Patents by Inventor Victor Hugo Silva Correia

Victor Hugo Silva Correia 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).

  • Patent number: 11918943
    Abstract: A turbine engine having a compressor section, a combustor section, a turbine section, and a rotatable drive shaft that couples a portion of the turbine section and a portion of the compressor section. A bypass conduit couples the compressor section to the turbine section while bypassing at least the combustion section. At least one particle separator is located in the turbine engine having a separator inlet that receives a bypass stream, a separator outlet that receives a reduced-particle stream flows, and a particle outlet that receives a concentrated-particle stream comprising separated particles. A conduit, fluidly coupled to the particle outlet, extends through an interior of at least one stationary vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Timothy Deryck Stone, Gregory Michael Laskowski, Robert Proctor, Curtis Stover, Robert Francis Manning, Victor Hugo Silva Correia, Jared Peter Buhler, Robert Carl Murray, Corey Bourassa, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr., Jonathan Russell Ratzlaff
  • Publication number: 20230243268
    Abstract: An airfoil for a turbine engine includes a body defining a pressure side and a suction side, the body extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge and also extending radially to define an outer edge. A radially-extending plenum can be disposed at the outer edge of the airfoil. A flared portion can be disposed at the outer edge of the body extending from the suction side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2023
    Publication date: August 3, 2023
    Inventors: Michael Elia Hayek, Victor Hugo Silva Correia
  • Publication number: 20230226476
    Abstract: A turbine engine having a compressor section, a combustor section, a turbine section, and a rotatable drive shaft that couples a portion of the turbine section and a portion of the compressor section. A bypass conduit couples the compressor section to the turbine section while bypassing at least the combustion section. At least one particle separator is located in the turbine engine having a separator inlet that receives a bypass stream, a separator outlet that receives a reduced-particle stream flows, and a particle outlet that receives a concentrated-particle stream comprising separated particles. A conduit, fluidly coupled to the particle outlet, extends through an interior of at least one stationary vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Inventors: Timothy Deryck STONE, Gregory Michael LASKOWSKI, Robert PROCTOR, Curtis STOVER, Robert Francis Manning, Victor Hugo Silva CORREIA, Jared Peter BUHLER, Robert Carl MURRAY, Corey BOURASSA, Byron Andrew PRITCHARD, JR., Jonathan Russell RATZLAFF
  • Patent number: 11608746
    Abstract: An airfoil for a gas turbine engine defining a radial direction and an axial direction, the airfoil including: a flared portion extending from a suction surface of the airfoil at an outer edge of the airfoil along the radial direction; and a plenum disposed at the outer edge of the airfoil, the plenum having a suction-side sidewall and a pressure-side sidewall, wherein the suction-side sidewall has a first sidewall portion adjacent to a second sidewall portion disposed outside of the first sidewall portion along the radial direction, wherein the first sidewall portion defines a first angle, wherein the second sidewall portion defines a second angle, and wherein the first angle is greater than the second angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Elia Hayek, Victor Hugo Silva Correia
  • Patent number: 11566529
    Abstract: A turbomachinery component with a surface that includes a bounded wear coat, the component includes: a body; a contact surface defined by the body; a recess extending into the body and communicating with the contact surface; and a wear coat positioned in the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Shawn Patrick Duffen, Donald Brett DeSander, Victor Hugo Silva Correia
  • Patent number: 11541340
    Abstract: A turbine engine having an inducer assembly. The inducer assembly includes a centrifugal separator fluidly coupled to an inducer with an inducer inlet and an inducer outlet. The centrifugal separator includes a body, an angular velocity increaser to form a concentrated-particle stream and a reduced-particle stream, a flow splitter, and an exit conduit fluidly coupled to the body to receive the reduced-particle stream and define a separator outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Timothy Deryck Stone, Gregory Michael Laskowski, Robert Proctor, Curtis Stover, Robert Francis Manning, Victor Hugo Silva Correia, Jared Peter Buhler, Robert Carl Murray, Corey Bourassa, Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jr., Jonathan Russell Ratzlaff
  • Patent number: 11466579
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a gas turbine engine and a method of controlling an upstream extent of a bow wave from an airfoil having a pressure side and a suction side in the turbine engine. In one aspect, the method includes forming a vortex at a leading edge of the airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Victor Hugo Silva Correia, Robert Francis Manning, George Joe-Kueng Chan, James Earl Kopriva
