Patents by Inventor Sumeet Soni

Sumeet Soni 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: 10539032
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes a plurality of nozzles, and each nozzle has an airfoil. The turbomachine has opposing walls defining a pathway into which a fluid flow is receivable to flow through the pathway. A throat distribution is measured at a narrowest region in the pathway between adjacent nozzles, at which adjacent nozzles extend across the pathway between the opposing walls to aerodynamically interact with the fluid flow. The airfoil defines the throat distribution, and the throat distribution is defined by values set forth in Table 1, where the throat distribution values are within a +/?10% tolerance of the values set forth in Table 1. The throat distribution reduces aerodynamic loss and improves aerodynamic loading on each airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sumeet Soni, Rohit Chouhan, Ross James Gustafson, Matthew Peter Scoffone
  • Patent number: 10253638
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward systems including a turbomachine blade tip shroud having a pressure side portion and a suction side portion. The pressure side portion and the suction side portion are divided by a mean camber line of a turbomachine blade, and the pressure side portion has a greater surface area than the suction side portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Sumeet Soni, Paul Kendall Smith, Srinivasa Govardhan Jayana, Sylvain Pierre, Harish Bommanakatte, Santhosh Kumar Vijayan, Spencer Aaron Kareff
  • Patent number: 10138736
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward systems including a turbomachine blade tip shroud having a pressure side portion and a suction side portion. The pressure side portion and the suction side portion are divided by a mean camber line of a turbomachine blade, and the pressure side portion has a greater surface area than the suction side portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Sumeet Soni, Paul Kendall Smith, Srinivasa Govardhan Jayana, Sylvain Pierre, Harish Bommanakatte, Spencer Aaron Kareff
  • Patent number: 9957804
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes a plurality of blades, and each blade has an airfoil. The turbomachine includes opposing walls that define a pathway into which a fluid flow is receivable to flow through the pathway. A throat distribution is measured at a narrowest region in the pathway between adjacent blades, at which adjacent blades extend across the pathway between the opposing walls to aerodynamically interact with the fluid flow. The airfoil defines the throat distribution, and the throat distribution reduces aerodynamic loss and improves aerodynamic loading on each airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Sumeet Soni, Ross James Gustafson, Nicholas Alvin Hogberg
  • Patent number: 9957805
    Abstract: A blade has an airfoil, and the blade is configured for use with a turbomachine. The airfoil has a throat distribution measured at a narrowest region in a pathway between adjacent blades, at which adjacent blades extend across the pathway between opposing walls to aerodynamically interact with fluid flow. The airfoil defines the throat distribution, and the throat distribution reduces aerodynamic loss and improves aerodynamic loading on the airfoil. The airfoil has a linear trailing edge profile.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sumeet Soni, Ross James Gustafson, Rohit Chouhan, Jason Adam Neville
  • Patent number: 9719355
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a blade for use with a rotary machine includes coupling a suction-side section of a part-span shroud to a suction-side surface of an airfoil of the blade. A first point of the airfoil suction-side surface, defined where a trailing edge of the suction-side section intersects the airfoil suction-side surface, is upstream from a second point, defined where a throat intersects the airfoil suction-side surface. A third point, defined where a leading edge of the suction-side section intersects the airfoil suction-side surface, is downstream from a fourth point, defined at a leading edge of the blade. The method also includes coupling a pressure-side section of the part-span shroud to a pressure-side surface of the airfoil. A fifth point of the airfoil pressure-side surface, defined where a trailing edge of the pressure-side section intersects the airfoil pressure-side surface, is downstream from the first point.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Sumeet Soni
  • Publication number: 20170175556
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes a plurality of nozzles, and each nozzle has an airfoil. The turbomachine has opposing walls defining a pathway into which a fluid flow is receivable to flow through the pathway. A throat distribution is measured at a narrowest region in the pathway between adjacent nozzles, at which adjacent nozzles extend across the pathway between the opposing walls to aerodynamically interact with the fluid flow. The airfoil defines the throat distribution, and the throat distribution is defined by values set forth in Table 1, where the throat distribution values are within a +/?10% tolerance of the values set forth in Table 1. The throat distribution reduces aerodynamic loss and improves aerodynamic loading on each airfoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2016
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Sumeet SONI, Rohit CHOUHAN, Ross James GUSTAFSON, Matthew Peter SCOFFONE
  • Publication number: 20170175529
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes a plurality of blades, and each blade has an airfoil. The turbomachine includes opposing walls that define a pathway into which a fluid flow is receivable to flow through the pathway. A throat distribution is measured at a narrowest region in the pathway between adjacent blades, at which adjacent blades extend across the pathway between the opposing walls to aerodynamically interact with the fluid flow. The airfoil defines the throat distribution, and the throat distribution reduces aerodynamic loss and improves aerodynamic loading on each airfoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Sumeet Soni, Ross James Gustafson, Nicholas Alvin Hogberg
  • Publication number: 20170175530
    Abstract: A blade has an airfoil, and the blade is configured for use with a turbomachine. The airfoil has a throat distribution measured at a narrowest region in a pathway between adjacent blades, at which adjacent blades extend across the pathway between opposing walls to aerodynamically interact with fluid flow. The airfoil defines the throat distribution, and the throat distribution reduces aerodynamic loss and improves aerodynamic loading on the airfoil. The airfoil has a linear trailing edge profile.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Sumeet Soni, Ross James Gustafson, Rohit Chouhan, Jason Adam Neville
  • Publication number: 20160245095
