Patents by Inventor Robert Cormack Young

Robert Cormack Young 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).

  • Turbine discs and methods of fabricating the same
    Patent number: 10584594
    Abstract: A turbine disc having a radius and a circumference is provided. The turbine disc includes a central aperture and a plurality of cooling channels circumferentially spaced about the central aperture such that the cooling channels are in flow communication with the central aperture. Each of the cooling channels has a radially inner end, a radially outer end, and a lengthwise axis that is curved between the radially inner end and the radially outer end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sudhakar Neeli, Sacheverel Quentin Eldrid, Robert Cormack Young, Mariusz Robert Pulanecki
  • AIRFLOW MANIPULATION DEVICE FOR COMPRESSOR
    Publication number: 20170321606
    Abstract: A compressor includes a purge flow extraction path extending radially and configured to direct an airflow radially inwardly. Also included is a center bore at least partially defined by a rotor structure extending axially and fluidly coupled to the purge flow extraction path. Further included is an airflow manipulation device disposed entirely within the center bore, the airflow manipulation device having a plurality of vanes defining at least one vane slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 7, 2014
    Publication date: November 9, 2017
    Inventors: Sudhakar SOLTYSIUK, Jakub SOLTYSIUK, Sendilkumaran SOUNDIRAMOURTY, Robert Cormack YOUNG
  • TURBINE DISCS AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20170159453
    Abstract: A turbine disc having a radius and a circumference is provided. The turbine disc includes a central aperture and a plurality of cooling channels circumferentially spaced about the central aperture such that the cooling channels are in flow communication with the central aperture. Each of the cooling channels has a radially inner end, a radially outer end, and a lengthwise axis that is curved between the radially inner end and the radially outer end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2016
    Publication date: June 8, 2017
    Inventors: Sudhakar Neeli, Sacheverel Quentin Eldrid, Robert Cormack Young, Mariusz Robert Pulanecki