Patents by Inventor Michael Julian Castillo

Michael Julian Castillo 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).

  • Publication number: 20230043809
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided including a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order; a rotor assembly driven by the turbomachine, the rotor assembly, the turbomachine, or both comprising a substantially annular duct relative to the centerline of the gas turbine engine, the annular duct defining a flowpath; a heat exchanger positioned within the annular duct and extending substantially continuously along the circumferential direction, the heat exchanger comprising a first material defining a heat exchange surface exposed to the flowpath, wherein the first material defines a heat exchange coefficient and wherein the heat exchange surface defines a surface area (A), and wherein the heat exchanger has an effective transmission loss (ETL) of between 5 decibels and 1 decibel for an operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2021
    Publication date: February 9, 2023
    Inventors: Scott Alan Schimmels, Jeffrey Douglas Rambo, Daniel Alan Niergarth, Daniel Lawrence Tweedt, Michael Simonetti, Michael Julian Castillo, Timothy Richard DePuy, Steven Benjamin Morris
  • Patent number: 11002141
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of managing negative incidence of an airfoil are provided. The apparatus includes a first row of stationary turbine main vanes and a second row of auxiliary vanes extending radially inwardly from a stationary casing of the turbine proximate the adjacent leading edge of the main vane. The apparatus also includes a flow channel defined between a pressure side of an auxiliary vane of the second row of auxiliary vanes and a suction side of an adjacent main vane of the row of stationary turbine main vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Paul Lurie, Sherif Alykadry Abdelfattah, Michael Julian Castillo, Anthony Louis DiPietro, Jr., Aspi Rustom Wadia, Gregory Burr Heitland
  • Patent number: 10883515
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of managing negative incidence of an airfoil are provided. The apparatus includes a row of vane pairs including a first row of main vanes extending radially inwardly from a stationary casing member and spaced circumferentially about a first axial location of the stationary casing member. The apparatus also includes a second row of auxiliary vanes extending radially inwardly from the stationary casing member and spaced circumferentially about a second axial location of the stationary casing member. The apparatus also includes a flow channel defined between a pressure side of each auxiliary vane and a suction side of an adjacent main vane proximate a leading edge of the adjacent main vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Paul Lurie, Sherif Alykadry Abdelfattah, Michael Julian Castillo, Anthony Louis DiPietro, Jr., Aspi Rustom Wadia, Eric Andrew Falk, William Joseph Solomon, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow
  • Patent number: 10385871
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of managing negative incidence in a compressor is provided. The apparatus includes a first row of stationary main vanes, and a second row of stationary auxiliary vanes extending radially inwardly from a stationary casing of the compressor proximate the leading edges of the main vanes. A flow channel is defined between a pressure side of an auxiliary vane of the second row of auxiliary vanes and a suction side of an adjacent main vane of the row of main vanes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Paul Lurie, Sherif Alykadry Abdelfattah, Michael Julian Castillo, Anthony Louis DiPietro, Jr., Aspi Rustom Wadia
  • Publication number: 20180335050
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of managing negative incidence in a compressor is provided. The apparatus includes a first row of stationary main vanes, and a second row of stationary auxiliary vanes extending radially inwardly from a stationary casing of the compressor proximate the leading edges of the main vanes. A flow channel is defined between a pressure side of an auxiliary vane of the second row of auxiliary vanes and a suction side of an adjacent main vane of the row of main vanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: David Paul Lurie, Sherif Alykadry Abdelfattah, Michael Julian Castillo, Anthony Louis DiPietro, JR., Aspi Rustom Wadia
  • Publication number: 20180335051
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of managing negative incidence of an airfoil are provided. The apparatus includes a row of vane pairs including a first row of main vanes extending radially inwardly from a stationary casing member and spaced circumferentially about a first axial location of the stationary casing member. The apparatus also includes a second row of auxiliary vanes extending radially inwardly from the stationary casing member and spaced circumferentially about a second axial location of the stationary casing member. The apparatus also includes a flow channel defined between a pressure side of each auxiliary vane and a suction side of an adjacent main vane proximate a leading edge of the adjacent main vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: David Paul Lurie, Sherif Alykadry Abdelfattah, Michael Julian Castillo, Anthony Louis DiPietro, JR., Aspi Rustom Wadia, Eric Andrew Falk, William Joseph Solomon, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow
  • Publication number: 20180334916
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of managing negative incidence of an airfoil are provided. The apparatus includes a first row of stationary turbine main vanes and a second row of auxiliary vanes extending radially inwardly from a stationary casing of the turbine proximate the adjacent leading edge of the main vane. The apparatus also includes a flow channel defined between a pressure side of an auxiliary vane of the second row of auxiliary vanes and a suction side of an adjacent main vane of the row of stationary turbine main vanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2017
    Publication date: November 22, 2018
    Inventors: David Paul Lurie, Sherif Alykadry Abdelfattah, Michael Julian Castillo, Anthony Louis DiPietro, JR., Aspi Rustom Wadia, Gregory Burr Heitland