Patents by Inventor Milton J. Kenworthy

Milton J. Kenworthy 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).

  • Dispensing arrangement for pressurized air
    Patent number: 4852355
    Abstract: An air dispensing arrangement within a gas turbine engine in which the energy of the pressurized air exiting the compressor is nonuniform. The higher energy pressurized air is dispensed by at least one conduit to the combustor and to other components, the higher energy air providing an improved cooling capability over the lower energy air. Provision is also made to employ the lower energy air for uses such as the dilution of the combustor gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 1988
    Date of Patent: August 1, 1989
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Milton J. Kenworthy, Robert C. King
  • Combustor liner
    Patent number: 4485630
    Abstract: A combustor liner for use between a cooling fluid and hot combustion gases is disclosed. The combustor liner includes portions having different thermal coefficients of expansion so that portions subject to relatively high temperatures have relatively low coefficients of expansion and portions subject to relatively low temperatures have relatively high coefficients of expansion. In this manner, differential thermal expansion is reduced, thereby reducing thermally induced stresses and distortions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1982
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1984
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Milton J. Kenworthy