William Scott Zemitis

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Simpsonville, SC, US

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

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Turbine blade tip shroud surface profiles
- Patent number 11,946,386
- Issue date Apr 2, 2024
- GE INFRASTRUCTURE TECHNOLOGY LLC
- William Scott Zemitis
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
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Turbine nozzle assembly with stress relief structure for mounting rail
- Patent number 11,885,241
- Issue date Jan 30, 2024
- General Electric Company
- Lauren Elizabeth Rogers
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Turbine blade tip shroud with axially offset cutter teeth, and rela...
- Patent number 11,821,336
- Issue date Nov 21, 2023
- General Electric Company
- Srinivasa Govardhan Jayana
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Turbine nozzle assembly with stress relief structure for mounting rail
- Patent number 11,814,991
- Issue date Nov 14, 2023
- General Electric Company
- Lauren Elizabeth Rogers
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Turbine blade tip shroud with protrusion under wing
- Patent number 11,713,685
- Issue date Aug 1, 2023
- General Electric Company
- Derek Kanoa Tan
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Surface profiles for tip rails of turbine blade tip shroud
- Patent number 11,692,447
- Issue date Jul 4, 2023
- General Electric Company
- Brian Stephen Gray
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Turbomachine rotor blade with a cooling circuit having an offset rib
- Patent number 11,629,601
- Issue date Apr 18, 2023
- General Electric Company
- Mark Steven Honkomp
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Rotor blade sealing structures
- Patent number 11,566,528
- Issue date Jan 31, 2023
- General Electric Company
- Martin James Jasper
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Turbine blade tip shroud surface profiles
- Patent number 11,506,064
- Issue date Nov 22, 2022
- General Electric Company
- Derek Kanoa Tan
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Turbine blade tip shroud surface profiles
- Patent number 11,371,363
- Issue date Jun 28, 2022
- General Electric Company
- Michael James Gutta
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Tip shroud with exit surface for cooling passages
- Patent number 11,255,198
- Issue date Feb 22, 2022
- General Electric Company
- William Scott Zemitis
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Turbine blade tip shroud surface profiles
- Patent number 11,236,620
- Issue date Feb 1, 2022
- General Electric Company
- William Scott Zemitis
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Turbine bucket with a cooling circuit having an asymmetric root turn
- Patent number 11,187,085
- Issue date Nov 30, 2021
- General Electric Company
- William Scott Zemitis
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Integrated nozzle and diaphragm with optimized internal vane thickness
- Patent number 11,162,432
- Issue date Nov 2, 2021
- General Electric Company
- Travis J Packer
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Turbine blades having damper pin slot features
- Patent number 11,156,103
- Issue date Oct 26, 2021
- General Electric Company
- William Scott Zemitis
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Undulating tip shroud for use on a turbine blade
- Patent number 10,947,898
- Issue date Mar 16, 2021
- General Electric Company
- William Scott Zemitis
- Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
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Tip shroud fillets for turbine rotor blades
- Patent number 10,704,392
- Issue date Jul 7, 2020
- General Electric Company
- William Scott Zemitis
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
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Edge profiles for tip shrouds of turbine rotor blades
- Patent number 10,683,759
- Issue date Jun 16, 2020
- General Electric Company
- William Scott Zemitis
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
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Turbine blades having shank features and methods of fabricating the...
- Patent number 10,683,765
- Issue date Jun 16, 2020
- General Electric Company
- William Scott Zemitis
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
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Stress-relieving pocket in turbine nozzle with airfoil rib
- Patent number 10,655,485
- Issue date May 19, 2020
- General Electric Company
- William Scott Zemitis
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
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Turbine bucket with a cooling circuit having asymmetric root turn
- Patent number 10,544,686
- Issue date Jan 28, 2020
- General Electric Company
- William Scott Zemitis
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Turbine blade having a tip shroud
- Patent number 10,526,899
- Issue date Jan 7, 2020
- General Electric Company
- William Scott Zemitis
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
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Method for modifying a shroud and blade
- Patent number 10,519,783
- Issue date Dec 31, 2019
- General Electric Company
- Richard Gordon Rollings
- B23 - MACHINE TOOLS METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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Turbine blades having damper pin slot features and methods of fabri...
- Patent number 10,519,785
- Issue date Dec 31, 2019
- General Electric Company
- William Scott Zemitis
- B21 - MECHANICAL METAL-WORKING WITHOUT ESSENTIALLY REMOVING MATERIAL PUNCHING...
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Z-notch shape for a turbine blade tip shroud
- Patent number 10,513,934
- Issue date Dec 24, 2019
- General Electric Company
- William Scott Zemitis
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Turbine blades having shank features
- Patent number 10,494,934
- Issue date Dec 3, 2019
- General Electric Company
- William Scott Zemitis
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
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Turbine nozzle with stress-relieving pocket
- Patent number 10,422,236
- Issue date Sep 24, 2019
- General Electric Company
- William Scott Zemitis
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
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Turbine blade having a tip shroud notch
- Patent number 10,400,610
- Issue date Sep 3, 2019
- General Electric Company
- William Scott Zemitis
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
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Turbine blade having radial throat distribution
- Patent number 10,247,006
- Issue date Apr 2, 2019
- General Electric Company
- Dennis Scott Holloway
- Y02 - TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMA...
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Turbine blade mid-span shroud assembly
- Patent number 9,574,450
- Issue date Feb 21, 2017
- General Electric Company
- David Randolph Spracher
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