  • Publication number: 20220220855
    Abstract: An airfoil for a gas turbine engine defining a radial direction and an axial direction, the airfoil including: a flared portion extending from a suction surface of the airfoil at an outer edge of the airfoil along the radial direction; and a plenum disposed at the outer edge of the airfoil, the plenum having a suction-side sidewall and a pressure-side sidewall, wherein the suction-side sidewall has a first sidewall portion adjacent to a second sidewall portion disposed outside of the first sidewall portion along the radial direction, wherein the first sidewall portion defines a first angle, wherein the second sidewall portion defines a second angle, and wherein the first angle is greater than the second angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2021
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Michael Elia Hayek, Victor Hugo Silva Correia
  • Patent number: 11199111
    Abstract: An assembly for removing particles from a fluid stream includes a first particle remover having a main flow outlet emitting a first reduced-particle stream and a scavenge flow outlet emitting a particle-laden stream, as well as a second particle remover fluidly coupled to the scavenge flow outlet and emitting a second reduced-particle stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Jared Peter Buhler, Christopher Charles Glynn, Corey Bourassa, Monty Lee Shelton, Robert Francis Manning, Victor Hugo Silva Correia
  • Publication number: 20210275951
    Abstract: A turbine engine having an inducer assembly. The inducer assembly includes a centrifugal separator fluidly coupled to an inducer with an inducer inlet and an inducer outlet. The centrifugal separator includes a body, an angular velocity increaser to form a concentrated-particle stream and a reduced-particle stream, a flow splitter, and an exit conduit fluidly coupled to the body to receive the reduced-particle stream and define a separator outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 20, 2021
    Publication date: September 9, 2021
    Inventors: Timothy Deryck STONE, Gregory Michael LASKOWSKI, Robert PROCTOR, Curtis STOVER, Robert Francis Manning, Victor Hugo Silva CORREIA, Jared Peter BUHLER, Robert Carl MURRAY, Corey BOURASSA, Byron Andrew PRITCHARD, JR., Jonathan Russell RATZLAFF
  • Patent number: 11067277
    Abstract: A component assembly for a gas turbine engine having a combustor and defining a core air flowpath includes a first wall and a second wall. The first wall is configured for at least partially defining the core air flowpath at a location downstream of a combustion chamber defined by the combustor of the gas turbine engine. Additionally, the second wall is also configured for at least partially defining the core air flowpath at a location downstream of the combustion chamber, and is located opposite the core air flowpath of the first wall. The second wall includes a plurality of fins extending towards the first wall along the radial direction and spaced along the circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Victor Hugo Silva Correia
  • Patent number: 11033845
    Abstract: A turbine engine having a bypass fluid conduit coupled to the turbine section includes at least one particle separator located within the bypass fluid conduit to separate particles from a bypass fluid stream prior to the bypass stream reaching the turbine section for cooling. A centrifugal separator for removing particles from a fluid stream includes an angular velocity increaser, a particle outlet, an angular velocity decreaser downstream of the angular velocity increaser, and a bend provided between the angular velocity increaser and the angular velocity decreaser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 15, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Timothy Deryck Stone, Gregory Michael Laskowski, Robert Proctor, Curtis Stover, Robert Francis Manning, Victor Hugo Silva Correia, Jared Peter Buhler, Robert Carl Murray, Corey Bourassa, Jr., Byron Andrew Pritchard, Jonathan Russell Ratzlaff
  • Patent number: 10975731
    Abstract: A centrifugal separator for removing particles from a fluid stream includes an angular velocity increaser configured to increase the angular velocity of a fluid stream, a flow splitter configured to split the fluid stream to form a concentrated-particle stream and a reduced-particle stream, and an exit conduit configured to receive the reduced-particle stream. An inducer assembly for a turbine engine includes an inducer with a flow passage having an inducer inlet and an inducer outlet in fluid communication with a turbine section of the engine, and a particle separator, which includes a particle concentrator that receives a compressed stream from a compressor section of the engine and a flow splitter. A turbine engine includes a cooling air flow circuit which supplies a fluid stream to a turbine section of the engine for cooling, a particle separator located within the cooling air flow circuit, and an inducer forming a portion of the cooling air flow circuit in fluid communication with the particle separator.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 13, 2021
