Patents by Inventor Tracy Lowell White

Tracy Lowell White 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).

  • Apparatus for positioning an igniter within a liner port of a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 6715279
    Abstract: An igniter tube for a gas turbine engine combustor has an inner surface, an outer surface, and a longitudinal axis therethrough. More specifically, the igniter tube includes: a first portion positioned within a port of a liner for the combustor, the first portion having an inner surface with an inner diameter and an outer surface with an outer diameter; a second portion located adjacent the first portion, the second portion having an inner surface with an inner diameter and an outer surface with an outer diameter, wherein the second portion outer diameter increases from the first portion outer diameter at a first end to a predetermined outer diameter at a second end; and, a third portion located adjacent the second portion, the third portion having an inner surface with an inner diameter and an outer surface with an outer diameter, wherein the third portion outer diameter is substantially the same as the predetermined outer diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Tracy Lowell White
  • Apparatus for positioning an igniter within a liner port of a gas turbine engine
    Publication number: 20030163995
    Abstract: An igniter tube for a gas turbine engine combustor has an inner surface, an outer surface, and a longitudinal axis therethrough. More specifically, the igniter tube includes: a first portion positioned within a port of a liner for the combustor, the first portion having an inner surface with an inner diameter and an outer surface with an outer diameter; a second portion located adjacent the first portion, the second portion having an inner surface with an inner diameter and an outer surface with an outer diameter, wherein the second portion outer diameter increases from the first portion outer diameter at a first end to a predetermined outer diameter at a second end; and, a third portion located adjacent the second portion, the third portion having an inner surface with an inner diameter and an outer surface with an outer diameter, wherein the third portion outer diameter is substantially the same as the predetermined outer diameter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 4, 2003
    Inventor: Tracy Lowell White