Patents by Inventor Tyler James Alexander

Tyler James Alexander 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).

  • Shroud for splitter and rotor airfoils of a fan for a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 11149552
    Abstract: A fan for a gas turbine engine is provided. The fan includes a rotor including at least one rotor stage having a rotatable disk defining a flowpath surface and an array of rotor airfoils extending outward from the flowpath surface; an array of splitter airfoils extending outward from the flowpath surface, wherein the splitter airfoils and the rotor airfoils are disposed in a sequential arrangement; and a shroud extending between the rotor airfoils and the splitter airfoils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 19, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Anthony Louis DiPietro, Jr., Tyler James Alexander, Joseph Capozzi, Aspi Rustom Wadia, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow
  • SHROUD FOR SPLITTER AND ROTOR AIRFOILS OF A FAN FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20210180458
    Abstract: A fan for a gas turbine engine is provided. The fan includes a rotor including at least one rotor stage having a rotatable disk defining a flowpath surface and an array of rotor airfoils extending outward from the flowpath surface; an array of splitter airfoils extending outward from the flowpath surface, wherein the splitter airfoils and the rotor airfoils are disposed in a sequential arrangement; and a shroud extending between the rotor airfoils and the splitter airfoils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Anthony Louis DiPietro, JR., Tyler James Alexander, Joseph Capozzi, Aspi Rustom Wadia, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow