Patents by Inventor Satoshi Atsuchi
Satoshi Atsuchi 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: 11815019Abstract: A particle separator includes a separator body in a primary fluid passageway of a machine. The primary fluid passageway includes one or more bleed holes through which a diverted portion of the fluid flowing in the primary fluid passageway toward a volume of the machine is diverted into an auxiliary flow passageway that bypasses the volume and directs the diverted portion of the fluid toward one or more other components of the machine. The separator body is coupled with the inner wall and/or outer wall of the primary fluid passageway. The separator body includes an upstream edge positioned to separate at least some particles carried by the fluid from the fluid as the diverted portion of the fluid bends around and flows over the at least one upstream edge of the separator body and into the auxiliary flow passageway.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2021Date of Patent: November 14, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Satoshi Atsuchi, Corey Bourassa, James R. Noel, Erich Alois Krammer, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Mehmet Dede
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Patent number: 11719157Abstract: A particle separator includes a separator body in a primary fluid passageway of a machine. The primary fluid passageway includes one or more bleed holes through which a diverted portion of the fluid flowing in the primary fluid passageway toward a volume of the machine is diverted into an auxiliary flow passageway that bypasses the volume and directs the diverted portion of the fluid toward one or more other components of the machine. The separator body is coupled with the inner wall and/or outer wall of the primary fluid passageway. The separator body includes an upstream edge positioned to separate at least some particles carried by the fluid from the fluid as the diverted portion of the fluid bends around and flows over the at least one upstream edge of the separator body and into the auxiliary flow passageway.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Satoshi Atsuchi, Corey Bourassa, James R. Noel, Erich Alois Krammer, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Mehmet Dede
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Publication number: 20210388763Abstract: A particle separator includes a separator body in a primary fluid passageway of a machine. The primary fluid passageway includes one or more bleed holes through which a diverted portion of the fluid flowing in the primary fluid passageway toward a volume of the machine is diverted into an auxiliary flow passageway that bypasses the volume and directs the diverted portion of the fluid toward one or more other components of the machine. The separator body is coupled with the inner wall and/or outer wall of the primary fluid passageway. The separator body includes an upstream edge positioned to separate at least some particles carried by the fluid from the fluid as the diverted portion of the fluid bends around and flows over the at least one upstream edge of the separator body and into the auxiliary flow passageway.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 14, 2021Publication date: December 16, 2021Inventors: Satoshi Atsuchi, Corey Bourassa, James R. Noel, Erich Alois Krammer, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Mehmet Dede
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Publication number: 20210199050Abstract: A particle separator includes a separator body in a primary fluid passageway of a machine. The primary fluid passageway includes one or more bleed holes through which a diverted portion of the fluid flowing in the primary fluid passageway toward a volume of the machine is diverted into an auxiliary flow passageway that bypasses the volume and directs the diverted portion of the fluid toward one or more other components of the machine. The separator body is coupled with the inner wall and/or outer wall of the primary fluid passageway. The separator body includes an upstream edge positioned to separate at least some particles carried by the fluid from the fluid as the diverted portion of the fluid bends around and flows over the at least one upstream edge of the separator body and into the auxiliary flow passageway.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2021Publication date: July 1, 2021Inventors: Satoshi Atsuchi, Corey Bourassa, James R. Noel, Erich Alois Krammer, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Mehmet Dede
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Patent number: 10995666Abstract: A particle separator includes a separator body in a primary fluid passageway of a machine. The primary fluid passageway includes one or more bleed holes through which a diverted portion of the fluid flowing in the primary fluid passageway toward a volume of the machine is diverted into an auxiliary flow passageway that bypasses the volume and directs the diverted portion of the fluid toward one or more other components of the machine. The separator body is coupled with the inner wall and/or outer wall of the primary fluid passageway. The separator body includes an upstream edge positioned to separate at least some particles carried by the fluid from the fluid as the diverted portion of the fluid bends around and flows over the at least one upstream edge of the separator body and into the auxiliary flow passageway.Type: GrantFiled: November 12, 2018Date of Patent: May 4, 2021Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Satoshi Atsuchi, Corey Bourassa, James R. Noel, Erich Alois Krammer, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Mehmet Dede