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TURBINE BLADE TIP SHROUD WITH AXIALLY OFFSET CUTTER TEETH, AND RELA...
- Publication number 20240159154
- Publication date May 16, 2024
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Srinivasa Govardhan Jayana
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
TURBINE NOZZLE ASSEMBLY WITH STRESS RELIEF STRUCTURE FOR MOUNTING RAIL
- Publication number 20240035388
- Publication date Feb 1, 2024
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Lauren Elizabeth Rogers
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
TURBINE BLADE TIP SHROUD SURFACE PROFILES
- Publication number 20240003259
- Publication date Jan 4, 2024
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- William Scott ZEMITIS
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
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TURBINE BLADE TIP SHROUD WITH AXIALLY OFFSET CUTTER TEETH, AND RELA...
- Publication number 20220341332
- Publication date Oct 27, 2022
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Srinivasa Govardhan Jayana
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
TURBINE BLADE TIP SHROUD WITH PROTRUSION UNDER WING
- Publication number 20220325629
- Publication date Oct 13, 2022
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Derek Kanoa Tan
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
TURBINE BLADE TIP SHROUD SURFACE PROFILES
- Publication number 20220307376
- Publication date Sep 29, 2022
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Derek Kanoa Tan
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
TURBOMACHINE ROTOR BLADE WITH A COOLING CIRCUIT HAVING AN OFFSET RIB
- Publication number 20210301667
- Publication date Sep 30, 2021
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Mark Steven Honkomp
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
Information Patent Application
ROTOR BLADE SEALING STRUCTURES
- Publication number 20210189887
- Publication date Jun 24, 2021
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Martin James Jasper
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
INTEGRATED NOZZLE AND DIAPHRAGM WITH OPTIMIZED INTERNAL VANE THICKNESS
- Publication number 20210087979
- Publication date Mar 25, 2021
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Travis J Packer
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
TURBINE BLADES HAVING DAMPER PIN SLOT FEATURES
- Publication number 20200277864
- Publication date Sep 3, 2020
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- William Scott Zemitis
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
TURBINE BUCKET WITH A COOLING CIRCUIT HAVING AN ASYMMETRIC ROOT TURN
- Publication number 20200116030
- Publication date Apr 16, 2020
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- William Scott Zemitis
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
TIP SHROUD FILLETS FOR TURBINE ROTOR BLADES
- Publication number 20190292913
- Publication date Sep 26, 2019
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- William Scott Zemitis
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
EDGE PROFILES FOR TIP SHROUDS OF TURBINE ROTOR BLADES
- Publication number 20190292914
- Publication date Sep 26, 2019
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- William Scott Zemitis
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
TURBINE BUCKET WITH A COOLING CIRCUIT HAVING ASYMMETRIC ROOT TURN
- Publication number 20190153871
- Publication date May 23, 2019
- William Scott Zemitis
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
Information Patent Application
STRESS-RELIEVING POCKET IN TURBINE NOZZLE WITH AIRFOIL RIB
- Publication number 20190040751
- Publication date Feb 7, 2019
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- William Scott ZEMITIS
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
TURBINE NOZZLE WITH STRESS-RELIEVING POCKET
