Inventor

Patrick Benedict Melton

Inventor

Horse Shoe, NC, US

Overview

1996–2021

Patent span

Mechanical engineering

Primary field (CPC F)

Patents· 114 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

F23Rprimary

F23RGenerating combustion products of high pressure or high velocity, e.g. gas-turbine combustion chambers37%

F02CGas-turbine plants10%

F01DNon-positive displacement machines or engines, e.g. steam turbines9%

F05DIndexing scheme for aspects relating to non-positive-displacement machines or engines, gas-turbines or jet-propulsion plants7%

F23DBurners7%

Y02TClimate change mitigation technologies related to transportation5%

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification5%

B22FWorking metallic powder2%

B33YAdditive manufacturing, i.e. manufacturing of three-dimensional [3d] objects by additive deposition, additive agglomeration or additive layering, e.g. by 3d printing, stereolithography or selective laser sintering2%

F23CMethods or apparatus for combustion using fluid fuel or solid fuel suspended in a carrier gas or air2%

PatentTitleYear

11,006,981Surgical implant and methods of additive manufacturing2021 10,617,531Cervical disc and instrumentation2020 10,436,445Assembly for controlling clearance between a liner and stationary nozzle within a gas turbine2019 10,309,653Bundled tube fuel nozzle with internal cooling2019 10,232,440Trapped vortex fuel injector and method for manufacture2019 10,228,140Gas-only cartridge for a premix fuel nozzle2019 9,964,308Combustor cap assembly2018 9,869,279'System and method for a multi-wall turbine combustor'2018 9,803,555'Fuel delivery system with moveably attached fuel tube'2017 9,765,973'System and method for tube level air flow conditioning'2017 9,759,425'System and method having multi-tube fuel nozzle with multiple fuel injectors'2017 9,651,259'Multi-injector micromixing system'2017 9,650,958'Combustor cap with cooling passage'2017 9,650,959'Fuel-air mixing system with mixing chambers of various lengths for gas turbine system'2017 9,631,812'Support frame and method for assembly of a combustion module of a gas turbine'2017 9,625,157'Combustor cap assembly'2017 9,581,335'Fuel nozzle tube retention'2017 9,574,498'Internally cooled transition duct aft frame with serpentine cooling passage and conduit'2017 9,551,490'System for cooling a fuel injector extending into a combustion gas flow field and method for manufacture'2017 9,546,600'Nozzle having an orifice plug for a gas turbomachine'2017 9,534,787'Micromixing cap assembly'2017 9,528,703'Micro-mixer fuel plenum and methods for fuel tube installation'2016 9,528,705'Trapped vortex fuel injector and method for manufacture'2016 9,528,444'System having multi-tube fuel nozzle with floating arrangement of mixing tubes'2016 9,494,321'Wake reducing structure for a turbine system'2016 9,470,421'Combustor cap assembly'2016 9,416,973'Micromixer assembly for a turbine system and method of distributing an air-fuel mixture to a combustor chamber'2016 9,404,659'Systems and methods for late lean injection premixing'2016 9,400,114'Combustor support assembly for mounting a combustion module of a gas turbine'2016 9,383,104'Continuous combustion liner for a combustor of a gas turbine'2016 9,376,961'System for controlling a flow rate of a compressed working fluid to a combustor fuel injector'2016 9,371,997'System for supporting a bundled tube fuel injector within a combustor'2016 9,366,437'System for reducing flame holding within a combustor'2016 9,366,439'Combustor end cover with fuel plenums'2016 9,366,445'System and method for supporting fuel nozzles inside a combustor'2016 9,360,217'Flow sleeve for a combustion module of a gas turbine'2016 9,353,952'Crossfire tube assembly with tube bias between adjacent combustors'2016 9,347,668'End cover configuration and assembly'2016 9,341,376'Combustor and method for supplying fuel to a combustor'2016 9,322,556'Flow sleeve assembly for a combustion module of a gas turbine combustor'2016 9,322,555'Cap assembly for a bundled tube fuel injector'2016 9,316,155'System for providing fuel to a combustor'2016 9,297,533'Combustor and a method for cooling the combustor'2016 9,291,350'System for providing a working fluid to a combustor'2016 9,273,868'System for supporting bundled tube segments within a combustor'2016 9,267,690'Turbomachine combustor nozzle including a monolithic nozzle component and method of forming the same'2016 9,267,436'Fuel distribution manifold for a combustor of a gas turbine'2016 9,261,279'Liquid cartridge with passively fueled premixed air blast circuit for gas operation'2016 9,255,484'Aft frame and method for cooling aft frame'2016 9,249,734'Combustor'2016 9,249,678'Transition duct for a gas turbine'2016 9,249,679'Impingement sleeve and methods for designing and forming impingement sleeve'2016 9,243,507'Late lean injection system transition piece'2016 9,200,808'System for supplying fuel to a late-lean fuel injector of a combustor'2015 9,188,337'System and method for supplying a working fluid to a combustor via a non-uniform distribution manifold'2015 9,188,342'Systems and methods