Patents by Inventor Mackenzie Christopher Hock

Mackenzie Christopher Hock 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).

  • CMC shroud segment with interlocking mechanical joints and fabrication
    Patent number: 11702948
    Abstract: A shroud segment including a forward radial wall, an aft radial wall and at least one interlocking subcomponent. The forward radial wall, an aft radial wall and the at least one interlocking subcomponent are each formed of a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) including reinforcing fibers embedded in a matrix. The shroud segment further including an interlocking mechanical joint joining each of the forward radial wall and the aft radial wall to the at least one interlocking subcomponent. Methods are also provided for joining the forward radial wall and the aft radial wall to the at least one interlocking subcomponent using an interlocking mechanical joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mackenzie Christopher Hock, Daniel Gene Dunn, Douglas Glenn Decesare, Douglas Melton Carper, Steven Robert Hayashi, Nathan Carl Sizemore, Nolan Leander Cousineau
  • CMC SHROUD SEGMENT WITH INTERLOCKING MECHANICAL JOINTS AND FABRICATION
    Publication number: 20220056809
    Abstract: A shroud segment including a forward radial wall, an aft radial wall and at least one interlocking subcomponent. The forward radial wall, an aft radial wall and the at least one interlocking subcomponent are each formed of a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) including reinforcing fibers embedded in a matrix. The shroud segment further including an interlocking mechanical joint joining each of the forward radial wall and the aft radial wall to the at least one interlocking subcomponent. Methods are also provided for joining the forward radial wall and the aft radial wall to the at least one interlocking subcomponent using an interlocking mechanical joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Mackenzie Christopher Hock, Daniel Gene Dunn, Douglas Glenn Decesare, Douglas Melton Carper, Steven Robert Hayashi, Nathan Carl Sizemore, Nolan Leander Cousineau
  • Combustor assembly for a turbo machine
    Patent number: 11112119
    Abstract: A turbo machine including an annular liner assembly defining a reverse flow combustion chamber is generally provided. The liner assembly includes a first piece defining an inner diameter (ID) combustor inlet portion, an outer diameter (OD) combustor outlet portion, and an outer diameter turbine shroud portion, in which the first piece defines a substantially solid volume between the inner diameter combustor inlet portion and the outer diameter combustor outlet portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Mackenzie Christopher Hock
  • Combustor Assembly for a Turbo Machine
    Publication number: 20200132306
    Abstract: A turbo machine including an annular liner assembly defining a reverse flow combustion chamber is generally provided. The liner assembly includes a first piece defining an inner diameter (ID) combustor inlet portion, an outer diameter (OD) combustor outlet portion, and an outer diameter turbine shroud portion, in which the first piece defines a substantially solid volume between the inner diameter combustor inlet portion and the outer diameter combustor outlet portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventor: Mackenzie Christopher Hock
  • CMC SHROUD SEGMENT WITH INTERLOCKING MECHANICAL JOINTS AND FABRICATION
    Publication number: 20190284947
    Abstract: A shroud segment including a forward radial wall, an aft radial wall and at least one interlocking subcomponent. The forward radial wall, an aft radial wall and the at least one interlocking subcomponent are each formed of a ceramic matrix composite (CMC) including reinforcing fibers embedded in a matrix. The shroud segment further including an interlocking mechanical joint joining each of the forward radial wall and the aft radial wall to the at least one interlocking subcomponent. Methods are also provided for joining the forward radial wall and the aft radial wall to the at least one interlocking subcomponent using an interlocking mechanical joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Mackenzie Christopher Hock, Daniel Gene Dunn, Douglas Glenn Decesare, Douglas Melton Carper, Steven Robert Hayashi, Nathan Carl Sizemore, Nolan Leander Cousineau