Patents by Inventor Robert Romany By

Robert Romany By 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: 6910868
    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 0.938 convertible to Z distances in inches by multiplying the Z values by the height of the airfoil in inches. The X and Y values are distances which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The profile sections at each distance Z are joined smoothly to one another to form a complete airfoil shape. The X and Y 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 ±0.150 inches in directions normal to the surface of the airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Susan Marie Hyde, Robert Romany By, Judd Dodge Tressler, Jon Conrad Schaeffer, Calvin Levy Sims
  • Patent number: 6884038
    Abstract: Fourth 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 and Y values are distances which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The profile sections at each distance Z are joined smoothly to one another to form a complete airfoil shape. The X and Y 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 envelope of ±0.150 inches in directions normal to the surface of the airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Susan Marie Hyde, Robert Romany By, Jon Conrad Schaeffer, Calvin Levy Sims, Michael Ernest Boisclair
  • Patent number: 6866477
    Abstract: The third stage nozzle has an airfoil profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in Table I wherein X and Y values are in inches and define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z and Z are non-dimensional values within a range from 0.1 to 0.9 convertible to Z distances in inches by multiplying the Z values of Table I within the range by a height of the airfoil in inches. The profile sections at the Z distances are joined smoothly with one another to form the nozzle airfoil shape. The X and Y distances may be scalable to provide a scaled-up or scaled-down airfoil for the nozzle. The nominal airfoil given by the X, Y and Z distances lies within an envelope of ±0.160 inches.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brian Peter Arness, Robert Romany By, Gunnar Leif Siden, Poornathresan Krishnakumar, Bruce Loren Smith, Peter Christopher Selent
  • Patent number: 6857855
    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 0.03 span to 0.95 span convertible to Z distances in inches by multiplying the Z values by the height of the airfoil in inches. The X and Y values are distances which, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define airfoil profile sections at each distance Z. The profile sections at each distance Z are joined smoothly to one another to form the bucket airfoil shape. 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 ±0.150 inches in directions normal to the surface of the airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel David Snook, Robert Romany By, Bruce Loren Smith, Gunnar Leif Siden, Carlos Alberto Collado, Peter Gaines Cleveland
  • Patent number: 6461110
    Abstract: The first-stage buckets have airfoil profiles substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth 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 coordinates 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 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Romany By, Tommy Dee Hayes, Paul Francis Norton, Jon Conrad Schaeffer, Ariel Caesar-Prepena Jacala
  • Patent number: 6450770
    Abstract: The second-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 and Y 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. The second-stage wheel has sixty buckets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Zhiqiang Wang, Robert Romany By, Calvin L. Sims, Susan Marie Hyde