Patents by Inventor Thomas Moors

Thomas Moors 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: 9145787
    Abstract: A rotatable engine component, coating and method of coating the rotatable component includes a substrate, a transitional zone applied to the substrate, and an abradable zone applied to the transitional zone. During operation of an engine in a turbine, the abradable zone is consumed upon contact with a static portion of the engine preventing damage to the rotatable component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2015
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Gabriel Della-Fera, Thomas Moors
  • Publication number: 20130045091
    Abstract: A rotatable engine component, coating and method of coating the rotatable component includes a substrate, a transitional zone applied to the substrate, and an abradable zone applied to the transitional zone. During operation of an engine in a turbine, the abradable zone is consumed upon contact with a static portion of the engine preventing damage to the rotatable component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2011
    Publication date: February 21, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Gabriel DELLA-FERA, Thomas MOORS
  • Publication number: 20090176110
    Abstract: A coating system and process capable of providing erosion and corrosion-resistance to a component, particularly a steel compressor blade of an industrial gas turbine. The coating system includes a metallic sacrificial undercoat on a surface of the component substrate, and a ceramic topcoat deposited by thermal spray on the undercoat. The undercoat contains a metal or metal alloy that is more active in the galvanic series than iron, and electrically contacts the surface of the substrate. The ceramic topcoat consists essentially of a ceramic material chosen from the group consisting of mixtures of alumina and titania, mixtures of chromia and silica, mixtures of chromia and titania, mixtures of chromia, silica, and titania, and mixtures of zirconia, titania, and yttria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 9, 2009
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Surinder Singh Pabla, Jon Conrad Schaeffer, Vinod Kumar Pareek, David Vincent Bucci, Thomas Moors, Jane Marie Lipkin
  • Publication number: 20090060714
    Abstract: A multi-part cast component for a turbine engine includes a first component section having a main body portion including at least one cooling flow passage section, and a second component section having a main body including at least one cooling flow passage section. The first and second component sections are joined along a parting line to form a turbine engine component with the at least one cooling flow passage section of the first component section aligning with the at least one cooling flow passage of the second component section to form a cooling flow channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2007
    Publication date: March 5, 2009
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Thomas Moors