Patents by Inventor Thomas Joseph Lipinski

Thomas Joseph Lipinski 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: 12031442
    Abstract: A turbine engine comprising an engine core, a plurality of circumferentially arranged vanes, and a floating seal. The plurality of circumferentially arranged vanes forming an upper band and a lower band. The floating seal being carried by at least one respective vane of the plurality of circumferentially arranged vanes. The floating seal having a ring and at least one dynamic seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lee Krumanaker, Thomas Joseph Lipinski
  • Publication number: 20230265762
    Abstract: A turbine engine comprising an engine core, a plurality of circumferentially arranged vanes, and a floating seal. The plurality of circumferentially arranged vanes forming an upper band and a lower band. The floating seal being carried by at least one respective vane of the plurality of circumferentially arranged vanes. The floating seal having a ring and at least one dynamic seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2022
    Publication date: August 24, 2023
    Inventors: Matthew Lee Krumanaker, Thomas Joseph Lipinski
  • Patent number: 11519284
    Abstract: A turbine engine having an engine core, a first seal structure, a plurality of circumferentially arranged vanes, a plurality of struts, and a second seal structure. The engine core can define a rotor and a stator having a casing. The first seal structure can include a finger seal projecting from the rotor. The plurality of circumferentially arranged vanes can include an uppers band mounted to the casing, and a lower band located radially above the finger seal. At least some of the struts of the plurality of struts can extend through the plurality of circumferentially arranged vanes. The second seal structure can form a seat with the lower band.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Matthew Lee Krumanaker, Thomas Joseph Lipinski
  • Patent number: 11359498
    Abstract: An airfoil assembly for a turbine engine can include an airfoil having an outer wall bounding an interior, and an insert located within the interior with a space between the insert and airfoil outer wall. A cooling hole can pass through the insert with an outlet fluidly coupled to the space between the insert and outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Kreitzer, Bradford Alan Tracey, Michael Everitt Isenberg, Thomas Joseph Lipinski, Scott Alan Schimmels, Kenneth Jay Moore
  • Publication number: 20210372290
    Abstract: A turbine engine comprising an engine core comprising at least a compressor section, a combustor section, and a turbine section and defining a rotor and a stator. The turbine engine further comprising a first seal structure circumferentially extending about the rotor, a plurality of circumferentially arranged vanes, a plurality of struts extending through the vanes, and a second seal structure extending circumferentially about the first seal structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Inventors: Matthew Lee Krumanaker, Thomas Joseph Lipinski
  • Publication number: 20200277863
    Abstract: An airfoil assembly for a turbine engine can include an airfoil having an outer wall bounding an interior, and an insert located within the interior with a space between the insert and airfoil outer wall. A cooling hole can pass through the insert with an outlet fluidly coupled to the space between the insert and outer wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2020
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Kreitzer, Bradford Alan Tracey, Michael Everitt Isenberg, Thomas Joseph Lipinski, Scott Alan Schimmels, Kenneth Jay Moore
  • Patent number: 10570751
    Abstract: An airfoil assembly for a turbine engine can include an airfoil having an outer wall bounding an interior, and an insert located within the interior with a space between the insert and airfoil outer wall. A cooling hole can pass through the insert with an outlet fluidly coupled to the space between the insert and outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Kreitzer, Bradford Alan Tracey, Michael Everitt Isenberg, Thomas Joseph Lipinski, Scott Alan Schimmels, Kenneth Jay Moore
  • Publication number: 20190153875
    Abstract: An airfoil assembly for a turbine engine can include an airfoil having an outer wall bounding an interior, and an insert located within the interior with a space between the insert and airfoil outer wall. A cooling hole can pass through the insert with an outlet fluidly coupled to the space between the insert and outer wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Paul Joseph Kreitzer, Bradford Alan Tracey, Michael Everitt Isenberg, Thomas Joseph Lipinski, Scott Alan Schimmels, Kenneth Jay Moore