Patents by Inventor Stephen Kin-Keung Tung

Stephen Kin-Keung Tung 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).

  • Divergent turbine nozzle
    Patent number: 8281604
    Abstract: A turbine nozzle includes a row of vanes extending radially in span between inner and outer bands. The vanes include opposite pressure and suction sidewalls and opposite leading and trailing edges. Each vane includes an inner pattern of inner cooling holes and an outer pattern of outer cooling holes distributed along the leading edge. The inner and outer holes diverge toward the corresponding inner and outer bands to preferentially discharge cooling air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mark Broomer, Victor Hugo Silva Correia, Robert Francis Manning, Stephen Kin-Keung Tung, Bhanu Mahasamudram Reddy
  • DIVERGENT TURBINE NOZZLE
    Publication number: 20090155050
    Abstract: A turbine nozzle includes a row of vanes extending radially in span between inner and outer bands. The vanes include opposite pressure and suction sidewalls and opposite leading and trailing edges. Each vane includes an inner pattern of inner cooling holes and an outer pattern of outer cooling holes distributed along the leading edge. The inner and outer holes diverge toward the corresponding inner and outer bands to preferentially discharge cooling air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Publication date: June 18, 2009
    Inventors: Mark Broomer, Victor Hugo Silva Correia, Robert Francis Manning, Stephen Kin-Keung Tung, Bhanu Mahasamudram Reddy