Patents by Inventor Myron E. Rutherford

Myron E. Rutherford 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).

  • Gas turbine combustor liner with asymmetric dilution holes machined from a single piece form
    Patent number: 6553767
    Abstract: An annular gas turbine engine combustor liner has a single piece annular shell circumscribed about a first axis of revolution. The shell has a hot side and a cold side, an annular dilution hole section, and a plurality of asymmetrical cylindrical dilution holes extending through the section. Pockets are circumferentially interdigitated between the dilution holes and extend into the shell from the cold side such that the pockets form dilution hole bosses between the pockets through which the dilution holes extend. Each of the dilution holes is circumscribed about a second axis of revolution which is not parallel to the first axis of revolution. The liner may further include forward and aft annular cooling nuggets located forward and aft of the dilution hole section and having annular film cooling slots which are open in the axially aftwardly direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gilbert Farmer, Daniel D. Brown, Myron E. Rutherford, Steven C. Vise, Jeffrey M. Martini
  • Gas turbine combustor liner with asymmetric dilution holes machined from a single piece form
    Publication number: 20020184893
    Abstract: An annular gas turbine engine combustor liner has a single piece annular shell circumscribed about a first axis of revolution. The shell has a hot side and a cold side, an annular dilution hole section, and a plurality of asymmetrical cylindrical dilution holes extending through the section. Pockets are circumferentially interdigitated between the dilution holes and extend into the shell from the cold side such that the pockets form dilution hole bosses between the pockets through which the dilution holes extend. Each of the dilution holes is circumscribed about a second axis of revolution which is not parallel to the first axis of revolution. The liner may further include forward and aft annular cooling nuggets located forward and aft of the dilution hole section and having annular film cooling slots which are open in the axially aftwardly direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2001
    Publication date: December 12, 2002
    Inventors: Gilbert Farmer, Daniel D. Brown, Myron E. Rutherford, Steven C. Vise, Jeffrey M. Martini