Patents by Inventor Stephan Priebe

Stephan Priebe 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).

  • Engine component with abradable material and treatment
    Patent number: 12270306
    Abstract: An engine component with an abradable material and treatment is disclosed herein. An example engine component includes a substrate having a first thickness and defining at least a first substrate surface, the substrate extending along an axial direction, an abradable material on the first substrate surface, the abradable material defining a first abradable material surface, a second abradable material surface spaced radially apart from the first abradable material surface and defining a second thickness, and a treatment, the treatment extending from the first abradable material surface through at least a portion of the first thickness of the substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 8, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Neelesh Sarawate, Stephan Priebe, Wojciech Sak
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENDWALL TREATMENTS
    Publication number: 20240060429
    Abstract: A turbomachine for an aircraft is provided. The turbomachine includes a plurality of radially-extending blades and an annular endwall opposite the radially-extending blades. The endwall includes an endwall treatment recessed into the endwall. The endwall treatment is characterized by a casing treatment volume compressibility factor (CTVCF), and a casing treatment normalized volume (CTNV), and a blade tip Mach number (Mtip).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2022
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Stephan Priebe, Giridhar Jothiprasad, Joseph Capozzi, Thomas Malkus, Michael Macrorie, Trevor H. Wood
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ENDWALL TREATMENTS
    Publication number: 20240060510
    Abstract: A turbomachine for an aircraft is provided. The turbomachine includes a plurality of radially-extending blades and an annular endwall opposite the radially-extending blades. The endwall includes an endwall treatment recessed into the endwall. The endwall treatment is characterized by a casing treatment volume compressibility factor (CTVCF), and a casing treatment normalized volume (CTNV), and a blade tip Mach number (Mtip).
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2023
    Publication date: February 22, 2024
    Inventors: Stephan Priebe, Giridhar Jothiprasad, Joseph Capozzi, Thomas Malkus, Michael Macrorie, Trevor H. Wood
  • ENGINE COMPONENT WITH ABRADABLE MATERIAL AND TREATMENT
    Publication number: 20230184125
    Abstract: An engine component with an abradable material and treatment is disclosed herein. An example engine component includes a substrate having a first thickness and defining at least a first substrate surface, the substrate extending along an axial direction, an abradable material on the first substrate surface, the abradable material defining a first abradable material surface, a second abradable material surface spaced radially apart from the first abradable material surface and defining a second thickness, and a treatment, the treatment extending from the first abradable material surface through at least a portion of the first thickness of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Neelesh Sarawate, Stephan Priebe, Wojciech Sak