Patents by Inventor Kenneth L. Suder

Kenneth L. Suder 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).

  • Endwall treatment and method for gas turbine
    Patent number: 7074006
    Abstract: An endwall treatment for a gas turbine engine having at least one rotor blade extending from a rotatable hub and a casing circumferentially surrounding the rotor and the hub, the endwall treatment including, an inlet formed in an endwall of the gas turbine engine adapted to ingest fluid from a region of a higher-pressure fluid, an outlet formed in the endwall and located in a region of lower pressure than the inlet, wherein the inlet and the outlet are in a fluid communication with each other, the outlet being adapted to inject the fluid from the inlet in the region of lower pressure, and wherein the outlet is at least partially circumferentially offset relative to the inlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2006
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Administrator of National Aeronautics and Space Administration
    Inventors: Michael D. Hathaway, Anthony J. Strazisar, Kenneth L. Suder