Patents by Inventor Melvin Lee Noble

Melvin Lee Noble 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).

  • Turbomachinery vane or blade with cooled platforms
    Patent number: 4012167
    Abstract: A turbomachinery vane or blade with a cooled platform including a coolant cavity in said platform into which a plurality of cooling fluid impingement jets are projected to impinge against the platform wall and then flow along the platform wall after impingement for cooling thereof and eventual discharge from the cooling cavity along the platform surface. A plurality of dam members extend into the cooling cavity adjacent the impingement jets so as to isolate the impingement jets from cross-flow and channel flow effects from the cooling fluid passing through the cooling cavity following impingement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1975
    Date of Patent: March 15, 1977
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Melvin Lee Noble