Patents by Inventor Kenneth Earl Williams

Kenneth Earl Williams 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).

  • Turbine airfoil internal core profile
    Patent number: 10138735
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, an airfoil for a rotor blade of a gas turbine includes a normalized pressure side wall portion thickness, a normalized suction side wall portion thickness, a normalized leading edge wall thickness, and a normalized trailing edge wall thickness. The values of theses thicknesses define the pressure side wall portion thickness, the suction side wall portion thickness, the leading edge wall thickness, and the trailing edge wall thickness, which improve heat transfer, flow distribution, and mechanical load transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Adebukola Oluwaseun Benson, Xiuzhang James Zhang, Nicholas Alvin Hogberg, Kenneth Earl Williams
  • TURBINE AIRFOIL INTERNAL CORE PROFILE
    Publication number: 20170122111
    Abstract: In one aspect of the present disclosure, an airfoil for a rotor blade of a gas turbine includes a normalized pressure side wall portion thickness, a normalized suction side wall portion thickness, a normalized leading edge wall thickness, and a normalized trailing edge wall thickness. The values of theses thicknesses define the pressure side wall portion thickness, the suction side wall portion thickness, the leading edge wall thickness, and the trailing edge wall thickness, which improve heat transfer, flow distribution, and mechanical load transfer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Adebukola Oluwaseun Benson, Xiuzhang James Zhang, Nicholas Alvin Hogberg, Kenneth Earl Williams