- Publication number 20190040755
- Publication date Feb 7, 2019
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- William Scott ZEMITIS
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
TURBINE BLADE HAVING A TIP SHROUD NOTCH
- Publication number 20180230816
- Publication date Aug 16, 2018
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- William Scott Zemitis
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
UNDULATING TIP SHROUD FOR USE ON A TURBINE BLADE
- Publication number 20180230806
- Publication date Aug 16, 2018
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- William Scott Zemitis
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
TURBINE BLADES HAVING SHANK FEATURES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE...
- Publication number 20180230829
- Publication date Aug 16, 2018
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- William Scott Zemitis
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
TURBINE BLADES HAVING DAMPER PIN SLOT FEATURES AND METHODS OF FABR...
- Publication number 20180230820
- Publication date Aug 16, 2018
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- William Scott Zemitis
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
TURBINE BLADE HAVING A TIP SHROUD
- Publication number 20180230821
- Publication date Aug 16, 2018
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- William Scott Zemitis
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
METHOD FOR MODIFYING A SHROUD AND BLADE
- Publication number 20180230817
- Publication date Aug 16, 2018
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Richard Gordon Rollings
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
TURBINE BLADE HAVING TIP SHROUD RAIL FEATURES
- Publication number 20180230819
- Publication date Aug 16, 2018
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- William Scott Zemitis
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
TURBINE BLADES HAVING SHANK FEATURES
- Publication number 20180230828
- Publication date Aug 16, 2018
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- William Scott Zemitis
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
Z-NOTCH SHAPE FOR A TURBINE BLADE TIP SHROUD
- Publication number 20180202298
- Publication date Jul 19, 2018
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- William Scott Zemitis
- F01 - MACHINES OR ENGINES IN GENERAL ENGINE PLANTS IN GENERAL STEAM ENGINES
Information Patent Application
TURBINE BLADE HAVING RADIAL THROAT DISTRIBUTION
- Publication number 20180016902
- Publication date Jan 18, 2018
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Dennis Scott Holloway
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
Information Patent Application
Lockwire Tab Backcut For Blade Stress Reduction (9E.04)
- Publication number 20170356297
- Publication date Dec 14, 2017
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Jason Adam Neville
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
Information Patent Application
BLADE/DISK DOVETAIL BACKCUT FOR BLADE DISK STRESS REDUCTION (9E.04,...
- Publication number 20170074107
- Publication date Mar 16, 2017
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- JASON ADAM NEVILLE
- F05 - INDEXING SCHEMES RELATING TO ENGINES OR PUMPS IN VARIOUS SUBCLASSES OF...
Information Patent Application
BLADE/DISK DOVETAIL BACKCUT FOR BLADE/DISK STRESS REDUCTION FOR A F...
- Publication number 20160319747
- Publication date Nov 3, 2016
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Peter Paul Pirolla
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS
Information Patent Application
BLADE/DISK DOVETAIL BACKCUT FOR BLADE/DISK STRESS REDUCTION FOR A S...
- Publication number 20160319680
- Publication date Nov 3, 2016
- GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
- Felipe Roman-Morales
- F02 - COMBUSTION ENGINES HOT-GAS OR COMBUSTION-PRODUCT ENGINE PLANTS

