Patents by Inventor Varun S. Lakshmanan

Varun S. Lakshmanan 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).

  • COMBUSTOR WITH DILUTION OPENINGS
    Publication number: 20230366550
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine including a compressor section and a combustion section in serial flow arrangement along an engine centerline, the combustion section having a combustor liner, a dome wall coupled to the combustor liner, and a dome inlet located in the dome wall, a fuel injector fluidly coupled to the dome inlet, a combustion chamber fluidly coupled to the fuel injector and defined at least in part by the combustor liner and the dome wall, and at least one set of dilution openings located in the dome wall and fluidly coupled to the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 20, 2023
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Inventors: Perumallu Vukanti, Varun S. Lakshmanan, Michael T. Bucaro, Pradeep Naik, Steven C. Vise, Michael A. Benjamin
  • Combustor with dilution openings
    Patent number: 11747018
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine including a compressor section and a combustion section in serial flow arrangement along an engine centerline, the combustion section having a combustor liner, a dome wall coupled to the combustor liner, and a dome inlet located in the dome wall, a fuel injector fluidly coupled to the dome inlet, a combustion chamber fluidly coupled to the fuel injector and defined at least in part by the combustor liner and the dome wall, and at least one set of dilution openings located in the dome wall and fluidly coupled to the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Perumallu Vukanti, Varun S. Lakshmanan, Michael T. Bucaro, Pradeep Naik, Steven C. Vise, Michael A. Benjamin
  • COMBUSTOR WITH DILUTION OPENINGS
    Publication number: 20230213191
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine including a compressor section and a combustion section in serial flow arrangement along an engine centerline, the combustion section having a combustor liner, a dome wall coupled to the combustor liner, and a dome inlet located in the dome wall, a fuel injector fluidly coupled to the dome inlet, a combustion chamber fluidly coupled to the fuel injector and defined at least in part by the combustor liner and the dome wall, and at least one set of dilution openings located in the dome wall and fluidly coupled to the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2022
    Publication date: July 6, 2023
    Inventors: Perumallu Vukanti, Varun S. Lakshmanan, Michael T. Bucaro, Pradeep Naik, Steven C. Vise, Michael A. Benjamin