Patents by Inventor Mitch Mircea Orza

Mitch Mircea Orza 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).

  • Externally adjustable impingement cooling manifold mount and thermocouple housing
    Patent number: 8123406
    Abstract: A mount includes a mounting bolt attached to a casing; an internal bushing that engages the casing at a distal end of the internal bushing; and an external bushing that engages a manifold and engages the internal bushing. The internal bushing is adjustable with respect to the external bushing thereby allowing the manifold to be adjustable with respect to the casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Dean Matthew Erickson, Mitch Mircea Orza, Michael George Savale, Hua Zhang
  • Integrated support/thermocouple housing for impingement cooling manifolds and cooling method
    Patent number: 7914254
    Abstract: A impingement cooling system for heavy duty turbines that includes a manifold affixed to a casing of the heavy-duty turbine, wherein the manifold includes a plurality of impingement holes in the surface of the manifold and a blower that provides air flow across the plurality of impingement holes of the manifold to cool the casing of the heavy-duty turbine to control the clearance between a tip of a turbine blade and a shroud of the heavy-duty turbine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Dean Matthew Erickson, Mitch Mircea Orza, Jason Seale, Hua Zhang, Gregory Allan Crum
  • EXTERNALLY ADJUSTABLE IMPINGEMENT COOLING MANIFOLD MOUNT AND THERMOCOUPLE HOUSING
    Publication number: 20100118914
    Abstract: A mount includes a mounting bolt attached to a casing; an internal bushing that engages the casing at a distal end of the internal bushing; and an external bushing that engages a manifold and engages the internal bushing. The internal bushing is adjustable with respect to the external bushing thereby allowing the manifold to be adjustable with respect to the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2008
    Publication date: May 13, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Dean Matthew Erickson, Mitch Mircea Orza, Michael George Savale, Hua Zhang
  • Integrated support/thermocouple housing for impingement cooling manifolds and cooling method
    Publication number: 20080193278
    Abstract: A impingement cooling system for heavy duty turbines that includes a manifold affixed to a casing of the heavy-duty turbine, wherein the manifold includes a plurality of impingement holes in the surface of the manifold and a blower that provides air flow across the plurality of impingement holes of the manifold to cool the casing of the heavy-duty turbine to control the clearance between a tip of a turbine blade and a shroud of the heavy-duty turbine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2007
    Publication date: August 14, 2008
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Dean Matthew Erickson, Mitch Mircea Orza, Jason Seale, Hua Zhang, Gregory Allan Crum