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade includes a tip portion having a pressure tip wall and a suction tip wall, a tip leading edge and a tip trailing edge, wherein the pressure tip wall and the suction tip wall define a trailing edge tip thickness. Also included is a squealer cavity at least partially defined by the pressure tip wall and the suction tip wall, the squealer cavity including a trench extending fully to the tip trailing edge to form an open flow path out of the tip trailing edge. Further included is a suction side wall and a pressure side wall extending from a root portion of the turbine rotor blade to the tip portion, wherein the suction side wall and the pressure side wall define a trailing edge blade thickness, the trailing edge tip thickness being greater than the trailing edge blade thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: August 25, 2016
    Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Sumeet Soni, Jason Adam Neville
  • Patent number: 9322282
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade is provided. The turbine rotor blade includes an airfoil, an airfoil tip, a tip shroud, and a fillet about an intersection of the airfoil tip and the tip shroud. The fillet defines a fillet profile variable about the intersection as a function of aerodynamic airflow about the intersection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Harish Bommanakatte, Sumeet Soni, Srinivasa Govardhan Jayana, Spencer Aaron Kareff
  • Publication number: 20160076385
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward systems including a turbomachine blade tip shroud having a pressure side portion and a suction side portion. The pressure side portion and the suction side portion are divided by a mean camber line of a turbomachine blade, and the pressure side portion has a greater surface area than the suction side portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2015
    Publication date: March 17, 2016
    Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Sumeet Soni, Paul Kendall Smith, Srinivasa Govardhan Jayana, Sylvain Pierre, Harish Bommanakatte, Spencer Aaron Kareff
  • Publication number: 20150345306
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward systems including a turbomachine blade tip shroud having a pressure side portion and a suction side portion. The pressure side portion and the suction side portion are divided by a mean camber line of a turbomachine blade, and the pressure side portion has a greater surface area than the suction side portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2015
    Publication date: December 3, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Sumeet Soni, Paul Kendall Smith, Srinivasa Govardhan Jayana, Sylvain Pierre, Harish Bommanakatte, Santhosh Kumar Vijayan, Spencer Aaron Kareff
  • Patent number: 9109455
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward systems including a turbomachine blade tip shroud having a pressure side portion and a suction side portion. The pressure side portion and the suction side portion are divided by a mean camber line of a turbomachine blade, and the pressure side portion has a greater surface area than the suction side portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Sumeet Soni, Paul Kendall Smith, Srinivasa Govardhan Jayana, Sylvain Pierre, Harish Bommanakatte, Santhosh Kumar Vijayan, Spencer Aaron Kareff
  • Patent number: 9097136
    Abstract: The present application provides a stage of a turbine engine. The stage may include a bucket, a shroud facing the bucket, and a contoured honeycomb seal on the shroud. The contoured honeycomb seal may include a first step with a first shape and a second step with a contoured shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Georgia L. Fleming, Sumeet Soni
  • Publication number: 20150176411
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a blade for use with a rotary machine includes coupling a suction-side section of a part-span shroud to a suction-side surface of an airfoil of the blade. A first point of the airfoil suction-side surface, defined where a trailing edge of the suction-side section intersects the airfoil suction-side surface, is upstream from a second point, defined where a throat intersects the airfoil suction-side surface. A third point, defined where a leading edge of the suction-side section intersects the airfoil suction-side surface, is downstream from a fourth point, defined at a leading edge of the blade. The method also includes coupling a pressure-side section of the part-span shroud to a pressure-side surface of the airfoil. A fifth point of the airfoil pressure-side surface, defined where a trailing edge of the pressure-side section intersects the airfoil pressure-side surface, is downstream from the first point.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2013
    Publication date: June 25, 2015
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Sumeet Soni
  • Patent number: 8936431
    Abstract: A shroud for a turbine and a method of assembling is provided. The turbine includes a housing, a rotatable shaft and a bucket extending outward therefrom. The shroud includes an alignment member which is coupled to the housing, wherein the alignment member includes a first end, a second end and a body extending between the first and second ends. The second end includes an arcuate portion to facilitate fluid flow downstream from the bucket. The shroud further includes a seal coupled to the body to facilitate sealing a gap defined between the bucket and the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 20, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Sumeet Soni
  • Publication number: 20140154079
    Abstract: A turbine rotor blade is provided. The turbine rotor blade includes an airfoil, an airfoil tip, a tip shroud, and a fillet about an intersection of the airfoil tip and the tip shroud. The fillet defines a fillet profile variable about the intersection as a function of aerodynamic airflow about the intersection.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Harish Bommanakatte, Sumeet Soni, Srinivasa Govardhan Jayana, Spencer Aaron Kareff
  • Publication number: 20130330179
    Abstract: A shroud for a turbine and a method of assembling is provided. The turbine includes a housing, a rotatable shaft and a bucket extending outward therefrom. The shroud includes an alignment member which is coupled to the housing, wherein the alignment member includes a first end, a second end and a body extending between the first and second ends. The second end includes an arcuate portion to facilitate fluid flow downstream from the bucket. The shroud further includes a seal coupled to the body to facilitate sealing a gap defined between the bucket and the body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2012
    Publication date: December 12, 2013
    Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Sumeet Soni
  • Publication number: 20130189106
    Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure are directed toward systems including a turbomachine blade tip shroud having a pressure side portion and a suction side portion. The pressure side portion and the suction side portion are divided by a mean camber line of a turbomachine blade, and the pressure side portion has a greater surface area than the suction side portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 20, 2012
    Publication date: July 25, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Rohit Chouhan, Sumeet Soni, Paul Kendall Smith, Srinivasa Govardhan Jayana, Sylvain Pierre, Harish Bommanakatte, Santhosh Kumar Vijayan, Spencer Aaron Kareff