Patents by Inventor Tingfan Pang
Tingfan Pang 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).
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Patent number: 11885236Abstract: An airfoil for a turbine engine includes an outer wall bounding an interior and defining a pressure side and a suction side, the outer wall extending axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a chord-wise direction, and also extending radially between a root and a tip to define a span-wise direction. At least one cooling conduit can be formed in the interior of the airfoil, and a tip rail can project from the tip in the span-wise direction.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2022Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Zachary Daniel Webster, Tingfan Pang, Gregory Terrence Garay, Steven Robert Brassfield
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Publication number: 20230393554Abstract: A method of forming a component that includes identifying an acute angle in an original model that is a virtual model of the component. The acute angle is defined by a first surface and a second surface. The method includes compensating the original model at the acute angle to create a compensated acute angle in a compensated model. The method also includes forming, by additive manufacturing, the component based upon the compensated model, where the formed component is more alike the original model than the compensated model.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2023Publication date: December 7, 2023Inventors: Daniel Endecott Osgood, Tingfan Pang, Gregory Terrence Garay, Xi Yang, Daniel Lee Durstock, Steven Robert Brassfield, William Charles Herman
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Publication number: 20230358139Abstract: A method of forming a gas turbine engine component, the method including forming a plurality of cooling apertures in a preform structure of the component, the plurality of cooling apertures of the preform structure comprising a first cooling aperture and a second cooling aperture, wherein cross-sectional shapes of the first and second cooling apertures of the preform structure are different from one another, as measured in a same relative plane; and applying a coating to at least a portion of the preform structure to form the component, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the first and second cooling apertures of the component are approximately the same as one another, as measured in the same relative plane.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2023Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: Daniel Endecott Osgood, Gregory Terrence Garay, Ryan Christopher Jones, Tingfan Pang
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Patent number: 11782416Abstract: A method of using additive manufacturing to form or print a component based on an original model of a component, where the geometry of the original model is compensated to form a compensated model. The compensated model can be used to form or print the component. The printed component as a final model can then be compared to the original model.Type: GrantFiled: May 11, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Daniel Endecott Osgood, Tingfan Pang, Gregory Terrence Garay, Xi Yang, Daniel Lee Durstock, Steven Robert Brassfield, William Charles Herman
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Publication number: 20230311199Abstract: An intermediate investment casting mold includes at least a shell and a core. The shell has an outer surface and an inner surface, with the inner surface defining an interior for the shell. The core is located in the interior of the shell and is at least partially spaced from the inner surface of the shell. A void can be defined as the space between the core and the inner surface. The intermediate investment casting mold can include a plurality of anchors.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Inventors: Evin Nathaniel Barber, Joshua L. Miller, Christophe Jude Day, Brian D. Przeslawski, Tingfan Pang, Gregory Terrence Garay, Xi Yang, Meredith Elissa Dubelman, Daniel Endecott Osgood, Ricardo Caraballo, Thomas Hewitt
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Patent number: 11639664Abstract: An airfoil for a turbine engine, comprising an outer wall defining an exterior surface bounding an interior and defining a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a chord-wise direction and extending between a root and a tip to define a span-wise direction, outlets on the exterior surface, and a cooling air supply conduit within the interior and having a supply passage.Type: GrantFiled: June 10, 2022Date of Patent: May 2, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Zachary Daniel Webster, Steven Robert Brassfield, Gregory Terrence Garay, Tingfan Pang, Daniel Endecott Osgood
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Patent number: 11585224Abstract: A method of forming a gas turbine engine component, the method including forming a plurality of cooling apertures in a preform structure of the component, the plurality of cooling apertures of the preform structure comprising a first cooling aperture and a second cooling aperture, wherein cross-sectional shapes of the first and second cooling apertures of the preform structure are different from one another, as measured in a same relative plane; and applying a coating to at least a portion of the preform structure to form the component, wherein a cross-sectional shape of the first and second cooling apertures of the component are approximately the same as one another, as measured in the same relative plane.Type: GrantFiled: August 7, 2020Date of Patent: February 21, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Gregory Terrence Garay, Tingfan Pang, Daniel Endecott Osgood, Ryan Christopher Jones
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Patent number: 11572801Abstract: The disclosure relates to a component for a turbine engine with a heated airflow and a cooling airflow. The component includes a wall separating the heated airflow from the cooling airflow. The wall can have a heated surface confronting the heated airflow and a cooled surface confronting the cooling airflow. The component can also include a baffle with a set of cooling holes.Type: GrantFiled: September 12, 2019Date of Patent: February 7, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Daniel Endicott Osgood, Gregory Terrence Garay, Daniel Lee Durstock, Steven Robert Brassfield, Tingfan Pang
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Patent number: 11566527Abstract: A component, such as for a turbine engine, can include an airfoil with an outer wall defining an exterior surface bounding an interior and defining a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a chord-wise direction and extending between a root and a tip to define a span-wise direction. The component can also include at least one cooling passage within the interior.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Tingfan Pang, Helen Ogbazion Gabregiorgish, Zachary Daniel Webster, Gregory Terrence Garay, Steven Robert Brassfield, Daniel Endecott Osgood
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Publication number: 20220403745Abstract: An airfoil for a turbine engine, comprising an outer wall defining an exterior surface bounding an interior and defining a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a chord-wise direction and extending between a root and a tip to define a span-wise direction, outlets on the exterior surface, and a cooling air supply conduit within the interior and having a supply passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 10, 2022Publication date: December 22, 2022Inventors: Zachary Daniel Webster, Steven Robert Brassfield, Gregory Terrence Garay, Tingfan Pang, Daniel Endecott Osgood
