Patents by Inventor Michael A. Davi

Michael A. Davi 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).

  • CLUTCHED TURBINE WHEELS
    Publication number: 20110162341
    Abstract: Solutions for clutching turbine wheels are disclosed. In one embodiment, an apparatus includes: a turbine rotor shaft; a plurality of turbine wheels affixed to the turbine rotor shaft; an independent turbine wheel engagably attached to the turbine rotor shaft; and a clutch operably connected to the turbine rotor shaft, the clutch configured to couple and decouple the independent turbine wheel from the turbine rotor shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2010
    Publication date: July 7, 2011
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: William T. Parry, Nestor Hernandez Sanchez, Michael A. Davi
  • Acoustically tuned combustor
    Patent number: 4409787
    Abstract: A stationary gas turbine combustor having a fuel nozzle and a combustion chamber receiving the fuel nozzle also contains a pressure wave interference element fixed within the interior of the combustor and disposed in the path of the variable pressure waves to modify the intensity of the pressure waves and the location of their nodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: October 18, 1983
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Davi, Lewis B. Davis, Jr., Edward P. Hopkins