Patents by Inventor Stephen Molter

Stephen Molter 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).

  • Cooling structure for a turbine component
    Patent number: 10400608
    Abstract: A tip cooling apparatus for a turbine airfoil includes: a tip cap; a pair of spaced-apart tip walls connected to, extending around, and projecting outwardly from the tip cap so as to surround a central portion of the tip cap; a pocket defined by the tip walls; at least one feed hole passing through the tip cap or tip walls, communicating with the pocket; and a cooling matrix disposed in the pocket, the cooling matrix being an organized structure including an inlet surface having a plurality of inlets communicating with the pocket, and an outlet surface having a plurality of outlets, and further comprising a plurality of interior passages interconnecting the inlets to the outlets, with no line-of-sight therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jessica Elizabeth Coomer, Matthew Thomas Beyer, Stephen Molter, Aaron Ezekiel Smith
  • COOLING STRUCTURE FOR A TURBINE COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20180142559
    Abstract: A tip cooling apparatus for a turbine airfoil includes: a tip cap; a pair of spaced-apart tip walls connected to, extending around, and projecting outwardly from the tip cap so as to surround a central portion of the tip cap; a pocket defined by the tip walls; at least one feed hole passing through the tip cap or tip walls, communicating with the pocket; and a cooling matrix disposed in the pocket, the cooling matrix being an organized structure including an inlet surface having a plurality of inlets communicating with the pocket, and an outlet surface having a plurality of outlets, and further comprising a plurality of interior passages interconnecting the inlets to the outlets, with no line-of-sight therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2016
    Publication date: May 24, 2018
    Inventors: Jessica Elizabeth Coomer, Matthew Thomas Beyer, Stephen Molter, Aaron Ezekiel Smith