Patents by Inventor Loubriel Ramirez

Loubriel Ramirez 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: 10968748
    Abstract: A turbine section includes a pair of adjacent turbine airfoils and an endwall extending between the airfoils. The endwall includes a first feature spanning approximately thirty percent pitch and having a first depression with a maximum depression located between twenty percent and eighty percent of the axial chord length of the first airfoil, a second feature spanning approximately thirty percent pitch and having a first peak with a maximum height located between sixty percent and ninety percent of the axial chord length of the first airfoil, and a third feature spanning approximately thirty percent pitch and having a second depression with a maximum depression located between twenty percent and fifty percent of the axial chord length of the second airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Loubriel Ramirez
  • Patent number: 10876411
    Abstract: A turbine section includes a pair of adjacent turbine airfoils and an endwall extending between the airfoils. The endwall includes a first feature spanning approximately twenty percent pitch and having a first depression with a first maximum depression located between twenty percent and sixty percent of an axial chord length of the first airfoil, a second feature adjacent the first feature with the second feature spanning approximately forty percent pitch and having a first peak with a maximum height located between twenty percent and sixty percent of the axial chord length of the first airfoil, and a third feature adjacent the second feature and first side of the second airfoil with the third feature spanning approximately forty percent pitch and having a second depression with a second maximum depression located between thirty percent and sixty percent of an axial chord length of the second airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Loubriel Ramirez
  • Publication number: 20200318483
    Abstract: A turbine section includes a pair of adjacent turbine airfoils and an endwall extending between the airfoils. The endwall includes a first feature spanning approximately thirty percent pitch and having a first depression with a maximum depression located between twenty percent and eighty percent of the axial chord length of the first airfoil, a second feature spanning approximately thirty percent pitch and having a first peak with a maximum height located between sixty percent and ninety percent of the axial chord length of the first airfoil, and a third feature spanning approximately thirty percent pitch and having a second depression with a maximum depression located between twenty percent and fifty percent of the axial chord length of the second airfoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: Loubriel Ramirez
  • Publication number: 20200318484
    Abstract: A turbine section includes a pair of adjacent turbine airfoils and an endwall extending between the airfoils. The endwall includes a first feature spanning approximately twenty percent pitch and having a first depression with a first maximum depression located between twenty percent and sixty percent of an axial chord length of the first airfoil, a second feature adjacent the first feature with the second feature spanning approximately forty percent pitch and having a first peak with a maximum height located between twenty percent and sixty percent of the axial chord length of the first airfoil, and a third feature adjacent the second feature and first side of the second airfoil with the third feature spanning approximately forty percent pitch and having a second depression with a second maximum depression located between thirty percent and sixty percent of an axial chord length of the second airfoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Inventor: Loubriel Ramirez
  • Patent number: 10508550
    Abstract: An airfoil array includes an endwall. A first airfoil and a second airfoil each extend radially from the endwall and have a first side and an opposite second side that extends along an axially chord between a leading edge and a trailing edge. A first profiled region is recessed into the endwall along the first side of the first airfoil. A second profiled region protrudes from the endwall approximately equidistant from the first side of the first airfoil and the second side of the second airfoil. A third profiled region is recessed into the endwall along adjacent the leading edge of the second side of the second airfoil. The third profiled region is at least partially axially aligned with the second profiled region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 17, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy Charles Nash, Loubriel Ramirez
  • Publication number: 20190120059
    Abstract: An airfoil array includes an endwall. A first airfoil and a second airfoil each extend radially from the endwall and have a first side and an opposite second side that extends along an axially chord between a leading edge and a trailing edge. A first profiled region is recessed into the endwall along the first side of the first airfoil. A second profiled region protrudes from the endwall approximately equidistant from the first side of the first airfoil and the second side of the second airfoil. A third profiled region is recessed into the endwall along adjacent the leading edge of the second side of the second airfoil. The third profiled region is at least partially axially aligned with the second profiled region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2017
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Timothy Charles Nash, Loubriel Ramirez
  • Patent number: 10012086
    Abstract: An example airfoil includes an airfoil body with a leading edge and a trailing edge joined by a pressure side and a suction side to provide an external airfoil surface extending in a radial direction from at least one platform. The external airfoil surface is formed in substantial conformance with multiple cross-sectional profiles of the airfoil described by a set of Cartesian coordinates set forth in Table 1. The Cartesian coordinates are provided by an axial coordinate scaled by a local axial chord, a circumferential coordinate scaled by a local axial chord, and a span location. The local axial chord corresponds to a width of the airfoil between the leading edge and the trailing edge at the span location, and the Cartesian coordinates in Table 1 have a tolerance relative to the specified coordinates of up to +0.050 inches (+1.27 mm).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: David M. Pons, Loubriel Ramirez
  • Publication number: 20160281509
    Abstract: An example airfoil includes an airfoil body with a leading edge and a trailing edge joined by a pressure side and a suction side to provide an external airfoil surface extending in a radial direction from at least one platform. The external airfoil surface is formed in substantial conformance with multiple cross-sectional profiles of the airfoil described by a set of Cartesian coordinates set forth in Table 1. The Cartesian coordinates are provided by an axial coordinate scaled by a local axial chord, a circumferential coordinate scaled by a local axial chord, and a span location. The local axial chord corresponds to a width of the airfoil between the leading edge and the trailing edge at the span location, and the Cartesian coordinates in Table 1 have a tolerance relative to the specified coordinates of up to +0.050 inches (+1.27 mm).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: David M. Pons, Loubriel Ramirez