Patents by Inventor Saket Singh
Saket Singh 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).
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Patent number: 11965653Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine has a combustor liner that has a cold surface side and a hot surface side, the liner defining an upstream end and a downstream end, and a dilution opening through the combustor liner. The dilution opening includes a main dilution hole portion having an upstream edge and a downstream edge, a notched portion disposed at the upstream edge and extending upstream from the upstream edge, the notched portion being in fluid communication with the main dilution hole portion, and a slotted portion disposed at the downstream edge and extending downstream of the downstream edge, the slotted portion being in fluid communication with the main dilution hole portion.Type: GrantFiled: June 23, 2021Date of Patent: April 23, 2024Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Ranganatha Narasimha Chiranthan, Rimple Rangrej, Saket Singh, Pradeep Naik, Gregory A. Boardman
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Patent number: 11959643Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine, the gas turbine engine defining a longitudinal centerline extending in a longitudinal direction, a radial direction extending orthogonally outward from the longitudinal centerline, and a circumferential direction extending concentrically around the longitudinal centerline, the combustor including: a forward liner segment; an aft liner segment disposed downstream from the forward liner segment relative to a direction of flow through the combustor, the forward and aft liner segments at least partially defining a combustion chamber; and an intermediate member disposed at least partially between the forward and aft liner segments and extending in the circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Karthikeyan Sampath, Pradeep Naik, Veeraraju Vanapalli, Perumallu Vukanti, Shai Birmaher, Daniel J. Kirtley, Deepak Ghiya, Rimple Rakeshkumar Rangrej, Saket Singh, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Hiranya Kumar Nath, Michael Anthony Benjamin, Rajendra Mahadeorao Wankhade
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Publication number: 20240102653Abstract: A dome-deflector assembly for a gas turbine includes a dome, a deflector, and at least one dome-deflector connecting assembly that includes a connecting member connecting the dome and the deflector together with a cavity being defined between the dome and the deflector. The connecting member extends through the deflector and has a first end arranged at a hot surface side of the deflector and a second end arranged to connect with the dome. The dome-deflector connecting assembly is configured to provide a flow of cooling air from the cavity to the hot surface side of the deflector to cool the first end of the connecting member on the hot surface side of the deflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 5, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Inventors: Saket Singh, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Hiranya Nath, Perumallu Vukanti, Ajoy Patra, Karthikeyan Sampath, Pradeep Naik, Rimple Rangrej, Veera Venkata Amarnath Manem
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Patent number: 11927349Abstract: A deflector assembly for a combustor defining an operational fluid flow. The deflector assembly includes an upstream surface and a downstream surface opposite the upstream surface. One or more fastening mechanisms each extends through the deflector assembly. One or more cooling holes extend through the deflector assembly from the upstream surface to the downstream surface. The one or more cooling holes are located about the one or more fastening mechanisms to operably direct cooling air about the one or more fastening mechanisms at the downstream surface.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Vijayaraj Sukumar, Perumallu Vukanti, Pradeep Naik, Ajoy Patra, Karthikeyan Sampath, Rimple Rangrej, Hiranya Nath, Krishnendu Chakraborty, Narasimhan S. Sahana, Saket Singh, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger
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Patent number: 11920796Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine, the gas turbine engine defining a longitudinal centerline extending in a longitudinal direction, a radial direction extending orthogonally outward from the longitudinal centerline, and a circumferential direction extending concentrically around the longitudinal centerline, the combustor including: a forward liner segment; an aft liner segment disposed downstream from the forward liner segment relative to a direction of flow through the combustor, the forward and aft liner segments at least partially defining a combustion chamber; and an intermediate member disposed at least partially between the forward and aft liner segments and extending in the circumferential direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Karthikeyan Sampath, Pradeep Naik, Veeraraju Vanapalli, Perumallu Vukanti, Shai Birmaher, Daniel J. Kirtley, Deepak Ghiya, Rimple Rakeshkumar Rangrej, Saket Singh, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Hiranya Kumar Nath, Michael Anthony Benjamin, Rajendra Mahadeorao Wankhade
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Patent number: 11920790Abstract: A combustor liner for a combustor of a gas turbine includes an outer liner having a plurality of outer liner segments, and an inner liner having a plurality of inner liner segments. Each segment of the inner liner and the outer liner includes at least one slotted dilution opening therethrough extending in a circumferential direction, and each slotted dilution opening includes a deflector wall extending radially from the respective liner into a dilution zone of a combustion chamber between the outer liner and the inner liner. The at least one slotted dilution opening may be a curved slot (either concave or convex) dilution opening, and the curved slot dilution openings for each segment of the outer liner and the inner liner may be connected so as to provide a wavy slotted dilution opening extending annularly through the outer liner and the inner liner.Type: GrantFiled: January 28, 2022Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Saket Singh, Pradeep Naik, Rimple Rangrej, Ranganatha Narasimha Chiranthan, Krishnendu Chakraborty, Shai Birmaher
