Patents by Inventor Thomas BRUNT

Thomas BRUNT 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).

  • Gas turbine nozzle trailing edge fillet
    Patent number: 10352180
    Abstract: A nozzle segment for a gas turbine engine has a turbine airfoil bound on a first side by an arcuate inner endwall having an inner platform and on a second side by an arcuate outer endwall having an outer platform. The airfoil extends outwardly from the inner platform toward the outer platform. The airfoil body includes opposed pressure and suction sidewalls extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the airfoil body. The airfoil body includes a first trailing edge fillet blending into the inner platform at a trailing edge of the airfoil body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Alexander Stein, Glen Arthur MacMillan, Thomas Brunt, Joe Timothy Brown
  • GAS TURBINE NOZZLE TRAILING EDGE FILLET
    Publication number: 20150110616
    Abstract: A nozzle segment for a gas turbine engine has a turbine airfoil bound on a first side by an arcuate inner endwall having an inner platform and on a second side by an arcuate outer endwall having an outer platform. The airfoil extends outwardly from the inner platform toward the outer platform. The airfoil body includes opposed pressure and suction sidewalls extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge of the airfoil body. The airfoil body includes a first trailing edge fillet blending into the inner platform at a trailing edge of the airfoil body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Alexander STEIN, Glen Arthur MACMILLAN, Thomas BRUNT, Joe Timothy BROWN