Patents by Inventor Luis Alfonso Gonzalez

Luis Alfonso Gonzalez 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).

  • Segmented micro-channel for improved flow
    Patent number: 10378380
    Abstract: A system includes a shroud segment for use in a turbine and includes a body having a leading and trailing edge, first and second side edge, and a pair of opposed lateral sides between the leading and trailing edges and the first and second side edges. A first lateral side interfaces with a cavity having a cooling fluid. A first channel includes a first and second end portion. A second channel includes a third end portion and a fourth end portion. The first and second channels receive the cooling fluid from the cavity to cool the body. The second end portion includes a first segmented channel with first metering feature and the third end portion includes a second segmented channel with second exit feature. The first and second exit features meter a flow of the cooling fluid within the first and second channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Marc Lionel Benjamin, Benjamin Paul Lacy, Luis Alfonso Gonzalez, Michael Scott Soden
  • SEGMENTED MICRO-CHANNEL FOR IMPROVED FLOW
    Publication number: 20170175575
    Abstract: A system includes a shroud segment for use in a turbine and includes a body having a leading and trailing edge, first and second side edge, and a pair of opposed lateral sides between the leading and trailing edges and the first and second side edges. A first lateral side interfaces with a cavity having a cooling fluid. A first channel includes a first and second end portion. A second channel includes a third end portion and a fourth end portion. The first and second channels receive the cooling fluid from the cavity to cool the body. The second end portion includes a first segmented channel with first metering feature and the third end portion includes a second segmented channel with second exit feature. The first and second exit features meter a flow of the cooling fluid within the first and second channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Marc Lionel Benjamin, Benjamin Paul Lacy, Luis Alfonso Gonzalez, Michael Scott Soden