Patents by Inventor Nicholas Mule

Nicholas Mule 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 engine combustor liner
    Patent number: 10107497
    Abstract: A liner for a combustor of a turbine engine includes a cooling feature which projects from a backside and one or more effusion holes that communicate(s) through the liner. The effusion hole(s) surround an opening through said liner. The cooling feature may include a trip strip or a pyramid pin fin (e.g., a three-side pyramid pin fin, a conical pyramid pin fin). The effusion hole(s) may penetrate said cooling feature. The effusion hole(s) may define an angle less than or equal to ninety (90) degrees with respect to a face of said liner. The effusion hole(s) may be proximate an opening through said liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: James P. Bangerter, Alexander W. Williams, Nicholas Mule, Monica Pacheco-Tougas
  • Cooling for combustor liners with accelerating channels
    Patent number: 9194585
    Abstract: A combustor liner which reduces cooling flow to a combustion chamber and augments pressure drop split between impingement holes and effusion holes is disclosed. The combustor liner may further include accelerating channels, trip strips, pedestals, and cone-shaped effusion holes to provide further cooling of the liner. The combustor liner may reduce NOx production and the temperature of the combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine or the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Frank J. Cunha, Timothy S. Snyder, Nurhak Erbas-Sen, Alexander W. Williams, Nicholas Mule, James P. Bangerter
  • GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMBUSTOR LINER
    Publication number: 20140096527
    Abstract: A liner for a combustor of a turbine engine includes a cooling feature which projects from a backside and an effusion hole that communicates through the liner
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: James P. Bangerter, Alexander W. Williams, Nicholas Mule, Monica Pacheco-Tougas
  • Cooling for Combustor Liners with Accelerating Channels
    Publication number: 20140096528
    Abstract: A combustor liner which reduces cooling flow to a combustion chamber and augments pressure drop split between impingement holes and effusion holes is disclosed. The combustor liner may further include accelerating channels, trip strips, pedestals, and cone-shaped effusion holes to provide further cooling of the liner. The combustor liner may reduce NOx production and the temperature of the combustion chamber of a gas turbine engine or the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Publication date: April 10, 2014
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Frank J. Cunha, Timothy S. Snyder, Nurhak Erbas-Sen, Alexander W. Williams, Nicholas Mule, James P. Bangerter