Patents by Inventor Anthony Lynn Lighthill

Anthony Lynn Lighthill has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20200200040
    Abstract: A surface cooler having a first cooling passage section configured to be operably coupled to a fan casing of an aircraft engine, the cooling passage section having a heat exchanger body defining a first distal end and a second distal end and having a set of fluid passages internal to the heat exchanger body and a first set of fins located on a first exterior surface of the heat exchanger body and a manifold operably coupled to a first distal end of the cooling passage section and wherein the manifold includes a manifold body having an interior fluidly coupled to at least one of the set of fluid passages and a second set of fins located on the manifold body to define a finned manifold and a method for forming same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Hua Jiang, Anthony Lynn Lighthill, James Michael Moore, Walter Arthur Hundley, JR., Ricardo Arturo Gutierrez Espinosa, Bernard Albert Luschek, Dennis Alan McQueen, Derek Thomas Dreischarf, Michael Ralph Storage
  • Patent number: 10428834
    Abstract: A fan casing assembly for a turbine engine including a casing having an annular fan cooler. The annular fan cooler includes first and second connection assemblies to fix movement of the fan cooler during engine operation, while permitting circumferential thermal growth of the fan cooler without suffering from high cycle fatigue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Derek Thomas Dreischarf, Bernard Albert Luschek, Dennis Alan McQueen, Daniel Scott McCann, Anthony Lynn Lighthill
  • Publication number: 20170335863
    Abstract: A fan casing assembly for a turbine engine including a casing having an annular fan cooler. The annular fan cooler includes first and second connection assemblies to fix movement of the fan cooler during engine operation, while permitting circumferential thermal growth of the fan cooler without suffering from high cycle fatigue.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Publication date: November 23, 2017
    Inventors: Derek Thomas Dreischarf, Bernard Albert Luschek, Dennis Alan McQueen, Daniel Scott McCann, Anthony Lynn Lighthill