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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.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 03, 2002
Filed:
Nov. 08, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Richard John Grylls, Loveland, OH (US);
Curtiss Mitchell Austin, Loveland, OH (US);
Kevin Swayne O'Hara, Boxford, MA (US);
Assignee:
General Electric Co., Schenectady, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 1/26 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B63H 1/26 ;
Abstract
A structure includes a cooled article having an open-cell solid foam of ceramic or metal cell walls with a porous interconnected intracellular volume therebetween. A source of a pressurized gas is in communication with a source region of the cooled article. The source of the pressurized gas includes a gas plenum in gaseous communication with the source region, and a compressor having a compressed gas output in gaseous communication with the gas plenum. Gas flows from the source of the pressurized gas through the porous intracellular volume, to cool the cooled article.