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).

  • 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
  • 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
  • Patent number: 8480541
    Abstract: An improved treadmill control system which adjusts the speed of a moving tread belt to follow user motions. Equipment includes a tread base supporting a moving tread belt upon which a user can run or walk, a motor assembly and motor driver to move the tread belt, a plurality of foot sensors, a tread belt motion sensor, a measurement system to estimate user motion based on foot and tread belt sensor signals, and a motor controller to adjust motor assembly speed based on estimates of user motion. The system is capable of making improved user motion estimates and of using them to provide improved belt speed control. In one embodiment, user position, speed, and acceleration are estimated at each user footfall while estimates are continually revised between footfalls. In one embodiment, foot sensors are capacitive proximity sensors which are effective, fully concealable, and economical.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 23, 2009
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2013
    Inventor: Randall Thomas Brunts