Patents by Inventor Kevin Kirkeng

Kevin Kirkeng 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).

  • Publication number: 20070237637
    Abstract: A turbine blade includes a hollow airfoil having a plurality of bowed tip holes extending through a tip floor thereof and skewed toward a squealer rib extending outwardly from the floor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 25, 2005
    Publication date: October 11, 2007
    Inventors: Ching-Pang Lee, Nicholas Palmer, Kevin Kirkeng
  • Publication number: 20070048133
    Abstract: A hollow turbine airfoil includes pressure and suction sidewalls extending in span between a root and tip and extending in chord between opposite leading and trailing edges. The pressure sidewall includes a first pattern of first holes distributed in span and chord over a majority thereof, and a second pattern of different second holes also distributed in span and chord over a minority of the pressure sidewall between the tip and the midspan of the airfoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2005
    Publication date: March 1, 2007
    Inventors: Nicholas Palmer, Kevin Kirkeng, Ching-Pang Lee