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Patent number: 10724437Abstract: A particle separator system for use with a turbomachine is provided. The particle separator system includes a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a main separator body extending between the first and second ends, the main separator body including at least one step configured to cause a fluid flow to turn up to 180 degrees, and at least one transversely oriented cyclone separator disposed within the main separator body and defining at least one of a swirling cylinder, a bent cylinder, and a conical volume.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Satoshi Atsuchi, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr., Corey Bourassa, Erich Alois Krammer
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Patent number: 10690055Abstract: Gas turbine engine components are provided which utilize an insert to provide cooling air along a cooled surface of an engine component. The insert provides cooling holes or apertures which face the cool side surface of the engine component and direct cooling air onto that cool side surface. The apertures may be formed in arrays and directed at an oblique or a non-orthogonal angle to the surface of the insert and may be at an angle to the surface of the engine component being cooled. An engine component assembly is provided with counterflow impingement cooling, comprising an engine component cooling surface having a cooling fluid flow path on one side and a second component adjacent to the first component. The second component may have a plurality of openings forming an array wherein the openings extend through the second component at a non-orthogonal angle to the surface of the second component.Type: GrantFiled: May 27, 2015Date of Patent: June 23, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Curtis Walton Stover, Jonathan Michael Rausch, Satoshi Atsuchi, Gulcharan Singh Brainch, Robert David Briggs, Ronald Scott Bunker, Ambarish Jayant Kulkarni, Michael Alan Meade, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Robert Proctor
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Patent number: 10619487Abstract: A cooling assembly includes a cooling chamber disposed inside of a turbine assembly. The cooling chamber directs cooling air inside an airfoil of the turbine assembly. The cooling assembly includes a metered channel fluidly coupled with the cooling chamber. The metered channel directs at least some of the cooling air out of the cooling chamber outside of a rail surface of the airfoil. The metered channel is elongated along and encompasses an axis. The metered channel has an interior surface with a distance between opposing first portions of the interior surface. The distance between the opposing first portions decreases at increasing distances along the axis from the cooling chamber toward the rail surface.Type: GrantFiled: January 31, 2017Date of Patent: April 14, 2020Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMAPNYInventors: Nicholas William Rathay, Satoshi Atsuchi, David Weber, Gustavo Ledezma, Gary Itzel
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Patent number: 10612465Abstract: A particle separator for a turbomachine includes a first portion including a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The turbomachine includes a first wall and a second wall defining a primary fluid passage. The first wall further defines an auxiliary fluid passage. The first end is coupled to the first wall. The second end extends from the first wall into the at least one primary fluid passage and extends in a direction defined by the fluid flow through the primary fluid passage. The second end and the first wall define a fluid diversion passage coupled in flow communication with the primary fluid passage and the auxiliary fluid passage. The fluid diversion passage is configured to divert fluid from the primary fluid passage to the auxiliary fluid passage in a direction at least partially opposed to the fluid flow through the primary fluid passage.Type: GrantFiled: November 13, 2015Date of Patent: April 7, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Satoshi Atsuchi, Erich Alois Krammer, Corey Bourassa, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Mehmet Dede
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Publication number: 20190078515Abstract: A particle separator includes a separator body in a primary fluid passageway of a machine. The primary fluid passageway includes one or more bleed holes through which a diverted portion of the fluid flowing in the primary fluid passageway toward a volume of the machine is diverted into an auxiliary flow passageway that bypasses the volume and directs the diverted portion of the fluid toward one or more other components of the machine. The separator body is coupled with the inner wall and/or outer wall of the primary fluid passageway. The separator body includes an upstream edge positioned to separate at least some particles carried by the fluid from the fluid as the diverted portion of the fluid bends around and flows over the at least one upstream edge of the separator body and into the auxiliary flow passageway.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 12, 2018Publication date: March 14, 2019Inventors: Satoshi Atsuchi, Corey Bourassa, James R. Noel, Erich Alois Krammer, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Mehmet Dede
