Patents by Inventor Peter P. Pirolla

Peter P. Pirolla 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).

  • Publication number: 20030017052
    Abstract: The fourth-stage buckets have airfoil profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in inches in Table I wherein Z is a perpendicular distance from a plane normal to a radius of the turbine centerline and containing the X and Y values with the Z value commencing at zero in the X, Y plane at the radially innermost aerodynamic section of the airfoil and X and Y are coordinate values defining the airfoil profile at each distance Z. The X, Y and Z values may be scaled as a function of the same constant or number to provide a scaled-up or scaled-down airfoil section for the bucket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Inventors: Wilson Frost, Mark Edward Stegemiller, Andrew Charles Powis, Peter P. Pirolla, David John Humanchuk, Gunnar Leif Siden
  • Patent number: 6503059
    Abstract: The fourth-stage buckets have airfoil profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in inches in Table I wherein Z is a perpendicular distance from a plane normal to a radius of the turbine centerline and containing the X and Y values with the Z value commencing at zero in the X, Y plane at the radially innermost aerodynamic section of the airfoil and X and Y are coordinate values defining the airfoil profile at each distance Z. The X, Y and Z values may be scaled as a function of the same constant or number to provide a scaled-up or scaled-down airfoil section for the bucket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Wilson Frost, Mark Edward Stegemiller, Andrew Charles Powis, Peter P. Pirolla, David John Humanchuk, Gunnar Leif Siden