Patents by Inventor Kimberly Lynne Christman Kenoyer

Kimberly Lynne Christman Kenoyer 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: 10041677
    Abstract: A combustion liner for use in a combustor assembly is provided. The combustion liner includes a side wall that defines a combustion chamber having a main flow axis extending therethrough. The combustion chamber channels a flow of combustion gas therethrough along a mixer swirl flow axis oriented obliquely relative to the main flow axis. The combustion liner also includes film cooling holes defined within the side wall. The film cooling holes are configured to discharge a pressurized fluid jet into the combustion chamber, and arranged in at least a first row and a second row positioned a first distance from the first row. The film cooling holes are arranged such that, when mixed with the flow of combustion gas, the pressurized fluid jet discharged from film cooling holes in the first row is directed along a discharge flow axis misaligned from film cooling holes in the second row.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Erich Robert Fitzpatrick, Michael Alan Stieg, Kimberly Lynne Christman Kenoyer
  • Publication number: 20170176008
    Abstract: A combustion liner for use in a combustor assembly is provided. The combustion liner includes a side wall that defines a combustion chamber having a main flow axis extending therethrough. The combustion chamber channels a flow of combustion gas therethrough along a mixer swirl flow axis oriented obliquely relative to the main flow axis. The combustion liner also includes film cooling holes defined within the side wall. The film cooling holes are configured to discharge a pressurized fluid jet into the combustion chamber, and arranged in at least a first row and a second row positioned a first distance from the first row. The film cooling holes are arranged such that, when mixed with the flow of combustion gas, the pressurized fluid jet discharged from film cooling holes in the first row is directed along a discharge flow axis misaligned from film cooling holes in the second row.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Erich Robert Fitzpatrick, Michael Alan Stieg, Kimberly Lynne Christman Kenoyer