Patents by Inventor Philip Nose Alberti

Philip Nose Alberti 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).

  • Igniter assembly for a gas turbine combustor
    Patent number: 11280270
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine system includes a combustor casing having an interior-establishing wall, and a chamber extending to the interior-establishing wall. In addition, the combustor includes an igniter assembly disposed within the chamber such that a tip of the igniter assembly is positioned radially outwardly from the interior-establishing wall. The igniter assembly includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an insulator. In addition, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the insulator form a cavity, the second electrode forms an outlet passage extending from the cavity, a maximum cross-sectional area of the cavity is greater than a minimum cross-sectional area of the outlet passage, and the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to ionize gas within the cavity in response to an electrical current applied to the first electrode or to the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 22, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Badri Narayan Ramamurthi, Svetlana Selezneva, Mohamed Rahmane, Andrey Meshkov, Karim Younsi, Mark Wayne McWaters, Philip Nose Alberti
  • IGNITER ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR
    Publication number: 20210040890
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine system includes a combustor casing having an interior-establishing wall, and a chamber extending to the interior-establishing wall. In addition, the combustor includes an igniter assembly disposed within the chamber such that a tip of the igniter assembly is positioned radially outwardly from the interior-establishing wall. The igniter assembly includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an insulator. In addition, the first electrode, the second electrode, and the insulator form a cavity, the second electrode forms an outlet passage extending from the cavity, a maximum cross-sectional area of the cavity is greater than a minimum cross-sectional area of the outlet passage, and the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to ionize gas within the cavity in response to an electrical current applied to the first electrode or to the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2020
    Publication date: February 11, 2021
    Inventors: Badri Narayan Ramamurthi, Svetlana Selezneva, Mohamed Rahmane, Andrey Meshkov, Karim Younsi, Mark Wayne McWaters, Philip Nose Alberti
  • Igniter assembly for a gas turbine combustor
    Patent number: 10837369
    Abstract: An igniter assembly for a gas turbine combustor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an insulator. The first electrode, the second electrode, and the insulator form a cavity, the second electrode forms an outlet passage extending from the cavity, a maximum cross-sectional area of the cavity is greater than a cross-sectional area of the outlet passage, and the cross-sectional area of the outlet passage is substantially constant along a longitudinal extent of the outlet passage. In addition, the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to ionize gas within the cavity in response to an electrical current applied to the first electrode or to the second electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Badri Narayan Ramamurthi, Svetlana Selezneva, Mohamed Rahmane, Andrey Meshkov, Karim Younsi, Mark Wayne McWaters, Philip Nose Alberti
  • Pin insert and igniter assembly
    Patent number: 10823077
    Abstract: An igniter assembly for an engine, including a gas turbine engine, includes a shell comprising a tip end defining an opening and a sidewall extending away from the tip end where the sidewall surrounds a cavity within the shell and a tip insert assembly operably coupled to the tip end within the opening and having an insert body and a set of pins recessed within the insert body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Inventors: Frederick Martin Van Assche, Philip Nose Alberti, Michael Thomas Kenworthy
  • IGNITER ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS TURBINE COMBUSTOR
    Publication number: 20190063329
    Abstract: An igniter assembly for a gas turbine combustor includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and an insulator. The first electrode, the second electrode, and the insulator form a cavity, the second electrode forms an outlet passage extending from the cavity, a maximum cross-sectional area of the cavity is greater than a cross-sectional area of the outlet passage, and the cross-sectional area of the outlet passage is substantially constant along a longitudinal extent of the outlet passage. In addition, the first electrode and the second electrode are configured to ionize gas within the cavity in response to an electrical current applied to the first electrode or to the second electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Publication date: February 28, 2019
    Inventors: Badri Narayan Ramamurthi, Svetlana Selezneva, Mohamed Rahmane, Andrey Meshkov, Karim Younsi, Mark Wayne McWaters, Philip Nose Alberti
  • PIN INSERT AND IGNITER ASSEMBLY
    Publication number: 20180094587
    Abstract: An igniter assembly for an engine, including a gas turbine engine, includes a shell comprising a tip end defining an opening and a sidewall extending away from the tip end where the sidewall surrounds a cavity within the shell and a tip insert assembly operably coupled to the tip end within the opening and having an insert body and a set of pins recessed within the insert body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2016
    Publication date: April 5, 2018
    Inventors: Frederick Martin Van Assche, Philip Nose Alberti, Michael Thomas Kenworthy