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Patent number: 10196982Abstract: The invention relates to a gas turbine engine comprising a casing having a compressor section, combustion section and turbine section, axially arranged in a flow direction about a rotational axis of the engine. The engine includes a rotor located within the casing and rotatable about the rotational axis, including multiple sets of circumferentially arranged blades, with at least one set corresponding to the compressor section and another set corresponding to the turbine section. The engine also includes a set of vanes circumferentially arranged about the rotational axis and at a location upstream of the combustion section, with the vanes having a pressure side and a suction side. The engine further includes a cooling conduit extending from upstream of the combustion section to downstream of the combustion section, with an inlet located on the suction side of at least one of the vanes which allows cooling air to enter the inlet and is directed through the cooling conduit for cooling.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2015Date of Patent: February 5, 2019Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mehmet Muhittin Dede, Satoshi Atsuchi, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Erich Alois Krammer, Giridhar Jothiprasad, Shourya Prakash Otta, Corey Bourassa
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Publication number: 20190003388Abstract: A particle separator system for use with a turbomachine is provided. The particle separator system includes a first end, a second end opposite the first end, a main separator body extending between the first and second ends, the main separator body including at least one step configured to cause a fluid flow to turn up to 180 degrees, and at least one transversely oriented cyclone separator disposed within the main separator body and defining at least one of a swirling cylinder, a bent cylinder, and a conical volume.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2017Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Satoshi Atsuchi, Byron Andrew Pritchard, JR., Corey Bourassa, Erich Alois Krammer
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Publication number: 20180216471Abstract: A cooling assembly includes a cooling chamber disposed inside of a turbine assembly. The cooling chamber directs cooling air inside an airfoil of the turbine assembly. The cooling assembly includes a metered channel fluidly coupled with the cooling chamber. The metered channel directs at least some of the cooling air out of the cooling chamber outside of a rail surface of the airfoil. The metered channel is elongated along and encompasses an axis. The metered channel has an interior surface with a distance between opposing first portions of the interior surface. The distance between the opposing first portions decreases at increasing distances along the axis from the cooling chamber toward the rail surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 31, 2017Publication date: August 2, 2018Inventors: Nicholas William Rathay, Satoshi Atsuchi, David Weber, Gustavo Ledezma, Gary Itzel
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Publication number: 20170138262Abstract: A particle separator for a turbomachine includes a first portion including a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The turbomachine includes a first wall and a second wall defining a primary fluid passage. The first wall further defines an auxiliary fluid passage. The first end is coupled to the first wall. The second end extends from the first wall into the at least one primary fluid passage and extends in a direction defined by the fluid flow through the primary fluid passage. The second end and the first wall define a fluid diversion passage coupled in flow communication with the primary fluid passage and the auxiliary fluid passage. The fluid diversion passage is configured to divert fluid from the primary fluid passage to the auxiliary fluid passage in a direction at least partially opposed to the fluid flow through the primary fluid passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2015Publication date: May 18, 2017Inventors: Satoshi Atsuchi, Erich Alois Krammer, Corey Bourassa, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Mehmet Dede
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Publication number: 20170122209Abstract: The invention relates to a gas turbine engine comprising a casing having a compressor section, combustion section and turbine section, axially arranged in a flow direction about a rotational axis of the engine. The engine includes a rotor located within the casing and rotatable about the rotational axis, including multiple sets of circumferentially arranged blades, with at least one set corresponding to the compressor section and another set corresponding to the turbine section. The engine also includes a set of vanes circumferentially arranged about the rotational axis and at a location upstream of the combustion section, with the vanes having a pressure side and a suction side. The engine further includes a cooling conduit extending from upstream of the combustion section to downstream of the combustion section, with an inlet located on the suction side of at least one of the vanes which allows cooling air to enter the inlet and is directed through the cooling conduit for cooling.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 4, 2015Publication date: May 4, 2017Inventors: Mehmet Muhittin Dede, Satoshi Atsuchi, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Erich Alois Krammer, Giridhar Jothiprasad, Shourya Prakash Otta, Corey Bourassa
