Carl R Barker from Glastonbury, CT, age 83

Systems And Methods Of Providing High Pressure Air To A Head End Of A Combustor
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US Patent:

8381526, Feb 26, 2013
Filed:

Feb 15, 2010
Appl. No.:

12/705737
Inventors:

Jonathan Dwight Berry - Simpsonville SC, US
Constantin Dinu - Katy TX, US
Carl Robert Barker - Simpsonville SC, US
Krishna Kumar Venkataraman - Simpsonville SC, US
Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

F02C 3/14
US Classification:

60752, 60746, 60747, 60804, 60760, 60740
Abstract:

A combustor includes a first flow path and a second flow path. The first flow path places a diffuser in indirect fluid communication with a combustor cap assembly by way of an intervening lower combustor annular passageway. The second flow path places the diffuser in direct fluid communication with the combustor cap assembly.

Multi-Premixer Fuel Nozzle Support System
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US Patent:

8522555, Sep 3, 2013
Filed:

May 20, 2009
Appl. No.:

12/469507
Inventors:

Jonathan Dwight Berry - Simpsonville SC, US
Kevin Weston McMahan - Greer SC, US
Carl Robert Barker - Simpsonville SC, US
Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

F23R 3/14
US Classification:

60748, 60746
Abstract:

A system comprising a fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle includes a mounting base and an inlet flow conditioner extending directly from the mounting base in a downstream direction. Moreover, the inlet flow conditioner structurally supports the fuel nozzle without a central support member extending directly from the mounting base inside the inlet flow conditioner.

Fuel Injector And Support Plate
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US Patent:

20120279223, Nov 8, 2012
Filed:

May 3, 2011
Appl. No.:

13/099853
Inventors:

Carl Robert Barker - Greenville SC, US
Thomas Edward Johnson - Greer SC, US
Jonathan Dwight Berry - Greenville SC, US
International Classification:

F02C 7/22
F23R 3/28
B23P 17/00
US Classification:

60740, 29888
Abstract:

An integrated plate is provided for use with a combustor including a casing, a fuel plenum extending circumferentially about the casing, and a fuel nozzle extending axially through the casing. The integrated plate includes a plurality of fuel injection pegs that extend radially between the fuel plenum and the fuel nozzle.

Micromixer Heat Shield
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US Patent:

20130042625, Feb 21, 2013
Filed:

Aug 16, 2011
Appl. No.:

13/210478
Inventors:

Carl Robert Barker - Greenville SC, US
Thomas Edward Johnson - Greer SC, US
International Classification:

F02C 7/26
B05B 15/00
F02C 7/22
US Classification:

60778, 60737, 2393975
Abstract:

A combustor includes a combustor wall defining a combustion zone and a fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle includes a forward face, an aft face downstream from the forward face and adjacent to the combustion zone, a plurality of mixing tubes extending between the forward face and the aft face, an outer sleeve positioned radially outward of the plurality of mixing tubes, a heat shield positioned radially inward of the outer sleeve, and a baffle plate between the forward face and the aft face. At least one of the plurality of mixing tubes includes a sidewall that includes an injection opening defined therethrough. The baffle plate is oriented to channel fuel between the plurality of mixing tubes and between the baffle plate and the aft face prior to the fuel being channeled through the injection opening.

Fuel Plenum Premixing Tube With Surface Treatment
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US Patent:

20130305734, Nov 21, 2013
Filed:

May 15, 2012
Appl. No.:

13/471488
Inventors:

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

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

F23R 3/26
F23R 3/28
US Classification:

60776, 60737
Abstract:

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.

Multi-Premixer Fuel Nozzle Support System
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US Patent:

20140000263, Jan 2, 2014
Filed:

Aug 30, 2013
Appl. No.:

14/015322
Inventors:

Kevin Weston McMahan - Greer SC, US
Carl Robert Barker - Simpsonville SC, US
Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

F23R 3/10
US Classification:

60748
Abstract:

A system comprising a fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle includes a mounting base and an inlet flow conditioner extending directly from the mounting base in a downstream direction. Moreover, the inlet flow conditioner structurally supports the fuel nozzle without a central support member extending directly from the mounting base inside the inlet flow conditioner.

Apparatus For Mixing Fuel In A Gas Turbine Nozzle
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US Patent:

20150176841, Jun 25, 2015
Filed:

Dec 20, 2013
Appl. No.:

14/136353
Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Carl Robert Barker - Simpsonville SC, US
Assignee:

General Electric Company - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

F23R 3/28
Abstract:

A fuel nozzle in a combustion turbine engine that includes: a fuel plenum defined between an circumferentially extending shroud and axially by a forward tube-sheet and an aft tube-sheet; and a mixing-tube that extends across the fuel plenum that defines a passageway connecting an inlet formed through the forward tube-sheet and an outlet formed through the aft tube-sheet, the mixing-tube comprising one or more fuel ports that fluidly communicate with the fuel plenum. The mixing-tube may include grooves on an outer surface, and be attached to the forward tube-sheet by a connection having a fail-safe leakage path.

Combustion Nozzle With Floating Aft Plate
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US Patent:

20140338349, Nov 20, 2014
Filed:

Oct 29, 2012
Appl. No.:

13/662621
Inventors:

General Electric Company - , US
Jonathan Dwight Berry - Greenville SC, US
Carl Robert Barker - Greenville SC, US
Assignee:

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY - Schenectady NY
International Classification:

F23R 3/00
US Classification:

60772, 60722
Abstract:

The present application provides a combustion nozzle for use with a gas turbine engine. The combustion nozzle may include a number of mixing tubes, an outer shell surrounding the mixing tubes, and a floating aft plate assembly. The floating plate assembly may enclose the outer shell. The mixing tubes may extend through the aft plate assembly.