Brilliant
Howard Brilliant, Niskayuna, NY US
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20110164957 | Method and Apparatus for Double Flow Turbine First Stage Cooling - A cooling path is defined through a double-flow steam turbine. The steam turbine includes a generator end and a turbine end and a double-flow tub diaphragm disposed axially between the generator end and the turbine end. A first stage of the steam turbine includes a plurality of first stage nozzles and a plurality of first stage buckets, and a steam path is defined from an inlet region, through the turbine end, to a steam outlet. The cooling path includes cooling holes in the tub diaphragm and root radial seals permitting steam flow beneath the tub diaphragm and around the first stage nozzles and back into the steam path before the first stage buckets. | 07-07-2011 |
Howard Brilliant, Schenectady, NY US
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20120328409 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COOLING HIGH PRESSURE AND INTERMEDIATE PRESSURE SECTIONS OF A STEAM TURBINE - The present application provides a section cooling system for a steam turbine to limit a leakage flow therethrough. The section cooling system may include a first pressure flow extraction from a first section to a shaft packing location between the first section and a second section and a rotor aperture extending towards the first section. The first pressure flow extraction diverts the leakage flow from the first section into the rotor aperture so as to limit the leakage flow to the second section. | 12-27-2012 |
Howard Michael Brilliant, Niskayuna, NY US
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20110085905 | TURBOMACHINE ROTOR COOLING - A rotor of a turbomachine includes a rotor drum located at a central axis and a plurality of buckets secured to the rotor drum. A rotor shell extends between axially adjacent buckets of the plurality of buckets and is secured to and supported by the plurality of buckets defining a cooling passage between the rotor drum and the rotor shell. A low pressure sink is located at an upstream end of the rotor receptive of a coolant flow through the cooling passage. A method of cooling a rotor of a steam turbine includes locating a rotor shell radially outboard of a rotor drum defining a cooling passage therebetween. A flow of steam is urged from a downstream portion of the steam turbine through the cooling passage toward a low pressure sink located at an upstream end of the steam turbine thereby cooling the rotor. | 04-14-2011 |
20130323011 | Nozzle Diaphragm Inducer - The present application provides a steam turbine driven by a flow of steam. The steam turbine may include a rotor, a number of nozzles positioned about the rotor, and a number of nozzle diaphragms. One or more of the nozzle diaphragms may include an inducer. | 12-05-2013 |
Jo Anne Brilliant, Annapolis, MD US
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20130020218 | Holder for Concealed Tooth Cleaning Implement - The present invention is a disguised holder or case that appears to be a lipstick application dispenser but has there within a dental scaler concealed in a faux lipstick tube. The device is designed to fool an observer into believing that the user is applying lipstick rather than picking at or removing food between teeth and therefore can be used by a person in public places. | 01-24-2013 |
Lisa I. Brilliant, Middletown, CT US
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20130011266 | FAN STAGGER ANGLE FOR DIRT REJECTION - A gas turbine engine includes a spool, a turbine coupled to drive the spool, a propulsor coupled to be rotated about an axis by the turbine through the spool, and a gear assembly coupled between the propulsor and the spool such that rotation of the turbine drives the propulsor at a different speed than the spool. The propulsor includes a hub and a row of propulsor blades that extend from the hub. Each of the propulsor blades has a span between a root at the hub and a tip, and a chord between a leading edge and a trailing edge. The chord forms a stagger angle α with the axis, and the stagger angle α is less than 15° at a position along the propulsor blade that is within an inboard 20% of the span. | 01-10-2013 |
20130192198 | COMPRESSOR FLOWPATH - A core flowpath through a low pressure compressor section of a gas turbine engine includes an outer diameter, which has a slope angle relative to an axis defined by the core flowpath. The slope angle is a slope angle that is operable to prevent flow separation of a fluid passing through the core flowpath. | 08-01-2013 |
20130259672 | INTEGRATED INLET VANE AND STRUT - A gas turbine engine case structure includes inner and outer annular case portions radially spaced from one another to provide a flow path and circumferentially arranged airfoils extend radially and interconnect the inner and outer annular case portions. The airfoils include multiple vanes and multiple strut-vanes. Each vane has a vane leading edge. Each strut-vane includes a strut-vane leading edge. The vane leading edges and strut-vane leading edges are aligned in a common plane. The vanes include a first axial length and the strut-vanes include a second axial length that is at least double the first axial length. | 10-03-2013 |
