Joseph I Block

US Patent:

20210254475, Aug 19, 2021

Filed:

Aug 31, 2018

Appl. No.:

17/270261

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Joseph I BLOCK - Greenville SC, US
Brendon James LEARY - Greenville SC, US
Lyndsay Marie KIBLER - Greenville SC, US

International Classification:

F01D 5/18

Abstract:

An article of manufacture includes an article body portion (); at least one pedestal (A, A, ) integrally formed with the article body portion (), and disposed at an outer periphery of (), and structurally coupled to the article body portion (); and at least one internal feature () disposed at least partially within the article body portion () and at least partially within the pedestal (A, A, ). At least a portion of the internal feature () is hollow.

US Patent:

20200410061, Dec 31, 2020

Filed:

Jun 28, 2019

Appl. No.:

16/457147

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Ananda BARUA - Schenectady NY, US
Evan DOZIER - Greenville NC, US
Joseph BLOCK - Greenville NC, US
Brendon LEARY - Greenville NC, US
Prabhjot SINGH - Guilderland NY, US
Arvind RANGARAJAN - San Ramon CA, US
Changjie SUN - Schenectady NY, US
Dean ROBINSON - Niskayuna NY, US

International Classification:

G06F 17/50
B29C 64/40
B29C 64/393

Abstract:

A method, medium, and system to receive a specification defining a model of a part to be produced by an additive manufacturing (AM) process; execute an AM simulation on the model of the part to determine a prediction of thermal distortions to the part; execute a topology optimization (TO) to create TO supports that counteract the predicted thermal distortions; generate at least one rule-based support based on a geometry of the part to interface with the part at one or more regions other than the TO supports; combining the TO supports and the at least one rule-based support to generate a set of hybrid supports; save a record of the set of hybrid supports; and transmit the record of the set of hybrid supports to an AM controller to control an AM system to generate a support structure for an AM production of the part.

US Patent:

20170342841, Nov 30, 2017

Filed:

May 24, 2016

Appl. No.:

15/163061

Inventors:

- Schenectady NY, US
Xiuzhang James Zhang - Simpsonville SC, US
Stuart Samuel Collins - Simpsonville SC, US
Camilo Andres Sampayo - Greer SC, US
Joseph Block - Greenville SC, US

International Classification:

F01D 5/18

Abstract:

The present disclosure is directed to a rotor blade for a gas turbine system. The rotor blade includes a platform having a radially inner surface and a radially outer surface. A shank portion extends radially inwardly from the radially inner surface of the platform. The shank portion and the platform collectively define a shank pocket. An airfoil extends radially outwardly from the radially outer surface of the platform. The shank portion, the platform, and the airfoil collectively define a cooling passage extending from a cooling passage inlet defined by the shank portion or the platform and directly coupled to the shank pocket through the platform to a cooling passage outlet defined by the airfoil.