THOMAS EDWARD JOHNSON
Pilots at Warwick Rd, Greenville, SC

8181891, May 22, 2012

Sep 8, 2009

12/555129

Willy Steve Ziminsky - Greenville SC, US
Thomas Edward Johnson - Greenville SC, US
Benjamin Lacy - Greenville SC, US
William David York - Greenville SC, US
Christian Xavier Stevenson - Greenville SC, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

B05B 1/14, B05B 15/00, F02C 1/00

239430, 239132, 239429, 2395332, 239558, 60737

A monolithic fuel injection head for a fuel nozzle includes a substantially hollow vesicle body formed with an upstream end face, a downstream end face and a peripheral wall extending therebetween, an internal baffle plate extending radially outwardly from a downstream end of the bore, terminating short of the peripheral wall, thereby defining upstream and downstream fuel plenums in the vesicle body, in fluid communication by way of a radial gap between the baffle plate and the peripheral wall. A plurality of integral pre-mix tubes extend axially through the upstream and downstream fuel plenums in the vesicle body and through the baffle plate, with at least one fuel injection hole extending between each of the pre-mix tubes and the upstream fuel plenum, thereby enabling fuel in the upstream plenum to be injected into the plurality of pre-mix tubes. The fuel injection head is formed by direct metal laser sintering.

2013023, Sep 19, 2013

Mar 19, 2012

13/423854

Thomas Edward Johnson - Greenville SC, US
Willy Steve Ziminsky - Greenville SC, US
Christian Xavier Stevenson - Greenville SC, US

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schenectady NY

F02C 3/20, F02C 7/22, F02C 3/30

60779, 60 39463, 60 3955, 60737

Embodiments of the present application include a combustor assembly. The combustor assembly may include a combustion chamber, a first plenum, a second plenum, and one or more elongate air/fuel premixing injection tubes. Each of the elongate air/fuel premixing injection tubes may include a first length at least partially disposed within the first plenum and configured to receive a first fluid from the first plenum. Moreover, each of the elongate air/fuel premixing injection tubes may include a second length disposed downstream of the first length and at least partially disposed within the second plenum. The second length may be formed of a porous wall configured to allow a second fluid from the second plenum to enter the second length and create a boundary layer about the porous wall.

2012000, Jan 12, 2012

Jul 9, 2010

12/833237

Kwanwoo Kim - Greenville SC, US
Thomas Edward Johnson - Greenville SC, US
Jong Ho Uhm - Greenville SC, US
Gilbert Otto Kraemer - Garington SC, US

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schnectady NY

F02C 7/22

60772, 60734

The present application provides for a combustor for use with a gas turbine engine. The combustor may include a cap member and a number of fuel nozzles extending through the cap member. One or more of the fuel nozzles may be provided in a non-flush position with respect to the cap member.

2012008, Apr 12, 2012

Oct 7, 2010

12/900027

Abdul Rafey Khan - Greenville SC, US
Thomas Edward Johnson - Greenville SC, US

F02D 1/06, B05B 1/26

239 5, 239502

A fuel nozzle includes a nozzle cavity with a side wall defining an annular cavity, and swirler vanes arranged circumferentially around an outer surface of the nozzle cavity. A plurality of ports are formed in the side wall and are circumferentially spaced around the nozzle cavity. The ports provide fluid communication through the side wall. The plurality of ports are positioned and/or oriented such that fuel jets communicated through the side wall are communicated downstream of the swirler vanes.

2013030, Nov 21, 2013

May 15, 2012

13/471488

Christopher Paul Keener - Woodruff SC, US
Thomas Edward Johnson - Greenville SC, US
Carl Robert Barker - Simpsonville SC, US

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schenectady NY

F23R 3/26, F23R 3/28

60776, 60737

The present application provides a micro-mixer fuel plenum for mixing a flow of fuel and a flow of air in a combustor. The micro-mixing fuel plenum may include an outer barrel and a number of mixing tubes positioned within the outer barrel. The mixing tubes may include one or more heat transfer features thereon.

2012030, Dec 6, 2012

Jun 6, 2011

13/153987

Patrick Benedict MELTON - Horse Shoe NC, US
Keith Cletus Belsom - Laurens SC, US
Thomas Edward Johnson - Greenville SC, US
William Lawrence Byrne - Simpsonville SC, US
Robert Joseph Rohrssen - Simpsonville SC, US

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY

F02C 7/28, F16J 15/06

60752, 277654

A flexible annular seal for insertion between concentrically assembled turbine combustor components includes an annular inner seal portion having a first solid annular edge and first plurality of spring fingers extending axially from the first solid annular edge; and an annular outer seal portion having a second solid annular edge and a second plurality of spring fingers extending axially from the second solid edge and overlying the first plurality of spring fingers such that the inner and outer seal portions are substantially fully engaged along an entire length dimension of the flexible annular seal. The second plurality of spring fingers are circumferentially offset from the first plurality of spring fingers, and free ends of the first plurality of spring fingers are bent around and over free ends of the second plurality of spring fingers.