Patents by Inventor Kevin Stephen Hansell

Kevin Stephen Hansell 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).

  • Method and apparatus for operating gas turbine engines
    Patent number: 7717667
    Abstract: A method for operating a gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a fan, a high pressure turbine coupled downstream from the fan, and a low pressure turbine downstream from the high pressure turbine. The method includes channeling a portion of air discharged from the fan through a clearance control system including an inlet assembly that includes a plurality of louvers, and directing air from the inlet assembly into a first pipe and second pipe coupled to the inlet assembly such that pressure losses associated with the airflow are facilitated to be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 18, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ryan Michael Urbassik, Scott Anthony Estridge, Rafael Ruiz, Robert Proctor, Robert J. Albers, Kevin Stephen Hansell
  • Method and apparatus for operating gas turbine engines
    Publication number: 20080080967
    Abstract: A method for operating a gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a fan, a high pressure turbine coupled downstream from the fan, and a low pressure turbine downstream from the high pressure turbine. The method includes channeling a portion of air discharged from the fan through a clearance control system including an inlet assembly that includes a plurality of louvers, and directing air from the inlet assembly into a first pipe and second pipe coupled to the inlet assembly such that pressure losses associated with the airflow are facilitated to be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2006
    Publication date: April 3, 2008
    Inventors: Ryan Michael Urbassik, Scott Anthony Estridge, Rafael Ruiz, Robert Proctor, Robert J. Albers, Kevin Stephen Hansell