Patents by Inventor Peter Gaines Cleveland

Peter Gaines Cleveland 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: 7186090
    Abstract: An article of manufacture having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in a table. The table selected from the group of tables consisting of TABLES 1S–16S, 1R–17R, and IGV. Wherein X and Y are distances in inches which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z in inches. The profile sections at the Z distances being joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Steven Eric Tomberg, Roger Beharrysingh, Timothy E. DeJoris, William J. Miller, Paul Deivernois, Venkata Siva P. Chaluvadi, Adrian Mircea Mistreanu, Michael James Dutka, Nathan S. Race, Jeffrey Boyd, Christopher David McGowan, Peter Gaines Cleveland, Jason Thomas Harrell, Carl G. Schott, John David Stampfli, Ronald Stuart Denmark, Steven Mark Schirle, Jennifer B. Michenfelder, John F. Ryman
  • Patent number: 7063509
    Abstract: A turbine bucket airfoil has a conical fillet about the intersection of the airfoil tip and tip shroud having a nominal profile in accordance with coordinate values of X and Y, offset 1, offset 2 and Rho set forth in Table I. The shape parameters of offset 1, offset 2 and Rho define the configuration of the fillet at the specified X and Y locations about the fillet to provide a fillet configuration accommodating high localized stresses. The fillet shape may be parabolic, elliptical or hyperbolic as a function of the value of the shape parameter ratio of D1 D1 + D2 at each X, Y location where D1 is a distance between an intermediate point along a chord between edge points determined by offsets O1 and O2 and a shoulder point on the fillet surface and D2 is a distance between the shoulder point and an apex location at the intersection of the airfoil tip and tip shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel David Snook, Peter Gaines Cleveland
  • Patent number: 6923623
    Abstract: A turbine stage one bucket has an airfoil having a plurality of cooling holes passing through the airfoil from 0% span to 100% span whereby cooling air exits the airfoil tip into the hot gas path. X and Y coordinate values are given in Table I, locating the holes relative to the airfoil profile at airfoil profile sections of 5%, 50% and 90% span, Table I also giving the hole diameters. In this manner, cooling hole optimization for this turbine bucket airfoil is achieved. The cooling holes are also located in relation to the profile of the bucket airfoil given by the X, Y and Z coordinate values of Table II, the two coordinate systems having the same origin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Peter Gaines Cleveland, Thomas Bradley Beddard
  • Patent number: 6893216
    Abstract: A turbine bucket includes a bucket airfoil having a tip shroud with leading and trailing edges defining leading and trailing edge profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X and Y at points 12-20 and 1-11, respectively, set forth in Table I. The X and Y values are distances in inches which, when respective points 12-20 and 1-11 are connected by smooth, continuing arcs, define the leading and trailing edge tip shroud profiles. An airfoil profile at 95% span is defined by Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z in Table II having the same X, Y origin along the radial Z axis as the origin of Table I. The profiled leading and trailing edges of the tip shroud relative to the airfoil profile afford optimum tip shroud mass distribution which maximizes creep life of the bucket. Stage efficiency is also improved by providing a tip shroud covering the airfoil throat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel David Snook, Peter Gaines Cleveland
  • Patent number: 6857855
    Abstract: Third stage turbine buckets have airfoil profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth Table I wherein X and Y values are in inches and the Z values are non-dimensional values from 0.03 span to 0.95 span convertible to Z distances in inches by multiplying the Z values by the height of the airfoil in inches. The X and Y values are distances which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The profile sections at each distance Z are joined smoothly to one another to form the bucket airfoil shape. The X, Y and Z distances may be scalable as a function of the same constant or number to provide a scaled up or scaled down airfoil section for the bucket. The nominal airfoil given by the X, Y and Z distances lies within an envelop of ±0.150 inches in directions normal to the surface of the airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel David Snook, Robert Romany By, Bruce Loren Smith, Gunnar Leif Siden, Carlos Alberto Collado, Peter Gaines Cleveland
  • Patent number: 6769879
    Abstract: First stage turbine buckets have airfoil profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth Table I wherein X and Y values are in inches and the Z values are non-dimensional values from 0.05 span to 0.95 span convertible to Z distances in inches by multiplying the Z values by the height of the airfoil in inches. The X and Y values are distances which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The profile sections at each distance Z are joined smoothly to one another to form a complete airfoil shape. The X, Y and Z distances may be scalable as a function of the same constant or number to provide a scaled up or scaled down airfoil section for the bucket. The nominal airfoil given by the X, Y and Z distances lies within an envelope of ±0.150 inches in directions normal to the surface of the airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Peter Gaines Cleveland, Thomas Bradley Beddard, Scott Matthew Sparks, Joseph Anthony Weber, James Bernard Fehlberg