Patents by Inventor Stephen Walter Newman

Stephen Walter Newman 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).

  • Patent number: 11248479
    Abstract: A cast turbine nozzle includes an airfoil having a body including a suction side, a pressure side opposing the suction side, a leading edge spanning between the pressure side and the suction side, a trailing edge opposing the leading edge and spanning between the pressure side and the suction side, and a cooling cavity defined by an inner surface of the body. The nozzle also includes at least one endwall connected with the airfoil along the suction side, the pressure side, the trailing edge and the leading edge, and a plurality of heat transfer protrusions extending inwardly from the inner surface within the body, the plurality of heat transfer protrusions extending from the leading edge along the suction side and along the pressure side in a radially staggered columnar pattern. The inner surface includes a planar surface extending between adjacent heat transfer protrusions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stephen Walter Newman, Bryan David Lewis, Debdulal Das
  • Publication number: 20210388729
    Abstract: A cast turbine nozzle includes an airfoil having a body including a suction side, a pressure side opposing the suction side, a leading edge spanning between the pressure side and the suction side, a trailing edge opposing the leading edge and spanning between the pressure side and the suction side, and a cooling cavity defined by an inner surface of the body. The nozzle also includes at least one endwall connected with the airfoil along the suction side, the pressure side, the trailing edge and the leading edge, and a plurality of heat transfer protrusions extending inwardly from the inner surface within the body, the plurality of heat transfer protrusions extending from the leading edge along the suction side and along the pressure side in a radially staggered columnar pattern. The inner surface includes a planar surface extending between adjacent heat transfer protrusions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2020
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Stephen Walter Newman, Bryan David Lewis, Debdulal Das
  • Patent number: 10689993
    Abstract: A turbine nozzle having an airfoil that includes a pressure side portion of a nominal airfoil profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z of a pressure side as set forth in Table I. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a height of the airfoil defined along the Z axis. The X and Y values of the pressure side are coordinate values that, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define pressure side sections of the pressure side portion of the nominal airfoil profile at each Z coordinate value. The pressure side sections may be joined smoothly with one another to form the pressure side portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sylvain Pierre, Bryan David Lewis, Debdulal Das, Stephen Walter Newman
  • Publication number: 20200157956
    Abstract: A turbine nozzle having an airfoil that includes a pressure side portion of a nominal airfoil profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z of a pressure side as set forth in Table I. The Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y, and Z are non-dimensional values from 0% to 100% convertible to dimensional distances by multiplying the Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z by a height of the airfoil defined along the Z axis. The X and Y values of the pressure side are coordinate values that, when connected by smooth continuing arcs, define pressure side sections of the pressure side portion of the nominal airfoil profile at each Z coordinate value. The pressure side sections may be joined smoothly with one another to form the pressure side portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sylvain Pierre, Bryan David Lewis, Debdulal Das, Stephen Walter Newman