Patents by Inventor Ronald Thomas Clawson

Ronald Thomas Clawson 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).

  • External dilution air tuning for dry low NOX combustors and methods therefor
    Patent number: 6499993
    Abstract: A combustor having a combustion liner and at least one combustor orifice assembly, the combustor orifice assembly comprising a boss, an orifice plate that defines an orifice, the orifice plate having a bottom surface that is adapted to be received by the boss, and a retaining ring, whereby the orifice plate is retained between the retaining ring and the boss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Charles Evan Steber, Larry Lou Thomas, Mark William Pinson, Ronald Thomas Clawson
  • External dilution air tuning for dry low NOX combustors and methods therefor
    Publication number: 20010046651
    Abstract: A combustor having a combustion liner and at least one combustor orifice assembly, the combustor orifice assembly comprising a boss, an orifice plate that defines an orifice, the orifice plate having a bottom surface that is adapted to be received by the boss, and a retaining ring, whereby the orifice plate is retained between the retaining ring and the boss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2000
    Publication date: November 29, 2001
    Inventors: Charles Evan Steber, Larry Lou Thomas, Mark William Pinson, Ronald Thomas Clawson