20130323012 | COMPRESSOR TIP CLEARANCE MANAGEMENT FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE - A compressor tip clearance management system includes a compressor section having a low pressure compressor and a high pressure compressor arranged downstream from the low pressure compressor. A variable stator vane is arranged upstream from the high pressure compressor. The variable stator vane is connected to an actuator, and a controller is in communication with the actuator. The controller is configured to provide a command to the actuator to move the variable stator vane in response to a high pressure compressor clearance condition. A high pressure compressor rotor speed is altered, and the high pressure compressor clearance condition is changed to a desired clearance. | 12-05-2013 |
20140248129 | LPC FLOWPATH SHAPE WITH GAS TURBINE ENGINE SHAFT BEARING CONFIGURATION - A gas turbine engine includes a core housing that includes an inlet case and an intermediate case that respectively provide an inlet case flow path and an intermediate case flowpath. A shaft provides a rotational axis. A hub is operatively supported by the shaft. A rotor is connected to the hub and supports a compressor section. The compressor section is arranged in a core flow path axially between the inlet case flow path and the intermediate case flow path. The core flowpath has an inner diameter and an outer diameter. At least a portion of inner diameter has an increasing slope angle relative to the rotational axis. A bearing is mounted to the hub and supports the shaft relative to one of the intermediate case and the inlet case. | 09-04-2014 |
Margo Brilliant, Miami, FL US
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20130020218 | Holder for Concealed Tooth Cleaning Implement - The present invention is a disguised holder or case that appears to be a lipstick application dispenser but has there within a dental scaler concealed in a faux lipstick tube. The device is designed to fool an observer into believing that the user is applying lipstick rather than picking at or removing food between teeth and therefore can be used by a person in public places. | 01-24-2013 |
Margo K. Brilliant, North Miami Beach, FL US
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20140034067 | Tube To Prevent Thumb Sucking - The present invention is an apparatus to prevent thumb sucking for attachment to a user's arm having an elongated tubular sleeve of a soft pliable material with a closed end and an open end, and a soft pliable material liner within the outer elongated tubular sleeve. The user will have the tubular sleeve placed over the hand and forearm of the user, so that the user will not be able to thumb suck since the tubular sleeve prevents the user from having access to the user's thumb. The tublular sleeve having one or more icons thereon to encourage the user to be receptive to the placement of the tubular sleeve on the user. | 02-06-2014 |
Nathan Brilliant, Denver, CO US
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20090059975 | LASER MODULE FOR PROJECTION DISPLAYS - A laser module with a linear laser diode array includes multiple, mutually separated laser cells. A nonlinear optical material serves to double the frequency of the radiation emitted by the laser cells. The linear laser diode array and the nonlinear optical material are so positioned relative to each other that the resulting frequency-doubled radiation propagates, within the nonlinear optical material and essentially within mutually separated columns associable with the laser cells, both in the direction of the radiation emitted by the laser cells and in the opposite direction. The laser module includes optical elements which divert the bidirectionally propagating frequency-doubled radiation in a manner whereby, upon diversion between the columns in the respective other direction, the radiation propagates in the nonlinear optical material, so that frequency-doubled light ultimately exits the nonlinear optical material in only one direction. | 03-05-2009 |
Susan S. Brilliant, Richmond, VA US
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20110302558 | System and Method for Constructing an Application Using Distributed Functionalities - A system and method are disclosed for factoring the functionalities within one or more applications into separate entities, storing them locally and/or distributing them across a network of servers such that code reusable across applications is updatable at one place, the user of an application sees only the interface relevant, to the task at hand, the interface for the user is consistent across applications utilizing the same functionality while at the same time it remains clear to the user which context the user is in, and additional functionalities may be added and subtracted during run time without recompiling the application or reinitialising the application. | 12-08-2011 |