Patents by Inventor Xiaoxue Diao
Xiaoxue Diao 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).
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Patent number: 10119473Abstract: Components are disclosed which include a first component section and a second component section joined to form a hollow structure defining a plenum having an interior surface, wherein the component sections each include mating ridges joined together along the length of the plenum, and a corrosion-resistant cladding layer including a corrosion-resistant material overlaying the interior surface of the plenum. In one embodiment, the component is a gas turbine combustor fuel manifold. A method of forming the components includes applying corrosion-resistant segments including a corrosion-resistant material to each of the surfaces of the component sections, and joining the component sections to form the component, wherein joining the component sections includes fusing the corrosion-resistant segments into the corrosion-resistant cladding layer, and joining the mating ridges of the component sections.Type: GrantFiled: May 20, 2015Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Dechao Lin, Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam, Xiaoxue Diao, Nicholas Thomas
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Publication number: 20170074514Abstract: A fabricated article includes a substrate and one or more turbulators formed on the substrate. Each of the one or more turbulators includes at least one root portion providing a concave transition between the substrate and the turbulator. In some embodiments, the fabricated article is formed by a turbulator fabrication process. The turbulator fabrication process includes concurrently directing the first fusion energy toward a first side of the turbulator material extending from the substrate and the second fusion energy toward a second side of the turbulator material opposite the first side and extending from the substrate. The directing of the first fusion energy and the second fusion energy shapes the first side of the turbulator material to have a first contour and the second side of the turbulator material to have a second contour, thereby forming the one or more turbulators on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 2, 2016Publication date: March 16, 2017Inventors: Dechao LIN, Srikanth Chandrudu KOTTILINGAM, Yan CUI, David Vincent BUCCI, Xiaoxue DIAO
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Patent number: 9535143Abstract: A coil support arrangement for a Magnetic Resonance Imaging System and method of support are provided. One coil support arrangement includes a main former body having a plurality of channels between end flanges and a splint coupled to the main former body between the end flanges. The coil support arrangement also includes a load spreader coupled to the main former body adjacent one or more of the ends of the splint, and having a gap between the one or more ends of the splint and the load spreader.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2011Date of Patent: January 3, 2017Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Mark Derakhshan, Longzhi Jiang, William Einziger, Xiaoxue Diao, Benjamin Gronemeyer, Erman Citirik
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Patent number: 9511447Abstract: A turbulator fabrication process and a fabricated article are provided. The turbulator fabrication process includes providing a system configured for directing a first fusion energy and a second fusion energy, positioning a turbulator material on a substrate, and directing the first fusion energy and the second fusion energy toward the turbulator material and the substrate. The directing of the first fusion energy and the second fusion energy modifies the turbulator material forming one or more turbulators on the substrate. The fabricated article includes a substrate and one or more turbulators formed on the substrate. Each of the one or more turbulators includes at least one root portion providing a concave transition between the substrate and the turbulator.Type: GrantFiled: December 12, 2013Date of Patent: December 6, 2016Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Dechao Lin, Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam, Yan Cui, David Vincent Bucci, Xiaoxue Diao
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Publication number: 20160341127Abstract: Components are disclosed which include a first component section and a second component section joined to form a hollow structure defining a plenum having an interior surface, wherein the component sections each include mating ridges joined together along the length of the plenum, and a corrosion-resistant cladding layer including a corrosion-resistant material overlaying the interior surface of the plenum. In one embodiment, the component is a gas turbine combustor fuel manifold. A method of forming the components includes applying corrosion-resistant segments including a corrosion-resistant material to each of the surfaces of the component sections, and joining the component sections to form the component, wherein joining the component sections includes fusing the corrosion-resistant segments into the corrosion-resistant cladding layer, and joining the mating ridges of the component sections.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 20, 2015Publication date: November 24, 2016Inventors: Dechao LIN, Srikanth Chandrudu KOTTILINGAM, Xiaoxue DIAO, Nicholas THOMAS
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Publication number: 20160115799Abstract: A method of forming a plurality of turbulators on a turbomachine surface includes depositing a portion of material on the turbomachine surface forming a first portion of the plurality of turbulators, adding additional material to the first portion, and establishing a desired dimension of the plurality of turbulators.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2014Publication date: April 28, 2016Inventors: Dechao Lin, Wei Chen, Xiaoxue Diao, Paul Stephen Dimascio, Srikanth Chandrudu Kottilingam, Brian Lee Tollison
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Publication number: 20150165547Abstract: A turbulator fabrication process and a fabricated article are provided. The turbulator fabrication process includes providing a system configured for directing a first fusion energy and a second fusion energy, positioning a turbulator material on a substrate, and directing the first fusion energy and the second fusion energy toward the turbulator material and the substrate. The directing of the first fusion energy and the second fusion energy modifies the turbulator material forming one or more turbulators on the substrate. The fabricated article includes a substrate and one or more turbulators formed on the substrate. Each of the one or more turbulators includes at least one root portion providing a concave transition between the substrate and the turbulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 12, 2013Publication date: June 18, 2015Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Dechao LIN, Srikanth Chandrudu KOTTILINGAM, Yan CUI, David Vincent BUCCI, Xiaoxue DIAO
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Publication number: 20120325996Abstract: A coil support arrangement for a Magnetic Resonance Imaging System and method of support are provided. One coil support arrangement includes a main former body having a plurality of channels between end flanges and a splint coupled to the main former body between the end flanges. The coil support arrangement also includes a load spreader coupled to the main former body adjacent one or more of the ends of the splint, and having a gap between the one or more ends of the splint and the load spreader.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2011Publication date: December 27, 2012Inventors: Mark Derakhshan, Longzhi Jiang, William Einziger, Xiaoxue Diao, Benjamin Gronemeyer, Erman Citirik
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Patent number: 8314615Abstract: An MRI apparatus and method comprises an MRI system having a plurality of gradient coils positioned about a bore of a magnet, and an RF transceiver system and an RF switch controlled by a pulse module to transmit RF signals to an RF coil assembly to acquire MR images. The magnet comprises a main coil former and a shield coil former arranged radially around the bore of the magnet, wherein a radius of the shield coil former is greater than a radius of the main coil former. The magnet also includes at least one main coil affixed to the main coil former, at least one shield coil affixed to the shield coil former, and at least one structural member affixed to the main coil former and to the shield coil former to provide structural support and enable longitudinal alignment adjustment between the main coil former and the shield coil former.Type: GrantFiled: December 22, 2009Date of Patent: November 20, 2012Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Longzhi Jiang, John Scaturro, Jr., William Einziger, Yuri Lvovsky, Robbi McDonald, Xiaoxue Diao
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Publication number: 20110148416Abstract: An MRI apparatus and method comprises an MRI system having a plurality of gradient coils positioned about a bore of a magnet, and an RF transceiver system and an RF switch controlled by a pulse module to transmit RF signals to an RF coil assembly to acquire MR images. The magnet comprises a main coil former and a shield coil former arranged radially around the bore of the magnet, wherein a radius of the shield coil former is greater than a radius of the main coil former. The magnet also includes at least one main coil affixed to the main coil former, at least one shield coil affixed to the shield coil former, and at least one structural member affixed to the main coil former and to the shield coil former to provide structural support and enable longitudinal alignment adjustment between the main coil former and the shield coil former.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 22, 2009Publication date: June 23, 2011Inventors: Longzhi Jiang, John Scaturro, JR., William Einziger, Yuri Lvovsky, Robbi McDonald, Xiaoxue Diao