Patents by Inventor Paul Hadley Vitt
Paul Hadley Vitt 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).
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Patent number: 12140035Abstract: A shroud assembly for a turbine engine having a centerline axis. The shroud assembly having a shroud hanger, at least one shroud segment, and at least one biasing element extending between the two. The biasing element configured to radially bias the at least one shroud segment between an outboard position and an inboard position radially outward from the outboard position with respect to the centerline axis.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2021Date of Patent: November 12, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Paul Hadley Vitt, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow
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Patent number: 12071889Abstract: A turbine section and an exhaust section for a gas turbine engine includes a low pressure (LP) turbine having first stage LP turbine blades that rotate in a first direction at a first speed, and final stage LP turbine blades downstream of the first stage LP turbine blades that rotate in a second direction opposite the first direction at a second speed. The second speed is lower than the first speed.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2022Date of Patent: August 27, 2024Assignees: General Electric Company, General Electric Deutschland Holding GmbH, GE Avio SrlInventors: Paul Hadley Vitt, Lyle Douglas Dailey, Matteo Renato Usseglio, Andreas Peters, Jonathan Ong
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Publication number: 20240247614Abstract: A turbine engine and method of operating includes an engine core with a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine in axial flow arrangement. A flow path extends through the engine core from the compressor to the turbine to define a flow direction for a working airflow through the engine core.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 3, 2024Publication date: July 25, 2024Inventors: Christopher Ryan Johnson, Paul Hadley Vitt, Eric Joseph Schroeder, Carlos Gilberto Fernandez-Soto
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Publication number: 20240167385Abstract: A turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section, and an airfoil with an outer wall defining a pressure side and a suction side and extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a mean camber line. A first thickness is defined between the pressure side and the suction side at a first location along the mean camber line.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2023Publication date: May 23, 2024Inventors: Thomas William VANDEPUTTE, Paul Hadley VITT, Daniel Endecott OSGOOD, Brian David KEITH
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Patent number: 11970979Abstract: A turbine engine and method of operating includes an engine core with a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine in axial flow arrangement. A flow path extends through the engine core from the compressor to the turbine to define a flow direction for a working airflow through the engine core.Type: GrantFiled: November 2, 2022Date of Patent: April 30, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Christopher Ryan Johnson, Paul Hadley Vitt, Eric Joseph Schroeder, Carlos Gilberto Fernandez-Soto
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Patent number: 11952912Abstract: A turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section, and an airfoil with an outer wall defining a pressure side and a suction side and extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a mean camber line. A first thickness is defined between the pressure side and the suction side at a first location along the mean camber line.Type: GrantFiled: August 24, 2022Date of Patent: April 9, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Thomas William Vandeputte, Paul Hadley Vitt, Daniel Endecott Osgood, Brian David Keith
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Patent number: 11939880Abstract: A turbine engine stage includes a plurality of airfoils extending between an inner band and an outer band. Each airfoil in the plurality of airfoils can have an outer wall defining a pressure side and a suction side, with the outer wall extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge. An intervening flow passage is defined between two adjacent airfoils in the plurality of airfoils.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2022Date of Patent: March 26, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Paul Hadley Vitt, Matthew Brian Surprenant, Brian David Keith, Prem Venugopal, Thomas William Vandeputte
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Publication number: 20240093642Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan located at a forward portion of the gas turbine engine, a compressor section and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order. The compressor section and the turbine section together define a core airflow path. A rotary member is rotatable with at least a portion of the compressor section and with at least a portion of the turbine section. An outlet guide vane assembly includes multiple outlet guide vanes located in an exhaust airflow path downstream of the turbine section. The multiple outlet guide vanes being spaced-apart circumferentially from each other over an angular range of about 360 degrees, and each multiple outlet guide vane defining a radial extent. At least one of the multiple outlet guide vanes includes a cold fluid passageway and another of the multiple guide vanes includes a heated fluid passageway.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 30, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Applicants: General Electric Company, General Electric Deutschland Holding GmbHInventors: Paul Hadley Vitt, Michael Simonetti, Ashish Sharma
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Publication number: 20240093644Abstract: An aircraft engine is provided. The aircraft engine includes a compressor section having a compressor. A turbine section is downstream of the compressor section. The turbine section includes a turbine having turbine blades arranged in counter rotating stages. The aircraft engine further includes one or more fluid supply lines and a fuel cell assembly fluidly coupled to the one or more fluid supply lines for receiving one or more input fluids. The fuel cell assembly is in fluid communication with the turbine section to provide one or more output products to the turbine section. The aircraft engine further includes a heat exchanger in fluid communication with the turbine downstream of the counter rotating stages of turbine blades to receive exhaust gases from the turbine. The heat exchanger is thermally coupled to the one or more fluid supply lines of the fuel cell assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Paul Hadley Vitt, Matteo Renato Usseglio, Brian Lewis Devendorf
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Publication number: 20240068370Abstract: A turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section, and an airfoil with an outer wall defining a pressure side and a suction side and extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a mean camber line. A first thickness is defined between the pressure side and the suction side at a first location along the mean camber line.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 24, 2022Publication date: February 29, 2024Inventors: Thomas William Vandeputte, Paul Hadley Vitt, Daniel Endecott Osgood, Brian David Keith