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Robert Francis Manning, Timothy Deryck Stone, Jared Peter Buhler, Victor Hugo Silva Correia, Gregory Michael Laskowski, Robert Carl Murray, Jonathan Russell Ratzlaff, Robert Proctor, John Howard Starkweather, Curtis Walton Stover
  • Patent number: 10822974
    Abstract: Turbine nozzle segments and systems are provided. For example, a turbine nozzle segment comprises an airfoil extending axially between leading and trailing edges; an inner band defining a portion of a flow path inner boundary; and an outer band defining a portion of a flow path outer boundary. An airfoil trailing edge portion defines the trailing edge and extends axially beyond the inner and outer bands such that the trailing edge is defined axially aft of the inner and outer band aft ends. An exemplary turbine nozzle system comprises the turbine nozzle segment, an outer member positioned aft of the outer band at the trailing edge portion outer end to define the flow path outer boundary along the trailing edge portion, and an inner member positioned aft of the inner band at the trailing edge portion inner end to define the flow path inner boundary along the trailing edge portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Victor Hugo Silva Correia
  • Patent number: 10822957
    Abstract: A blade for a gas turbine engine comprises an airfoil having a pressure side and a suction side, with a root and a tip wall. The pressure side and suction side extend beyond the tip wall to define a tip channel, defining a plurality of internal and external corners. The corners comprise fillets to define a thickness being greater than the thickness for the pressure, suction, or tip walls. A film hole can extend through the fillet, such that the length of the film hole at the fillet can be increased to define an increased length-to-diameter ratio for the film hole to improve film cooling through the film hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jared Peter Buhler, Ronald Scott Bunker, Victor Hugo Silva Correia, Brian Kenneth Corsetti
  • Patent number: 10815806
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for separating dust from a dirty air flow within an airfoil assembly for a turbine engine. The air foil assembly can include a pair of vanes defining a nozzle through which a flow of air can move. At least one of the vanes can include an insert located within an interior of the vane and having a set of holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Victor Hugo Silva Correia, Robert Francis Manning
  • Publication number: 20200308989
    Abstract: An assembly for removing particles from a fluid stream includes a first particle remover having a main flow outlet emitting a first reduced-particle stream and a scavenge flow outlet emitting a particle-laden stream, as well as a second particle remover fluidly coupled to the scavenge flow outlet and emitting a second reduced-particle stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2020
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventors: Jared Peter Buhler, Christopher Charles Glynn, Corey Bourassa, Monty Lee Shelton, Robert Francis Manning, Victor Hugo Silva Correia
  • Publication number: 20200291801
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a gas turbine engine and a method of controlling an upstream extent of a bow wave from an airfoil having a pressure side and a suction side in the turbine engine. In one aspect, the method includes forming a vortex at a leading edge of the airfoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 29, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Victor Hugo Silva Correia, Robert Francis Manning, George Joe-Kueng Chan, James Earl Kopriva
  • Patent number: 10731509
    Abstract: A compliant seal component, a turbomachine including such compliant seal component, and an associated method for cooling the compliant seal component disposed in the turbomachine are disclosed. The compliant seal component includes a convoluted portion and a plurality of end portions spaced apart from each other. The plurality of end portions is joined to the convoluted portion. An end portion of the plurality of end portions includes a first section and a second section, the second section defining a plenum. The end portion further includes a plurality of inlet holes and a plurality of outlet holes. The plurality of inlet holes is configured to direct a portion of a cooling fluid to the plenum. The portion of the cooling fluid in the plenum is configured to cool the end portion. The plurality of outlet holes is configured to discharge the portion of the cooling fluid from the plenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Victor Hugo Silva Correia, Jonathan David Baldiga
  • Patent number: 10704425
    Abstract: An assembly for removing entrained particles from a fluid stream passing through a gas turbine engine includes a first particle remover, a second particle remover fluidly coupled which receives a particle-laden stream from the first particle remover, and a venturi having a fluidly coupled to the second particle remover to increase the pressure differential across the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jared Peter Buhler, Christopher Charles Glynn, Corey Bourassa, Monty Lee Shelton, Robert Francis Manning, Victor Hugo Silva Correia