for dampening combustor dynamics in a micromixer'2015 9,175,857'Combustor cap assembly'2015 9,170,024'System and method for supplying a working fluid to a combustor'2015 9,163,839'Micromixer combustion head end assembly'2015 9,151,503'Coaxial fuel supply for a micromixer'2015 9,151,500'System for supplying a fuel and a working fluid through a liner to a combustion chamber'2015 9,140,455'Flowsleeve of a turbomachine component'2015 9,127,553'Method, systems, and apparatuses for transition piece contouring'2015 9,127,552'Transition piece aft frame with fuel injection apertures'2015 9,115,585'Seal assembly for gas turbine'2015 9,068,750'Combustor with a pre-nozzle mixing cap assembly'2015 9,052,113'Combustor nozzle and method for modifying the combustor nozzle'2015 9,046,038'Combustor'2015 9,033,699'Combustor'2015 9,016,064'Combustor'2015 9,016,039'Combustor and method for supplying fuel to a combustor'2015 9,010,082'Turbine engine and method for flowing air in a turbine engine'2015 9,010,120'Assemblies and apparatus related to integrating late lean injection into combustion turbine engines'2015 9,010,127'Transition piece aft frame assembly having a heat shield'2015 9,004,912'Combustor and method for supplying fuel to a combustor'2015 8,997,501'System for mounting combustor transition piece to frame of gas turbine engine'2015 8,966,906'System for supplying pressurized fluid to a cap assembly of a gas turbine combustor'2015 8,966,903'Combustor resonator with non-uniform resonator passages'2015 8,938,978'Gas turbine engine combustor with lobed, three dimensional contouring'2015 8,925,326'System and method for turbine combustor mounting assembly'2015 8,919,137'Assemblies and apparatus related to integrating late lean injection into combustion turbine engines'2014 8,919,127'System and method for flow control in gas turbine engine'2014 8,894,407'Combustor and method for supplying fuel to a combustor'2014 8,893,501'Combustor crossfire tube'2014 8,887,508'Impingement sleeve and methods for designing and forming impingement sleeve'2014 8,826,667'System and method for flow control in gas turbine engine'2014 8,820,086'Gas turbine combustor endcover assembly with integrated flow restrictor and manifold seal'2014 8,801,428'Combustor and method for supplying fuel to a combustor'2014 8,794,544'Combustor nozzle and method for modifying the combustor nozzle'2014 8,756,934'Combustor cap assembly'2014 8,745,986'System and method of supplying fuel to a gas turbine'2014 8,677,753'System for supplying a working fluid to a combustor'2014 8,601,820'Integrated late lean injection on a combustion liner and late lean injection sleeve assembly'2013 8,567,199'Method and apparatus of introducing diluent flow into a combustor'2013 8,555,646'Annular fuel and air co-flow premixer'2013 8,544,277'Turbulated aft-end liner assembly and cooling method'2013 8,528,839'Combustor nozzle and method for fabricating the combustor nozzle'2013 8,448,444'Method and apparatus for mounting transition piece in combustor'2013 8,407,892'Methods relating to integrating late lean injection into combustion turbine engines'2013 8,297,059'Nozzle for a turbomachine'2012 8,281,596'Combustor assembly for a turbomachine'2012 8,205,452'Apparatus for fuel injection in a turbine engine'2012 8,171,737'Combustor assembly and cap for a turbine engine'2012 8,147,121'Pre-mixing apparatus for a turbine engine'2012 8,079,219'Impingement cooled combustor seal'2011 8,042,339'Lean direct injection combustion system'2011 7,918,433'Transition piece mounting bracket and related method'2011 7,909,300'Combustor bracket assembly'2011 7,461,454'Method of fabricating a housing assembly'2008 7,066,479'Axle housing suspension seat assembly'2006 6,857,645'Suspension seat and axle coupling'2005 6,543,858'Wheel end assembly'2003 5,551,790'Thermal load relief ring for engine case'1996 5,503,490'Thermal load relief ring for engine case'1996

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1996Based in Palm Beach Gardens, FL, US· patent location history

2003–2016Based in Horseshoe, NC, US· patent location history

2011–2019Patents assigned to GEN ELECTRIC (106)· patent assignee history

2011–2016Patents assigned to MELTON PATRICK BENEDICT (57)· patent assignee history

2011–2019Based in Horse Shoe, NC, US· patent location history

2013–2016Patents assigned to STOIA LUCAS JOHN (22)· patent assignee history

2013–2016Patents assigned to CIHLAR DAVID WILLIAM (10)· patent assignee history

2013–2016Patents assigned to DICINTIO RICHARD MARTIN (7)· patent assignee history

2013–2016Based in Greenville, SC, US· patent location history

2021Based in Seattle, WA, US· patent location history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
GEN ELECTRIC	106	2011–2019
MELTON PATRICK BENEDICTself	57	2011–2016
STOIA LUCAS JOHN	22	2013–2016
CIHLAR DAVID WILLIAM	10	2013–2016
DICINTIO RICHARD MARTIN	7	2013–2016

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Horse Shoe, NC, US	96	2011–2019
Greenville, SC, US	7	2013–2016
Horseshoe, NC, US	5	2003–2016
Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, US	2	1996
Seattle, Washington, US	1	2021