong opening defined through the rail thickness of the mounting rail and coupled to a radial inner end of the slot. The oblong opening is symmetrical in a circumferential direction relative to the slot, and the slot is deeper into the mounting rail than previously provided to relieve stress where prevalent in the mounting rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2025
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2026
    Assignee: GE Vernova Infrastructure Technology LLC
    Inventors: Johnathan Ray Wallen, Kristen Coletti Powers, Lauren Rogers te Riele, William Scott Zemitis
  • Patent number: 12510001
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a turbine shroud with a cooling circuit and turbomachine with the subject turbine shroud. The turbine shroud includes a body with a rib thereon. The rib extends between a first and second sidewall of the body, the sidewalls extending between a forward end and an aft end of the body. The body is coupled to a turbomachine casing or an intermediate component for coupling the body to the turbomachine casing. A cooling circuit within the body is in fluid communication with a cooling chamber adjacent the body. The cooling circuit includes a plurality of inlet passages extending through the rib of the body, and a plurality of outlet passages fluidly coupled to the inlet passage and extending through an external surface of the body. The cooling circuit also includes a first plenum within the rib and in fluid communication with the plurality of inlet passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2025
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2025
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Katherine Courtlyn MacManus, Daniel Robert Burnos, Ibrahim Sezer, Bradley James Miller, Johnathan Ray Wallen
  • Publication number: 20250369370
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a turbine shroud with a cooling circuit and turbomachine with the subject turbine shroud. The turbine shroud includes a body with a rib thereon. The rib extends between a first and second sidewall of the body, the sidewalls extending between a forward end and an aft end of the body. The body is coupled to a turbomachine casing or an intermediate component for coupling the body to the turbomachine casing. A cooling circuit within the body is in fluid communication with a cooling chamber adjacent the body. The cooling circuit includes a plurality of inlet passages extending through the rib of the body, and a plurality of outlet passages fluidly coupled to the inlet passage and extending through an external surface of the body. The cooling circuit also includes a first plenum within the rib and in fluid communication with the plurality of inlet passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2025
    Publication date: December 4, 2025
    Inventors: Katherine Courtlyn MacManus, Daniel Robert Burnos, Ibrahim Sezer, Bradley James Miller, Johnathan Ray Wallen
  • Patent number: 12410730
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a turbine shroud with a cooling circuit and turbomachine with the subject turbine shroud. The turbine shroud includes a body with a structural member thereon. The body is coupled to a turbomachine casing or an intermediate component for coupling the body to the turbomachine casing. A cooling circuit within the body is in fluid communication with a cooling chamber adjacent the body. The cooling circuit includes an inlet passage extending through the structural member of the body, and an outlet passage fluidly coupled to the inlet passage and extending through an external surface of the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2024
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2025
    Assignee: GE Infrastructure Technology, LLC
    Inventors: Katherine Courtlyn MacManus, Daniel Robert Burnos, Ibrahim Sezer, Bradley James Miller, Johnathan Ray Wallen