Patents by Inventor Neal Therrien

Neal Therrien 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).

  • Patent number: 9127551
    Abstract: A scoop (54) over a coolant inlet hole (48) in an outer wall (40B) of a double-walled tubular structure (40A, 40B) of a gas turbine engine component (26, 28). The scoop redirects a coolant flow (37) into the hole. The leading edge (56, 58) of the scoop has a central projection (56) or tongue that overhangs the coolant inlet hole, and a curved undercut (58) on each side of the tongue between the tongue and a generally C-shaped or generally U-shaped attachment base (53) of the scoop. A partial scoop (62) may be cooperatively positioned with the scoop (54).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew R. Narcus, Matthew Gent, Neal Therrien
  • Patent number: 8955330
    Abstract: A combustion chamber liner (41) with a forward section (44) and an aft section (46). The aft section has an array of aft axial cooling fins (62) covered by a tubular support ring (52), thus forming an array of aft axial grooves (66) between the aft axial fins. Inlet holes (54) in the front end of the support ring may admit coolant (37) into an upstream end of the aft axial cooling fins. An impingement plenum (61) may receive the coolant just before the aft axial cooling fins. Each aft axial fin may include a plurality of axially spaced bumpers (64) that contact the support ring. Spaces or grooves (68) between the bumpers provide circumferential cross flow of coolant between the grooves. The aft axial grooves may discharge the coolant as film cooling along the inner wall (76) of a transition duct (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Siemens Energy, Inc.
    Inventors: Andrew R. Narcus, Kristel Negron-Sanchez, John Pula, Neal Therrien
  • Publication number: 20120247112
    Abstract: A scoop (54) over a coolant inlet hole (48) in an outer wall (40B) of a double-walled tubular structure (40A, 40B) of a gas turbine engine component (26, 28). The scoop redirects a coolant flow (37) into the hole. The leading edge (56, 58) of the scoop has a central projection (56) or tongue that overhangs the coolant inlet hole, and a curved undercut (58) on each side of the tongue between the tongue and a generally C-shaped or generally U-shaped attachment base (53) of the scoop. A partial scoop (62) may be cooperatively positioned with the scoop (54).
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Andrew R. Narcus, Matthew Gent, Neal Therrien
  • Publication number: 20120247111
    Abstract: A combustion chamber liner (41) with a forward section (44) and an aft section (46). The aft section has an array of aft axial cooling fins (62) covered by a tubular support ring (52), thus forming an array of aft axial grooves (66) between the aft axial fins. Inlet holes (54) in the front end of the support ring may admit coolant (37) into an upstream end of the aft axial cooling fins. An impingement plenum (61) may receive the coolant just before the aft axial cooling fins. Each aft axial fin may include a plurality of axially spaced bumpers (64) that contact the support ring. Spaces or grooves (68) between the bumpers provide circumferential cross flow of coolant between the grooves. The aft axial grooves may discharge the coolant as film cooling along the inner wall (76) of a transition duct (28).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 18, 2011
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Inventors: Andrew R. Narcus, Kristel Negron-Sanchez, John Pula, Neal Therrien