Patents by Inventor Paul Joseph KREITZER

Paul Joseph KREITZER 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: 11359498
    Abstract: An airfoil assembly for a turbine engine can include an airfoil having an outer wall bounding an interior, and an insert located within the interior with a space between the insert and airfoil outer wall. A cooling hole can pass through the insert with an outlet fluidly coupled to the space between the insert and outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Kreitzer, Bradford Alan Tracey, Michael Everitt Isenberg, Thomas Joseph Lipinski, Scott Alan Schimmels, Kenneth Jay Moore
  • Patent number: 11230935
    Abstract: One aspect the present subject matter is directed to a nozzle segment including a stator component having an airfoil. The airfoil includes a leading edge portion, a trailing edge portion, a pressure side wall and a suction side wall and a plurality of film holes in fluid communication with the radial cooling channel. A strut is disposed within the radial cooling channel and defines an inner radial cooling passage within the radial cooling channel. The strut defines a plurality of apertures that provide for fluid communication from the inner radial cooling passage to the radial cooling channel and the plurality of film holes provide for bore cooling of the airfoil of at least one of the pressure side wall or the suction side wall and provide for film cooling of the trailing edge portion of the airfoil between about fifty percent and one hundred percent of the chord length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Scott Huizenga, Darrell Glenn Senile, Robert Alan Frederick, Paul Joseph Kreitzer
  • Publication number: 20200277863
    Abstract: An airfoil assembly for a turbine engine can include an airfoil having an outer wall bounding an interior, and an insert located within the interior with a space between the insert and airfoil outer wall. A cooling hole can pass through the insert with an outlet fluidly coupled to the space between the insert and outer wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Kreitzer, Bradford Alan Tracey, Michael Everitt Isenberg, Thomas Joseph Lipinski, Scott Alan Schimmels, Kenneth Jay Moore
  • Patent number: 10570751
    Abstract: An airfoil assembly for a turbine engine can include an airfoil having an outer wall bounding an interior, and an insert located within the interior with a space between the insert and airfoil outer wall. A cooling hole can pass through the insert with an outlet fluidly coupled to the space between the insert and outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Kreitzer, Bradford Alan Tracey, Michael Everitt Isenberg, Thomas Joseph Lipinski, Scott Alan Schimmels, Kenneth Jay Moore
  • Publication number: 20190153875
    Abstract: An airfoil assembly for a turbine engine can include an airfoil having an outer wall bounding an interior, and an insert located within the interior with a space between the insert and airfoil outer wall. A cooling hole can pass through the insert with an outlet fluidly coupled to the space between the insert and outer wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Kreitzer, Bradford Alan Tracey, Michael Everitt Isenberg, Thomas Joseph Lipinski, Scott Alan Schimmels, Kenneth Jay Moore
  • Publication number: 20170081966
    Abstract: One aspect the present subject matter is directed to a nozzle segment including a stator component having an airfoil. The airfoil includes a leading edge portion, a trailing edge portion, a pressure side wall and a suction side wall and a plurality of film holes in fluid communication with the radial cooling channel. A strut is disposed within the radial cooling channel and defines an inner radial cooling passage within the radial cooling channel. The strut defines a plurality of apertures that provide for fluid communication from the inner radial cooling passage to the radial cooling channel and the plurality of film holes provide for bore cooling of the airfoil of at least one of the pressure side wall or the suction side wall and provide for film cooling of the trailing edge portion of the airfoil between about fifty percent and one hundred percent of the chord length.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2015
    Publication date: March 23, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin Scott HUIZENGA, Darrell Glenn SENILE, Robert Alan FREDERICK, Paul Joseph KREITZER