Inventor
FARMER GILBERT
US31 patents
Patents
31 patentsUS6047539AApr 11, 2000
Method of protecting gas turbine combustor components against water erosion and hot corrosion
GEN ELECTRIC97 citations98
US6513331B1Feb 4, 2003
Preferential multihole combustor liner
GEN ELECTRIC83 citations96
US5681616AOct 28, 1997
Thick thermal barrier coating having grooves for enhanced strain tolerance
GEN ELECTRIC80 citations96
US5558922ASep 24, 1996
Thick thermal barrier coating having grooves for enhanced strain tolerance
GEN ELECTRIC73 citations96
US6655149B2Dec 2, 2003
Preferential multihole combustor liner
GEN ELECTRIC73 citations94
US6557350B2May 6, 2003
Method and apparatus for cooling gas turbine engine igniter tubes
GEN ELECTRIC56 citations94
US6908657B2Jun 21, 2005
Coated component with through-hole having improved surface finish
GEN ELECTRIC21 citations92
US6779268B1Aug 24, 2004
Outer and inner cowl-wire wrap to one piece cowl conversion
GEN ELECTRIC24 citations92
US6663919B2Dec 16, 2003
Process of removing a coating deposit from a through-hole in a component and component processed thereby
GEN ELECTRIC41 citations92
US7216485B2May 15, 2007
Adjusting airflow in turbine component by depositing overlay metallic coating
GEN ELECTRIC36 citations91
US6568079B2May 27, 2003
Methods for replacing combustor liner panels
GEN ELECTRIC34 citations91
US6345441B1Feb 12, 2002
Method of repairing combustion chamber liners
GEN ELECTRIC41 citations91
US6725667B2Apr 27, 2004
Combustor dome for gas turbine engine
GEN ELECTRIC31 citations90
US6655146B2Dec 2, 2003
Hybrid film cooled combustor liner
GEN ELECTRIC48 citations90
US6620457B2Sep 16, 2003
Method for thermal barrier coating and a liner made using said method
GEN ELECTRIC29 citations90
US6286302B1Sep 11, 2001
Venturi for use in the swirl cup package of a gas turbine combustor having water injected therein
GEN ELECTRIC22 citations90
US6254997B1Jul 3, 2001
Article with metallic surface layer for heat transfer augmentation and method for making
GEN ELECTRIC21 citations90
US6651437B2Nov 25, 2003
Combustor liner and method for making thereof
GEN ELECTRIC25 citations89
US6553767B2Apr 29, 2003
Gas turbine combustor liner with asymmetric dilution holes machined from a single piece form
GEN ELECTRIC42 citations88
US6408610B1Jun 25, 2002
Method of adjusting gas turbine component cooling air flow
GEN ELECTRIC50 citations88
US6148600ANov 21, 2000
One-piece sheet metal cowl for combustor of a gas turbine engine and method of configuring same
GEN ELECTRIC47 citations88
US6672067B2Jan 6, 2004
Corrugated cowl for combustor of a gas turbine engine and method for configuring same
GEN ELECTRIC41 citations87
US6655147B2Dec 2, 2003
Annular one-piece corrugated liner for combustor of a gas turbine engine
GEN ELECTRIC38 citations87
US6592287B1Jul 15, 2003
Self-fixtured joint assembly and its preparation
GEN ELECTRIC18 citations83
US7222488B2May 29, 2007
Fabricated cowl for double annular combustor of a gas turbine engine
GEN ELECTRIC16 citations80
US6561872B2May 13, 2003
Method and apparatus for stripping coating
GEN ELECTRIC5 citations72
US6729940B2May 4, 2004
Apparatus for stripping coating
GEN ELECTRIC3 citations61
US7022940B2Apr 4, 2006
Combustor linear and method for making thereof
GEN ELECTRIC3 citations59
US6205763B1Mar 27, 2001
Method of forming a swirler with as-cast holes
GEN ELECTRIC6 citations58
US6629415B2Oct 7, 2003
Methods and apparatus for modeling gas turbine engine combustor liners
GEN ELECTRIC5 citations55
US6931728B2Aug 23, 2005
Test model for a gas turbine combustor dome and method of fabricating
GEN ELECTRIC3 citations54