Patents by Inventor Steven Paul Byam

Steven Paul Byam 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).

  • Shroud and seal for gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 10815807
    Abstract: A turbine of a gas turbine engine that includes a stationary shroud ring having inner shroud segments circumferentially stacked about a hot gas path. The inner shroud segments may include a first inner shroud segment that includes: a cooling configuration having cooling channels configured to receive and direct a coolant through an interior of the first inner shroud segment, where each of the cooling channels extends lengthwise between a first end and a second end that includes an outlet formed through an exterior surface of the first inner shroud segment; a circumferential edge; a slot formed in the circumferential edge; and a sealing member positioned within the slot. The outlet of at least one of the cooling channels may be positioned within the slot.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brad Wilson VanTassel, Steven Paul Byam, Joseph Anthony Weber, Evan Andrew Sewall, Travis J Packer
  • SHROUD AND SEAL FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20190368364
    Abstract: A turbine of a gas turbine engine that includes a stationary shroud ring having inner shroud segments circumferentially stacked about a hot gas path. The inner shroud segments may include a first inner shroud segment that includes: a cooling configuration having cooling channels configured to receive and direct a coolant through an interior of the first inner shroud segment, where each of the cooling channels extends lengthwise between a first end and a second end that includes an outlet formed through an exterior surface of the first inner shroud segment; a circumferential edge; a slot formed in the circumferential edge; and a sealing member positioned within the slot. The outlet of at least one of the cooling channels may be positioned within the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brad Wilson VanTassel, Steven Paul Byam, Joseph Anthony Weber, Evan Andrew Sewall, Travis J. Packer
  • TURBINE COMPONENTS WITH STEPPED APERTURES
    Publication number: 20160090843
    Abstract: Turbine components include at least one fluid flow passage at least one aperture disposed on a surface of the turbine component and fluidly connected to the at least one fluid flow passage. The at least one aperture includes a floor extending from the at least one fluid flow passage to the surface; and, a step disposed between an inner portion of the floor and an outer portion of the floor such that the inner portion of the floor and the outer portion of the floor do not comprise a single planar surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Edward Albert, Gary Michael Itzel, Steven Paul Byam, Jaime Javier Maldonado, Brian Gene Brzek, Thomas Robert Reid, Jonathan Matthew Lomas