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Patent number: 11529672Abstract: A method of forming a cast component and a method of forming a casting mold is described herein. The ceramic core-shell mold includes at least first core portion, a first shell portion, and at least one first cavity between the core portion and the first shell portion. The core-shell mold may be manufactured using an additive manufacturing process and may include an integrated ceramic filter. At least a portion of the ceramic core-shell mold and the wax gate component is coated with a second ceramic material. The wax gate component is then removed to form a second cavity in fluid communication with the first cavity.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Xi Yang, Michael Cole, Michael Brown, Gregory Terrence Garay, Tingfan Pang, Brian David Przeslawski, Douglas Gerard Konitzer
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Patent number: 11480058Abstract: An apparatus and method an engine component for a turbine engine comprising an outer wall bounding an interior and defining a pressure side and an opposing suction side, with both sides extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a chord-wise direction, and extending between a root and a tip to define a span-wise direction, at least one cooling passage located within the interior, a set of cooling holes having an inlet fluidly coupled to the cooling passage, an outlet located on one of the pressure side or suction side, with a connecting passage fluidly coupling the inlet to the outlet.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Gregory Terrence Garay, Tingfan Pang, Helen Ogbazion Gabregiorgish, Zachary Daniel Webster, Steven Robert Brassfield
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Patent number: 11408290Abstract: A cast component having reduced cross flow linking cavities and method of casting may include a body. The body may define a plurality of internal flow channels. The plurality of internal flow channels may include a first internal flow channel and a second internal flow channel. The cast component may also include a plurality of linking cavities obstructing unintended fluid communication between the first internal flow channel and the second internal flow channel through the plurality of linking cavities.Type: GrantFiled: May 7, 2021Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Daniel Endecott Osgood, Tingfan Pang, Gregory Terrence Garay, Zachary Daniel Webster, Ryan Christopher Jones
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Publication number: 20220228493Abstract: An airfoil for a turbine engine includes an outer wall bounding an interior and defining a pressure side and a suction side, the outer wall extending axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a chord-wise direction, and also extending radially between a root and a tip to define a span-wise direction. At least one cooling conduit can be formed in the interior of the airfoil, and a tip rail can project from the tip in the span-wise direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2022Publication date: July 21, 2022Inventors: Zachary Daniel Webster, Tingfan Pang, Gregory Terrence Garay, Steven Robert Brassfield
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Patent number: 11389862Abstract: A leachable casting core and method of manufacture may include a plurality of legs configured to establish a plurality of internal flow channels of a cast component. Tie bars, with a first tie bar end and a second tie bar end opposite thereof, may couple to at least two of the plurality of legs. At least one of the tie bars may be oriented to form a linking cavity within the cast component between the internal flow channels. The linking cavity may serve as an obstruction to fluid communication through the linking cavity.Type: GrantFiled: April 5, 2021Date of Patent: July 19, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Daniel Endecott Osgood, Tingfan Pang, Gregory Terrence Garay, Zachary Daniel Webster, Ryan Christopher Jones
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Patent number: 11384642Abstract: An airfoil for a turbine engine, comprising an outer wall defining an exterior surface bounding an interior and defining a pressure side and a suction side extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a chord-wise direction and extending between a root and a tip to define a span-wise direction, outlets on the exterior surface, and a cooling air supply conduit within the interior and having a supply passage.Type: GrantFiled: July 15, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Zachary Daniel Webster, Steven Robert Brassfield, Gregory Terrence Garay, Tingfan Pang, Daniel Endecott Osgood
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Patent number: 11377963Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooling a component for a turbine engine which generates a hot gas flow and provides a cooling fluid flow, the component comprising a body having an outer surface, at least a portion of which is exposed to the hot gas flow to define a hot surface, a cooling cavity located within the body and fluidly coupled to the cooling fluid flow and a pin located within the cooling cavity and defining a cooling hole.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Zachary Daniel Webster, Gregory Terrence Garay, Xi Yang, Tingfan Pang, Steven Robert Brassfield
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Patent number: 11352889Abstract: An airfoil for a turbine engine includes an outer wall bounding an interior and defining a pressure side and a suction side, the outer wall extending axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a chord-wise direction, and also extending radially between a root and a tip to define a span-wise direction. At least one cooling conduit can be formed in the interior of the airfoil, and a tip rail can project from the tip in the span-wise direction.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Zachary Daniel Webster, Steven Robert Brassfield, Gregory Terrence Garay, Tingfan Pang
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Patent number: 11299998Abstract: A turbomachinery sealing apparatus including a first turbomachinery component having a first end face, and a seal extending away from the first end face, the seal being connected to a wall of the component by a tab extending between the wall and the seal.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2021Date of Patent: April 12, 2022Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Ryan Christopher Jones, Daniel Endecott Osgood, Zachary Daniel Webster, Gregory Terrence Garay, Tingfan Pang
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Publication number: 20220080495Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a method of forming a cast component and a method of forming a casting mold. The method is performed by connecting at least one wax gate component to a ceramic core-shell mold. The ceramic core-shell mold includes at least a first core portion, a first shell portion, and a second shell portion, wherein the first shell portion is adapted to interface with at least the second shell portion to form at least one first cavity between the core portion and the first and second shell portions. The core-shell mold may be inspected and assembled prior to connection of the wax gate component. At least a portion of the ceramic core-shell mold and the wax gate component is coated with a second ceramic material. The wax gate component is then removed to form a second cavity in fluid communication with the first cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Xi Yang, Michael Cole, Michael Brown, Gregory Terrence Garay, Tingfan Pang, Brian David Przeslawski, Douglas Gerard Konitzer