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Publication number: 20240044493Abstract: A combustor for a turbomachine engine includes a combustion chamber, a liner forming a boundary of the combustion chamber, and multiple dilution holes through the liner to permit airflow into the combustion chamber. The dilution holes include converging dilution holes and diverging dilution holes, the converging dilution holes having a converging cross-sectional profile and the diverging dilution holes having a diverging cross-sectional profile.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Rimple Rangrej, Saket Singh, Pradeep Naik, Ajoy Patra
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Publication number: 20230417415Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine, the gas turbine engine defining a longitudinal centerline extending in a longitudinal direction, a radial direction extending orthogonally outward from the longitudinal centerline, and a circumferential direction extending concentrically around the longitudinal centerline, the combustor including: a forward liner segment; an aft liner segment disposed downstream from the forward liner segment relative to a direction of flow through the combustor, the forward and aft liner segments at least partially defining a combustion chamber; and a fence disposed between the forward and aft liner segments, wherein the fence extends in the circumferential direction, and wherein the fence extends into the combustion chamber along the radial direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2023Publication date: December 28, 2023Inventors: Pradeep Naik, Rimple Rakeshkumar Rangrej, Saket Singh, Narasimha Chiranthan R., Shai Birmaher, Hiranya Kumar Nath, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger
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Publication number: 20230408093Abstract: A swirler assembly for a combustor includes at least one swirler including a plurality of swirl vanes arrayed about an axis of the swirler. The plurality of swirl vanes includes a first ring of first sub-vanes and a second ring of second sub-vanes, the first ring of first sub-vanes and the second ring of second sub-vanes being separated by a gap therebetween.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 1, 2023Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Gurunath Gandikota, Karthikeyan Sampath, Perumallu Vukanti, Allen M. Danis, Scott M. Bush, Steven Clayton Vise, Hari Ravi Chandra, Rimple Rangrej, Saket Singh, Pradeep Naik, Neeraj Kumar Mishra, Arvind Kumar Rao, Balasubramaniam Venkatanarayanan, Ranjeet Kumar Mishra
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Publication number: 20230408098Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine includes a combustor liner having an outer liner and an inner liner defining a combustion chamber therebetween. At least one of the outer liner and the inner liner includes a dilution fence arranged in a dilution zone of the combustion chamber. The dilution fence extends into the combustion chamber and has at least one secondary fuel nozzle opening therethrough, and at least one secondary fuel nozzle is arranged through the at least one secondary fuel nozzle opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2022Publication date: December 21, 2023Inventors: Saket Singh, Rimple Rangrej, Pradeep Naik, Michael A. Benjamin, Joseph Zelina
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Patent number: 11846419Abstract: A dome-deflector assembly for a gas turbine includes a dome, a deflector, and at least one dome-deflector connecting assembly that includes a connecting member connecting the dome and the deflector together with a cavity being defined between the dome and the deflector. The connecting member extends through the deflector and has a first end arranged at a hot surface side of the deflector and a second end arranged to connect with the dome. The dome-deflector connecting assembly is configured to provide a flow of cooling air from the cavity to the hot surface side of the deflector to cool the first end of the connecting member on the hot surface side of the deflector.Type: GrantFiled: July 5, 2022Date of Patent: December 19, 2023Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Saket Singh, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Hiranya Nath, Perumallu Vukanti, Ajoy Patra, Karthikeyan Sampath, Pradeep Naik, Rimple Rangrej, Veera Venkata Amarnath Manem
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Publication number: 20230366551Abstract: An engine can utilize a combustor to combust fuel to drive the engine. A fuel nozzle assembly can supply fuel to the combustor for combustion or ignition of the fuel. The fuel nozzle assembly can include a swirler and a fuel nozzle to supply a mixture of fuel and air for combustion, which can supply a primary fuel supply and a secondary fuel supply. Increasing efficiency and reducing emission require the use of alternative fuels, which combust at higher temperatures or burn at faster burn speeds than traditional fuels, requiring improved fuel introduction without the occurrence of flame holding or flashback.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2023Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Perumallu Vukanti, Pradeep Naik, Clayton S. Cooper, Michael A. Benjamin, Michael T. Bucaro, Manampathy G. Giridharan, Steven C. Vise, Ajoy Patra, Saket Singh, R Narasimha Chiranthan
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Publication number: 20230358403Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine. The combustor has a combustor liner that includes a vortex turbulence generator. The vortex turbulence generator has a flow passage extending therethrough, the flow passage being defined by a wall about a periphery of the flow passage, and a plurality of vortex generating turbulators disposed on the wall, each of the plurality of vortex generating turbulators a projection portion extending from a surface of the wall into the flow passage and generating a vortex turbulent flow of an oxidizer passing through the flow passage from a cold surface side of the combustor liner to a hot surface side of the combustor liner.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Saket Singh, Pradeep Nalk, Daniel J. Kirtley, Rimple Rangrej, Ranganatha Narasimha Chiranthan
