Patents by Inventor Maleek E. Wedderburn

Maleek E. Wedderburn 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).

  • Cooled component for a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 11326518
    Abstract: A combustor panel arrangement for a gas turbine engine. The combustor panel arrangement includes a first combustor panel that has a first edge. A second combustor panel has a second edge facing the first edge. A first plurality of effusion holes extend through the first edge towards the second edge along a corresponding one of a first plurality of flow paths. A second plurality of effusion holes extend through the second edge along a corresponding one of a second plurality flow paths towards the first edge. The first plurality of flow paths and the second plurality of flow paths are non-intersecting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Maleek E. Wedderburn, Nurhak Erbas-Sen, John W. Mubeezi, Fumitaka Ichihashi, Roger O. Coffey
  • COOLED COMPONENT FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20200256250
    Abstract: A combustor panel arrangement for a gas turbine engine. The combustor panel arrangement includes a first combustor panel that has a first edge. A second combustor panel has a second edge facing the first edge. A first plurality of effusion holes extend through the first edge towards the second edge along a corresponding one of a first plurality of flow paths. A second plurality of effusion holes extend through the second edge along a corresponding one of a second plurality flow paths towards the first edge. The first plurality of flow paths and the second plurality of flow paths are non-intersecting.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2020
    Publication date: August 13, 2020
    Inventors: Maleek E. Wedderburn, Nurhak Erbas-Sen, John W. Mubeezi, Fumitaka Ichihashi, Roger O. Coffey