Patents by Inventor Sze Brian Chan

Sze Brian Chan 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).

  • Method and apparatus for convective cooling of side-walls of turbine nozzle segments
    Publication number: 20050123388
    Abstract: A turbine nozzle includes, in an exemplary embodiment, an outer band portion, an inner band portion at least one nozzle vane extending between the inner band portion and the outer band portion, and at least one cooling channel extending axially at least partially through at least one of the outer band portion and the inner band portion. The at least one nozzle vane, the inner band portion, and the outer band portion define a flowpath for flowing hot gases of combustion. Each cooling channel includes at least one inlet with each inlet isolated from the flowing hot gases of combustion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2003
    Publication date: June 9, 2005
    Inventors: Sze Brian Chan, John Greene, Linda Farral