Patents by Inventor Robert Benton

Robert Benton 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: 20110070074
    Abstract: A gas turbine with a shroud and labyrinth-type sealing arrangement has a casing 1 and at least one rotor 9, whose blades 2 are provided with a shroud 3. The labyrinth seal 4 is provided between the shroud 3 and the casing 1 and the shroud 3 includes at least two radially spaced and axially protruding annular fins 5, which are part of the labyrinth seal 4 At least one sealing fin 6 is provided on the casing 1 which extends essentially radially to the shroud 3 at least over a part of the circumference and at least partly in a space between the annular fins 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2010
    Publication date: March 24, 2011
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventors: Zbigniew SCHABOWSKI, Robert BENTON
  • Patent number: 7637716
    Abstract: On a platform cooling arrangement for the nozzle guide vane stator of a gas turbine arranged downstream of the combustion chamber, one or several parallel row(s) of cooling-air ejection ducts (10) are arranged continuously or in groups on the circumference. The cooling-air ejection ducts are angled relative to the axial direction at an angle (?) to produce a vortex structure on the surface of the platform (2) which, on the one hand, reduces mixing of the cooling air jets (11) with the hot gas flow (8) and, on the other hand, ensures complete cooling of the area of boundary layer separation (12) downstream of a boundary layer separation line (13) up to the suction side (14) of the adjacent nozzle guide vane (1).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2009
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd & Co KG
    Inventor: Robert Benton
  • Publication number: 20060078417
    Abstract: On a platform cooling arrangement for the nozzle guide vane stator of a gas turbine arranged downstream of the combustion chamber, one or several parallel row(s) of cooling-air ejection ducts (10) are arranged continuously or in groups on the circumference. The cooling-air ejection ducts are angled relative to the axial direction at an angle (?) to produce a vortex structure on the surface of the platform (2) which, on the one hand, reduces mixing of the cooling air jets (11) with the hot gas flow (8) and, on the other hand, ensures complete cooling of the area of boundary layer separation (12) downstream of a boundary layer separation line (13) up to the suction side (14) of the adjacent nozzle guide vane (1).
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2005
    Publication date: April 13, 2006
    Inventor: Robert Benton