Patents by Inventor Matthew D. COLLIER

Matthew D. COLLIER 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).

  • Damper and seal pin arrangement for a turbine blade
    Patent number: 8905715
    Abstract: A bucket for a turbomachine rotor wheel includes an airfoil portion, a shank portion and a dovetail mounting portion, the shank portion including opposite sides, one of the sides formed with a substantially axially-oriented groove extending between forward and aft ends of the shank portion. The other one of the opposite sides is formed with at least one substantially radially-oriented groove. The substantially axially-oriented groove is adapted to receive an elongated damper pin, and the at least one substantially radially-oriented groove is adapted to receive an elongated radial seal pin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Bradley Boyer, Matthew D. Collier
  • Strategically placed large grains in superalloy casting to improve weldability
    Patent number: 8809724
    Abstract: Process for reducing cracking in superalloy metal components by selectively growing large single grains during the casting operation at a region where fusion welding will be required.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2014
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam, Doyle Clyde Lewis, Daniel Anthony Nowak, Matthew D. Collier, Jian Zheng, Lawrence James Whims
  • DAMPER AND SEAL PIN ARRANGEMENT FOR A TURBINE BLADE
    Publication number: 20120237352
    Abstract: A bucket for a turbomachine rotor wheel includes an airfoil portion, a shank portion and a dovetail mounting portion, the shank portion including opposite sides, one of the sides formed with a substantially axially-oriented groove extending between forward and aft ends of the shank portion. The other one of the opposite sides is formed with at least one substantially radially-oriented groove. The substantially axially-oriented groove is adapted to receive an elongated damper pin, and the at least one substantially radially-oriented groove is adapted to receive an elongated radial seal pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 17, 2011
    Publication date: September 20, 2012
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Bradley BOYER, Matthew D. COLLIER