Patents by Inventor Thomas Demarche

Thomas Demarche 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).

  • Publication number: 20060073017
    Abstract: A turbine airfoil includes an internal cooling circuit between opposite pressure and suction sidewalls. The pressure sidewall includes a row of outlet slots for the circuit separated by converging partitions. Each slot includes an inlet, throat, and diverging outlet. Each of the partitions includes a step in a converging sidewall thereof for increasing divergence of the slots to diffuse coolant discharged therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2004
    Publication date: April 6, 2006
    Inventors: Robert Manning, Thomas Demarche, David Flodman