Patents by Inventor Ross Michael Lcon

Ross Michael Lcon 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for mixing fluid in turbine engines
    Patent number: 8438835
    Abstract: A method of assembling a gas turbine engine includes providing at least one heat exchanger assembly including a heat exchanger and a lobed mixer extending downstream from the heat exchanger, wherein the mixer includes a plurality of lobes that each define a first chute and at least one second chute that extends between each pair of adjacent spaced-apart lobes, and coupling the at least one heat exchanger assembly within a bypass duct of the engine such that the at least one heat exchanger assembly is coupled to at least one of an outer engine casing and an inner engine casing of the turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Andrew Perveiler, Malcolm Kenneth MacLean, Ross Michael Lcon
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MIXING FLUID IN TURBINE ENGINES
    Publication number: 20090031695
    Abstract: A method of assembling a gas turbine engine includes providing at least one heat exchanger assembly including a heat exchanger and a lobed mixer extending downstream from the heat exchanger, wherein the mixer includes a plurality of lobes that each define a first chute and at least one second chute that extends between each pair of adjacent spaced-apart lobes, and coupling the at least one heat exchanger assembly within a bypass duct of the engine such that the at least one heat exchanger assembly is coupled to at least one of an outer engine casing and an inner engine casing of the turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2007
    Publication date: February 5, 2009
    Inventors: David Andrew Perveiler, Malcolm Kenneth MacLean, Ross Michael Lcon