Patents by Inventor Travis J Packer

Travis J Packer 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: 20190368364
    Abstract: A turbine of a gas turbine engine that includes a stationary shroud ring having inner shroud segments circumferentially stacked about a hot gas path. The inner shroud segments may include a first inner shroud segment that includes: a cooling configuration having cooling channels configured to receive and direct a coolant through an interior of the first inner shroud segment, where each of the cooling channels extends lengthwise between a first end and a second end that includes an outlet formed through an exterior surface of the first inner shroud segment; a circumferential edge; a slot formed in the circumferential edge; and a sealing member positioned within the slot. The outlet of at least one of the cooling channels may be positioned within the slot.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brad Wilson VanTassel, Steven Paul Byam, Joseph Anthony Weber, Evan Andrew Sewall, Travis J. Packer
  • Publication number: 20190368378
    Abstract: A turbine that includes an inner shroud segment having a cooling configuration in which interior channels are configured to receive and direct a coolant. The cooling configuration may include a pair of counterflowing crossflow channels in which a first crossflow channel extends side-by-side with a neighboring second crossflow channel; and a feed and outlet channel configuration comprising neighboring feed and outlet channels. The feed channel may connect at a first connection to an upstream end of the first crossflow channel and the outlet channel may connect at a second connection to a downstream end of the second crossflow channel. The feed channel may extend in an inner radial direction from an inlet to the first connection. The outlet channel may extend in an outer radial direction from the second connection to an outlet. The feed channel may include a section that undercuts the outlet channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brad Wilson VanTassel, Joseph Anthony Weber, Bryan David Lewis, Travis J Packer
  • Publication number: 20190368365
    Abstract: A turbine shroud segment including: a target exterior surface and target interior region; and a cooling configuration having first and second channel types. The first channel type includes: an inlet and outlet; a target section extending through the target interior region; lateral ports spaced lengthwise between first and second ends of the target section; and a path within the target interior region offset from the target exterior surface by a minimum offset. The second channel type includes: dead-ends disposed at first and second ends; lateral ports connecting to lateral ports of the first channel type; and a path through the target interior region that is variable between valleys and peaks. The second channel type resides closer to the target exterior surface at the valleys than at the peaks. At each of the valleys, the second channel type resides within the minimum offset.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2018
    Publication date: December 5, 2019
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brad Wilson VanTassel, Evan Andrew Sewall, Travis J. Packer
  • Publication number: 20190345826
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a tip member configured to be coupled to a blade structure for a turbomachine. A body of the tip member includes: a first surface configured to engage a radially outboard end of the blade structure, a second surface positioned opposite the first surface, and at least one perimeter sidewall positioned between the first and second surfaces, wherein the at least one perimeter sidewall has an airfoil cross-section; and an opening passing through the body from the first surface to the second surface, and having a single directional orientation therebetween, wherein the opening is sized to receive a post positioned on the radially outboard end of the blade structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Travis J Packer, Jeffrey Clarence Jones, Nicholas William Rathay, Ian Darnall Reeves
  • Patent number: 10259138
    Abstract: An injection mold system for injecting slurry into an internal portion of an injection mold component core is disclosed. The system may include a fill clip for injecting slurry into an internal portion of an injection mold component core including a fill member for injecting slurry into the internal portion of the injection mold component core, and a latch member for removably coupling the fill member with the injection mold component core. The system may also include a fill reservoir for collecting excess slurry from the internal portion of the injection mold component core. The fill reservoir may also redistribute the excess slurry back into the internal portion of the injection mold component core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Dillon Mathew Smith, Travis J Packer, James Stuart Pratt
  • Publication number: 20190047043
    Abstract: Vibration systems and systems including vibration systems for filling incomplete components with slurry material are disclosed. The vibration systems may include a vibration platform, and a component retention plate releasably coupled to the vibration platform. The component retention plate may include a plurality of component holders positioned on the component retention plate. Each of the plurality of component holders may receive a distinct, incomplete component in a predetermined orientation. The vibration systems may also include a motor operatively coupled to the vibration platform to vibrate the vibration platform at a predetermined frequency. The predetermined frequency may be based on characteristic(s) of each of the incomplete components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: Jose Troitino Lopez, Raymond Michael Brown, Travis J. Packer, James Stuart Pratt, William Charles Vincent
  • Publication number: 20180371920
    Abstract: A hollowed body component made by additive manufacturing is disclosed. The hollow body has a longitudinal extent, an exterior surface and an interior surface, the interior surface having a first side and an opposing, second side. A first set of curved supports are curved along lengths thereof and extend between the first side and the opposing, second side to support the hollow body at least during the additive manufacturing thereof. Some embodiments include cooling passages open to the interior surface. Here, the curved supports extend between opposing pairs of passage-free spaces on the interior surface to support the hollow body at least during the additive manufacturing thereof. In one example, the component is an impingement insert for a hot gas path component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2017
    Publication date: December 27, 2018
    Inventors: Travis J Packer, Elisabeth Kraus Black, Robert William Davidoff, Zachary John Snider
  • Publication number: 20180215070
    Abstract: An injection mold system for injecting slurry into an internal portion of an injection mold component core is disclosed. The system may include a fill clip for injecting slurry into an internal portion of an injection mold component core including a fill member for injecting slurry into the internal portion of the injection mold component core, and a latch member for removably coupling the fill member with the injection mold component core. The system may also include a fill reservoir for collecting excess slurry from the internal portion of the injection mold component core. The fill reservoir may also redistribute the excess slurry back into the internal portion of the injection mold component core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2017
    Publication date: August 2, 2018
    Inventors: Dillon Mathew Smith, Travis J Packer, James Stuart Pratt