Patents by Inventor Raymond Allan Wedlake

Raymond Allan Wedlake 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: 7001147
    Abstract: A turbine nozzle includes airfoil and sidewall surfaces. The airfoil and sidewall surfaces have profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Tables I–IV for the pressure and suction sides of the airfoil, and the outer and inner sidewall surfaces, respectively. The X, Y and Z values are distances in inches. The X and Y values for the airfoil, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The profile sections at the Z distances are joined smoothly with one another to form a complete airfoil shape. The X, Y and Z values of Tables III and IV define the outer and inner sidewall surfaces, respectively, of the gas flowpath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Stewart Phillips, Raymond Allan Wedlake, Randall Douglas Gill
  • Patent number: 6722852
    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 to 1 convertible to Z distances in inches by multiplying the Z values by the height of the airfoil in inches. 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 ±0.160 inches in directions normal to the surface of the airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Raymond Allan Wedlake, David Alan Meier, Devin Martin, Marvin Neeley
  • Patent number: 6461109
    Abstract: The third-stage nozzles have vanes comprising 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 each nozzle vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Raymond Allan Wedlake, Thanh Vo, Frederick James Brunner