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Patent number: 11885233Abstract: A turbine engine with at least a compressor section, combustor section, turbine section and a set of airfoils. The airfoils include geometric characteristics to create a high contraction ratio (CR), a low blade turning (BT) at a radially inward location the airfoil, a low solidity, or a low aspect ratio (AR).Type: GrantFiled: July 28, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignees: General Electric Company, GE Avio S.r.l.Inventors: Ernesto Sozio, Francesco Bertini, Jeffrey Donald Clements, Jonathan Ong, Lyle Douglas Dailey, Paul Hadley Vitt, Matteo Renato Usseglio
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Patent number: 11867121Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan located at a forward portion of the gas turbine engine, a compressor section and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order. The compressor section and the turbine section together define a core airflow path. A rotary member is rotatable with at least a portion of the compressor section and with at least a portion of the turbine section. An outlet guide vane assembly includes multiple outlet guide vanes located in an exhaust airflow path downstream of the turbine section. The multiple outlet guide vanes being spaced-apart circumferentially from each other over an angular range of about 360 degrees, and each multiple outlet guide vane defining a radial extent.Type: GrantFiled: March 24, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignees: General Electric Company, General Electric Deutschland Holding GmbHInventors: Paul Hadley Vitt, Michael Simonetti, Ashish Sharma
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Publication number: 20230374935Abstract: A turbine section for a gas turbine engine defines a radial direction and includes a low-pressure (LP) turbine that includes a first plurality of LP turbine blades that includes a first stage having first stage LP turbine blades that rotate in a first direction at a first speed, a second plurality of LP turbine blades that includes a plurality of stages of LP turbine blades disposed downstream of the first stage LP turbine blades that rotate in a second direction opposite the first direction at a second speed, a first LP turbine spool connected to the first plurality of LP turbine blades on an inner side of the first plurality of LP turbine blades in the radial direction, and a second LP turbine spool connected to the second plurality of LP turbine blades on an inner side of the second plurality of LP turbine blades in the radial directionType: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2022Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Paul Hadley Vitt, Lyle Douglas Dailey, Matteo Renato Usseglio, Andreas Peters
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Publication number: 20230340906Abstract: A turbine section and an exhaust section for a gas turbine engine includes a low pressure (LP) turbine having first stage LP turbine blades that rotate in a first direction at a first speed, and final stage LP turbine blades downstream of the first stage LP turbine blades that rotate in a second direction opposite the first direction at a second speed. The second speed is lower than the first speed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2022Publication date: October 26, 2023Inventors: Paul Hadley Vitt, Lyle Douglas Dailey, Matteo Renato Usseglio, Andreas Peters, Jonathan Ong
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Patent number: 11692448Abstract: A nozzle assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a nozzle having a first material defining a first coefficient of thermal expansion, the nozzle having an airfoil defining a fluid passage therein, an inlet wall defining a fluid inlet that is fluidly connected to the fluid passage, and a passive valve assembly comprising an annular band, the annular band comprising a second material having a second coefficient of thermal expansion less than the first coefficient of thermal expansion such that the passive valve assembly is at least partially moveable relative to the fluid inlet.Type: GrantFiled: March 4, 2022Date of Patent: July 4, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Paul Hadley Vitt, Steven Douglas Johnson
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Publication number: 20230130213Abstract: A turbine engine with at least a compressor section, combustor section, turbine section and a set of airfoils. The airfoils include geometric characteristics to create a high contraction ratio (CR), a low blade turning (BT) at a radially inward location the airfoil, a low solidity, or a low aspect ratio (AR).Type: ApplicationFiled: July 28, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Ernesto Sozio, Francesco Bertini, Jeffrey Donald Clements, Jonathan Ong, Lyle Douglas Dailey, Paul Hadley Vitt, Matteo Renato Usseglio
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Publication number: 20230059927Abstract: A turbine engine and method of operating includes an engine core with a compressor, a combustor, and a turbine in axial flow arrangement. A flow path extends through the engine core from the compressor to the turbine to define a flow direction for a working airflow through the engine core.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2022Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Christopher Ryan Johnson, Paul Hadley Vitt, Eric Joseph Schroeder, Carlos Gilberto Fernandez-Soto
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Patent number: 11519333Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure generally relate to a turbine engine and method of operating a turbine engine having an engine core including a compressor, combustor, and turbine in axial flow arrangement, whereby a working airflow passes through the engine core from the compressor to the turbine to define a flow direction through the engine core. The method includes generating a shockwave in the working airflow that propagates in the flow direction, and at least partially attenuating the shockwave.Type: GrantFiled: September 10, 2020Date of Patent: December 6, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Christopher Ryan Johnson, Paul Hadley Vitt, Eric Joseph Schroeder, Carlos Gilberto Fernandez-Soto
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Publication number: 20220307418Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan located at a forward portion of the gas turbine engine, a compressor section and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order. The compressor section and the turbine section together define a core airflow path. A rotary member is rotatable with at least a portion of the compressor section and with at least a portion of the turbine section. An outlet guide vane assembly includes multiple outlet guide vanes located in an exhaust airflow path downstream of the turbine section. The multiple outlet guide vanes being spaced-apart circumferentially from each other over an angular range of about 360 degrees, and each multiple outlet guide vane defining a radial extent.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2021Publication date: September 29, 2022Applicants: General Electric Company, General Electric Deutschland Holding GmbHInventors: Paul Hadley Vitt, Michael Simonetti, Ashish Sharma
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Patent number: 11434765Abstract: A turbine engine with at least a compressor section, combustor section, turbine section and a set of airfoils. The airfoils include geometric characteristics to create a high contraction ratio (CR), a low blade turning (BT) at a radially inward location the airfoil, a low solidity, or a low aspect ratio (AR).Type: GrantFiled: January 14, 2021Date of Patent: September 6, 2022Assignees: General Electric Company, GE AVIO S.r.l.Inventors: Ernesto Sozio, Francesco Bertini, Jeffrey Donald Clements, Jonathan Ong, Lyle Douglas Dailey, Paul Hadley Vitt, Matteo Renato Usseglio