William Scott Zemitis

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Patents Grantslast 30 patents

Turbine blade tip shroud surface profiles

Turbine nozzle assembly with stress relief structure for mounting rail

Turbine blade tip shroud with axially offset cutter teeth, and rela...

Turbine nozzle assembly with stress relief structure for mounting rail

Turbine blade tip shroud with protrusion under wing

Surface profiles for tip rails of turbine blade tip shroud

Turbomachine rotor blade with a cooling circuit having an offset rib

Rotor blade sealing structures

Turbine blade tip shroud surface profiles

Turbine blade tip shroud surface profiles

Tip shroud with exit surface for cooling passages

Turbine blade tip shroud surface profiles

Turbine bucket with a cooling circuit having an asymmetric root turn

Integrated nozzle and diaphragm with optimized internal vane thickness

Turbine blades having damper pin slot features

Undulating tip shroud for use on a turbine blade

Tip shroud fillets for turbine rotor blades

Edge profiles for tip shrouds of turbine rotor blades

Turbine blades having shank features and methods of fabricating the...

Stress-relieving pocket in turbine nozzle with airfoil rib

Turbine bucket with a cooling circuit having asymmetric root turn

Turbine blade having a tip shroud

Method for modifying a shroud and blade

Turbine blades having damper pin slot features and methods of fabri...

Z-notch shape for a turbine blade tip shroud

Turbine blades having shank features

Turbine nozzle with stress-relieving pocket

Turbine blade having a tip shroud notch

Turbine blade having radial throat distribution

Turbine blade mid-span shroud assembly

Patents Applicationslast 30 patents

TURBINE BLADE TIP SHROUD WITH AXIALLY OFFSET CUTTER TEETH, AND RELA...

TURBINE NOZZLE ASSEMBLY WITH STRESS RELIEF STRUCTURE FOR MOUNTING RAIL

TURBINE BLADE TIP SHROUD SURFACE PROFILES

TURBINE BLADE TIP SHROUD WITH AXIALLY OFFSET CUTTER TEETH, AND RELA...

TURBINE BLADE TIP SHROUD WITH PROTRUSION UNDER WING

TURBINE BLADE TIP SHROUD SURFACE PROFILES

TURBOMACHINE ROTOR BLADE WITH A COOLING CIRCUIT HAVING AN OFFSET RIB

ROTOR BLADE SEALING STRUCTURES

INTEGRATED NOZZLE AND DIAPHRAGM WITH OPTIMIZED INTERNAL VANE THICKNESS

TURBINE BLADES HAVING DAMPER PIN SLOT FEATURES

TURBINE BUCKET WITH A COOLING CIRCUIT HAVING AN ASYMMETRIC ROOT TURN

TIP SHROUD FILLETS FOR TURBINE ROTOR BLADES

EDGE PROFILES FOR TIP SHROUDS OF TURBINE ROTOR BLADES

TURBINE BUCKET WITH A COOLING CIRCUIT HAVING ASYMMETRIC ROOT TURN

STRESS-RELIEVING POCKET IN TURBINE NOZZLE WITH AIRFOIL RIB

TURBINE NOZZLE WITH STRESS-RELIEVING POCKET

TURBINE BLADE HAVING A TIP SHROUD NOTCH

UNDULATING TIP SHROUD FOR USE ON A TURBINE BLADE

TURBINE BLADES HAVING SHANK FEATURES AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE...

TURBINE BLADES HAVING DAMPER PIN SLOT FEATURES AND METHODS OF FABR...

TURBINE BLADE HAVING A TIP SHROUD

METHOD FOR MODIFYING A SHROUD AND BLADE

TURBINE BLADE HAVING TIP SHROUD RAIL FEATURES

TURBINE BLADES HAVING SHANK FEATURES

Z-NOTCH SHAPE FOR A TURBINE BLADE TIP SHROUD

TURBINE BLADE HAVING RADIAL THROAT DISTRIBUTION

Lockwire Tab Backcut For Blade Stress Reduction (9E.04)

BLADE/DISK DOVETAIL BACKCUT FOR BLADE DISK STRESS REDUCTION (9E.04,...

BLADE/DISK DOVETAIL BACKCUT FOR BLADE/DISK STRESS REDUCTION FOR A F...

BLADE/DISK DOVETAIL BACKCUT FOR BLADE/DISK STRESS REDUCTION FOR A S...