Patents by Inventor Claude R. Stogner

Claude R. Stogner 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).

  • Gas turbine nozzle construction
    Patent number: 5388765
    Abstract: A planar top plate (32) has film cooling slots (34) therein. A rigid honeycomb structure (38) sealingly joins this top plate with bottom plate (36). Cooling air distributed by openings (50) impinges on the top plate and passes through metering openings (48) to the slots. A flat wall surface with reduced aerodynamic losses is maintained and the uniform support of the top plate avoids local distortion which would crack any heat resistant coating applied thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 1990
    Date of Patent: February 14, 1995
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: James D. Hill, Claude R. Stogner, Anthony M. Zimmerman
  • Nozzle flap hinge joint
    Patent number: 4756053
    Abstract: First and second flaps (10, 12) are joined at a hinge joint formed by a hollow hinge pin (22) passing through alternating lug extensions (18, 20) of the first and second flaps (10, 12). A plurality of flow openings (24) in the hollow hinge pin (22) are provided for establishing fluid communication between the interior of the first flap (10) and the interior of the second flap (12).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 12, 1988
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: William M. Madden, Claude R. Stogner, Charles E. Spaeth
  • Flap support arrangement
    Patent number: 4739931
    Abstract: A transverse pivotable flap is cantilevered between movable sidewall members (10) which include a stub flap (14). A removable central flap portion (18) is secured between the stub flats (10) by a pair of joints (26) having alternating lug sets 28, 30, secured by respective elongated pins (32, 34). Flow area (40) is provided to conduct internal cooling air (16) into the central flap portion (18).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1987
    Date of Patent: April 26, 1988
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Claude R. Stogner
  • Tandem bearing construction
    Patent number: 4523864
    Abstract: The thrust loads imposed on tandem ball bearings are equalized by incorporating teeter-totters on either side of the outer races that engage the ends of the outer races and a slidably mounted concentric carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 1984
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1985
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry D. Walter, Claude R. Stogner
  • Exhaust nozzle flap assembly
    Patent number: H500
    Abstract: A high strength, lightweight exhaust nozzle flap assembly (22) includes a first flap (26) with integral sidewall disks (34, 35) for imparting moments (72, 73) to a cantilevered flap (26) for reducing the mid span deflection of the flap (26) due to internal nozzle static gas pressure. A second flap (42) is also provided with thrust bearings (80, 81) for establishing a combined structure with further resistance to deflection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 2, 1988
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Claude R. Stogner, William M. Madden