Patents by Inventor Matthew Joseph Ring

Matthew Joseph Ring 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).

  • Method and apparatus to facilitate reducing losses in turbine engines
    Patent number: 7704038
    Abstract: A method for assembling a compressor for use with a turbine is provided. The method includes coupling at least a first stator ring to a second stator ring via at least one fastener sized to extend through at least one stator ring opening. The method further includes coupling a shield assembly to at least one of the first stator ring and the second stator ring to facilitate reducing convection and aerodynamic bleed losses of the at least one stator ring. The shield assembly includes a downstream surface, a retaining portion, and a contoured upstream surface extending from the downstream surface to the retaining portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Matthew Joseph Ring, Samuel Rulli, Cory Kirk, Hsin-Tuan Liu, Apostolos Karafillis
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS TO FACILITATE REDUCING LOSSES IN TURBINE ENGINES
    Publication number: 20080120841
    Abstract: A method for assembling a compressor for use with a turbine is provided. The method includes coupling at least a first stator ring to a second stator ring via at least one fastener sized to extend through at least one stator ring opening. The method further includes coupling a shield assembly to at least one of the first stator ring and the second stator ring to facilitate reducing convection and aerodynamic bleed losses of the at least one stator ring. The shield assembly includes a downstream surface, a retaining portion, and a contoured upstream surface extending from the downstream surface to the retaining portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 28, 2006
    Publication date: May 29, 2008
    Inventors: Matthew Joseph Ring, Samuel Rulli, Cory Kirk, Hsin-Tuan Liu, Apostolos Karafillis