Patents by Inventor Leslie Roy Southall

Leslie Roy Southall 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).

  • Cooling system for gas turbine vane
    Patent number: 5829245
    Abstract: A gas turbine that has turbine vanes that can be cooled with either steam or air includes a compressor that compresses air, a combustor enclosed within a shell and in flow communication with the compressor, a turbine in flow communication with the combustor and receiving hot gas from the combustor and turbine vanes. The turbine vanes having an airfoil, a shroud and a cooling circuit that cools the airfoil and the shrouds with either steam or air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corporation
    Inventors: Gerard McQuiggan, Raymond Scott Nordlund, Leslie Roy Southall, William Edward North, Zachary Sinnott