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Patent number: 11808454Abstract: A liner for a combustor in a gas turbine engine and a related method. The liner includes a liner body having a cold side and a hot side. The liner includes a dilution passage having a concatenated geometry extending through the liner body. The concatenated geometry has a plurality of discrete dilution holes, an annular slot, and a plurality of dilution inserts. The dilution passage is configured (i) to integrate a first dilution air flow flowing through the dilution passage from the cold side to the hot side and a second dilution air flow flowing through the dilution passage from the cold side to the hot side into an integrated dilution air flow, and (ii) to inject the integrated dilution air flow into a core primary combustion zone of the combustor to attain a predetermined combustion state of the combustor.Type: GrantFiled: May 12, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Pradeep Naik, Shai Birmaher, Saket Singh, Krishnendu Chakraborty
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Patent number: 11788726Abstract: A combustor for a turbomachine engine includes a combustion chamber, a liner forming a boundary of the combustion chamber, and multiple dilution holes through the liner to permit airflow into the combustion chamber. The dilution holes include converging dilution holes and diverging dilution holes, the converging dilution holes having a converging cross-sectional profile and the diverging dilution holes having a diverging cross-sectional profile.Type: GrantFiled: March 3, 2022Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Rimple Rangrej, Saket Singh, Pradeep Naik, Ajoy Patra
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Publication number: 20230324047Abstract: A deflector assembly for a combustor defining an operational fluid flow. The deflector assembly includes an upstream surface and a downstream surface opposite the upstream surface. One or more fastening mechanisms each extends through the deflector assembly. One or more cooling holes extend through the deflector assembly from the upstream surface to the downstream surface. The one or more cooling holes are located about the one or more fastening mechanisms to operably direct cooling air about the one or more fastening mechanisms at the downstream surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2022Publication date: October 12, 2023Inventors: Vijayaraj Sukumar, Perumallu Vukanti, Pradeep Naik, Ajoy Patra, Karthikeyan Sampath, Rimple Rangrej, Hiranya Nath, Krishnendu Chakraborty, Narasimhan S. Sahana, Saket Singh, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger
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Publication number: 20230313992Abstract: A liner assembly for a combustor. The liner assembly includes a liner defining a combustion chamber of the combustor. The liner includes a looped section at a forward end of the liner. The looped section includes one or more bends such that the looped section forms a compliant joint and vibrations are dampened through the liner downstream of the looped section.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Ranganatha Narasimha Chiranthan, Hiranya Nath, Girish Kamath Cannanore, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Pradeep Naik, Saket Singh, Deepti Bhandari, Vijayaraj Sukumar
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Patent number: 11774098Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine, the gas turbine engine defining a longitudinal centerline extending in a longitudinal direction, a radial direction extending orthogonally outward from the longitudinal centerline, and a circumferential direction extending concentrically around the longitudinal centerline, the combustor including: a forward liner segment; an aft liner segment disposed downstream from the forward liner segment relative to a direction of flow through the combustor, the forward and aft liner segments at least partially defining a combustion chamber; and a fence disposed between the forward and aft liner segments, wherein the fence extends in the circumferential direction, and wherein the fence extends into the combustion chamber along the radial direction.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2021Date of Patent: October 3, 2023Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Pradeep Naik, Rimple Rakeshkumar Rangrej, Saket Singh, Narasimha Chiranthan R, Shai Birmaher, Hiranya Kumar Nath, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger
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Patent number: 11761632Abstract: A dome assembly for a combustor includes: at least one swirler assembly including: at least one swirler including a plurality of swirl vanes arrayed about an axis, the plurality of swirl vanes oriented so as to impart a tangential velocity to air passing through the swirler parallel to the axis; each of the plurality of swirl vanes having a thickness and including a plurality of edges which collectively define a peripheral boundary of the respective swirl vane; wherein at least a selected one of the plurality of swirl vanes includes at least one void passing through the thickness of the selected swirl vane, the void disposed within the peripheral boundary of the selected swirl vane.Type: GrantFiled: August 5, 2021Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Gurunath Gandikota, Karthikeyan Sampath, Perumallu Vukanti, Allen M. Danis, Scott M. Bush, Steven Clayton Vise, Hari Ravi Chandra, Rimple Rangrej, Saket Singh, Pradeep Naik, Neeraj Kumar Mishra, Arvind Kumar Rao, Balasubramaniam Venkatanarayanan, Ranjeet Kumar Mishra
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Publication number: 20230288065Abstract: A dome-deflector assembly for a gas turbine includes a dome, a deflector, and at least one dome-deflector connecting assembly that includes a connecting member connecting the dome and the deflector together with a cavity being defined between the dome and the deflector. The connecting member extends through the deflector and has a first end arranged at a hot surface side of the deflector and a second end arranged to connect with the dome. The dome-deflector connecting assembly is configured to provide a flow of cooling air from the cavity to the hot surface side of the deflector to cool the first end of the connecting member on the hot surface side of the deflector.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 5, 2022Publication date: September 14, 2023Inventors: Saket Singh, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Hiranya Nath, Perumallu Vukanti, Ajoy Patra, Karthikeyan Sampath, Pradeep Naik, Rimple Rangrej, Veera Venkata Amarnath Manem