Patents by Inventor Noel BATES

Noel BATES 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).

  • Detergent delivery methods and systems for turbine engines
    Patent number: 9957066
    Abstract: Methods and systems for in situ cleaning of internal cooling circuits of a turbine engine with detergent that provide cleaning a turbine engine that includes circumferentially arranged internal impingement cooling circuits that each include a baffle plate configured to air cool a respective surface or component of the turbine engine. Detergent is introduced through the outer wall and proximate to a back side of a baffle plate such that the detergent passes through at least one aperture in the baffle plate and acts at least upon the surface or component that the baffle plate is configured to cool. The detergent may also act on the front side of the baffle plate that is proximate to the surface or component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni, Nicole Jessica Tibbetts, Brian Michael Ellis, Manuel K. Bueno, Ever Reyes, Noel Bates, Brian Kalb
  • DETERGENT DELIVERY METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR TURBINE ENGINES
    Publication number: 20160236799
    Abstract: Methods and systems for in situ cleaning of internal cooling circuits of a turbine engine with detergent that provide cleaning a turbine engine that includes circumferentially arranged internal impingement cooling circuits that each include a baffle plate configured to air cool a respective surface or component of the turbine engine. Detergent is introduced through the outer wall and proximate to a back side of a baffle plate such that the detergent passes through at least aperture in the baffle plate and acts at least upon the surface or component that the baffle plate is configured to cool. The detergent may also act on the front side of the baffle plate that is proximate to the surface or component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Bernard Patrick BEWLAY, Ambarish Jayant KULKARNI, Nicole Jessica TIBBETTS, Brian Michael ELLIS, Manuel K. BUENO, Ever REYES, Noel BATES, Brian KALB