Patents by Inventor Stephan J. Storms

Stephan J. Storms 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).

  • Gas turbine engine combustor basket with inverted platefins
    Patent number: 10309652
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine combustor basket has nested outer and inner liners that are separated by a gap at their respective distal downstream ends for passage of cooling air between the liners. Radially inwardly projecting platefins formed on an inner circumferential surface of the outer liner maintain the cooling air passage gap. In some embodiments effusion cooling through holes are formed in the inner liner outer circumference, oriented in the air passage gap between the fins, so that cooling air passes through the effusion holes into the cooling air passage gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2019
    Assignee: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Spence, Stephan J. Storms
  • GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMBUSTOR BASKET WITH INVERTED PLATEFINS
    Publication number: 20150292742
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine combustor basket has nested outer and inner liners that are separated by a gap at their respective distal downstream ends for passage of cooling air between the liners. Radially inwardly projecting platefins formed on an inner circumferential surface of the outer liner maintain the cooling air passage gap. In some embodiments effusion cooling through holes are formed in the inner liner outer circumference, oriented in the air passage gap between the fins, so that cooling air passes through the effusion holes into the cooling air passage gap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2014
    Publication date: October 15, 2015
    Applicant: SIEMENS ENERGY, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin J. Spence, Stephan J. Storms