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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11268476 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Mar. 08, 2022

Filed:

May. 20, 2020

Energy conversion apparatus

Applicant:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Inventors:

Joshua Tyler Mook, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Michael Thomas Gansler, Mason, OH (US);

Scott Douglas Waun, Loveland, OH (US);

Kevin Michael VandeVoorde, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Aigbedion Akwara, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Michael Robert Notarnicola, Cincinnati, OH (US);

Jason Joseph Bellardi, Fairfield, OH (US);

Mohammed El Hacin Sennoun, West Chester, OH (US);

Mary Kathryn Thompson, Fairfield Township, OH (US);

Mohamed Osama, Garching, DE;

Assignee:

General Electric Company, Schenectady, NY (US);

Attorney:

Dority & Manning. P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Mark A Laurenzi

Assistant Examiner:

Mickey H France

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
F02G 1/055 (2006.01); F02G 1/04 (2006.01); F28D 9/04 (2006.01); F28F 7/02 (2006.01); F28F 13/00 (2006.01); F28F 13/14 (2006.01); F02G 1/053 (2006.01); F02G 1/057 (2006.01); F02G 1/047 (2006.01); F02G 1/05 (2006.01); F02G 1/044 (2006.01); F02G 1/043 (2006.01); F28D 21/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
F02G 1/055 (2013.01); F02G 1/04 (2013.01); F02G 1/044 (2013.01); F02G 1/047 (2013.01); F02G 1/05 (2013.01); F02G 1/053 (2013.01); F02G 1/057 (2013.01); F28D 9/04 (2013.01); F28F 7/02 (2013.01); F28F 13/003 (2013.01); F28F 13/14 (2013.01); F02G 1/0435 (2013.01); F02G 2243/00 (2013.01); F02G 2244/50 (2013.01); F02G 2244/52 (2013.01); F02G 2250/00 (2013.01); F02G 2254/10 (2013.01); F02G 2258/10 (2013.01); F02G 2270/80 (2013.01); F02G 2280/10 (2013.01); F28D 2021/0026 (2013.01); F28F 2210/10 (2013.01); F28F 2250/04 (2013.01);
Abstract

An energy conversion apparatus may include an engine assembly, such as a monolithic engine assembly, that includes a first heater body and a first engine body. The first heater body may define a first portion of a first monolithic body or at least a portion of a first monolithic body-segment. The first engine body may define a second portion of the first monolithic body or at least a portion of a second monolithic body-segment operably coupled or operably couplable to the first heater body. The engine assembly may include a second heater body and/or a second engine body. The second heater body may define a portion of a second monolithic body or a third monolithic body-segment. The second engine body may define a portion of the second monolithic body or a fourth monolithic body-segment operably coupled or operably couplable to the second heater body and/or the first engine body.

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