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Publication number: 20170101932Abstract: Gas turbine engine components are provided which utilize an insert to provide cooling air along a cooled surface of an engine component. The insert provides cooling holes or apertures which face the cool side surface of the engine component and direct cooling air onto that cool side surface. The apertures may be formed in arrays and directed at an oblique or a non-orthogonal angle to the surface of the insert and may be at an angle to the surface of the engine component being cooled. An engine component assembly is provided with counterflow impingement cooling, comprising an engine component cooling surface having a cooling fluid flow path on one side and a second component adjacent to the first component. The second component may have a plurality of openings forming an array wherein the openings extend through the second component at a non-orthogonal angle to the surface of the second component.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2015Publication date: April 13, 2017Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Curtis Walton STOVER, Jonathan Michael RAUSCH, Satoshi ATSUCHI, Gulcharan Singh BRAINCH, Robert David BRIGGS, Ronald Scott BUNKER, Ambarish Jayant KULKARNI, Michael Alan MEADE, Byron Andrew PRITCHARD, Robert PROCTOR
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Patent number: 9130249Abstract: The battery cell design includes a battery cell component comprises a current conducting element, that includes at least a portion that is hollow, further component is configured to be located within a battery cell. Another embodiment of the component comprises a first element that defines a first fluid path therein; and a second element that defines a second fluid path, wherein the two fluid paths are in communication with each other, further wherein the battery cell component is configured to conduct electric current. A battery cell and battery cell assembly that uses the component, and a method of cooling a battery assembly is also disclosed. The present invention has been described in terms of specific embodiment(s), and it is recognized that equivalents, alternatives, and modifications, aside from those expressly stated, are possible and within the scope of the appending claims.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: September 8, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Badri Narayan Ramamurthi, Satoshi Atsuchi, Andrey I Meshkov, Mohamed Rahmane, Svetlana Selezneva
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Patent number: 9028998Abstract: The battery cell design includes a battery cell component comprises a current conducting element, that includes at least a portion that is hollow, further component is configured to be located within a battery cell. Another embodiment of the component comprises a first element that defines a first fluid path therein; and a second element that defines a second fluid path, wherein the two fluid paths are in communication with each other, further wherein the battery cell component is configured to conduct electric current. A battery cell and battery cell assembly that uses the component, and a method of cooling a battery assembly is also disclosed. The present invention has been described in terms of specific embodiment(s), and it is recognized that equivalents, alternatives, and modifications, aside from those expressly stated, are possible and within the scope of the appending claims.Type: GrantFiled: February 14, 2013Date of Patent: May 12, 2015Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Badri Narayan Ramamurthi, Satoshi Atsuchi, Andrey I. Meshkov, Mohamed Rahmane, Svetlana Selezneva
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Publication number: 20120301768Abstract: The battery cell design includes a battery cell component comprises a current conducting element, that includes at least a portion that is hollow, further component is configured to be located within a battery cell. Another embodiment of the component comprises a first element that defines a first fluid path therein; and a second element that defines a second fluid path, wherein the two fluid paths are in communication with each other, further wherein the battery cell component is configured to conduct electric current. A battery cell and battery cell assembly that uses the component, and a method of cooling a battery assembly is also disclosed. The present invention has been described in terms of specific embodiment(s), and it is recognized that equivalents, alternatives, and modifications, aside from those expressly stated, are possible and within the scope of the appending claims.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 27, 2011Publication date: November 29, 2012Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Badri Narayan Ramamurthi, Satoshi Atsuchi, Andrey Meshkov, Mohamed Rahmane, Svetlana Selezneva