Patents by Inventor Danis Burton Smith

Danis Burton Smith 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: 20170204808
    Abstract: A thrust reverser system for a turbine engine includes a support structure, a transcowl, and a door. The transcowl is mounted on the support structure and is axially translatable, relative to the support structure, between first and second positions. The door is pivotally coupled to the support structure and is rotatable, about a pivot axis, between stowed and deployed positions when the transcowl translates between the first and second positions, respectively. The door has an internal surface and a balance plane, and pressure forces acting along the balance plane effectively creates no moment about the pivot axis. The internal surface of the door has a first surface area forward of the balance plane and a second surface area aft of the balance plane, and the second surface area substantially exceeds the first surface area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Danis Burton Smith, Robert Romano, John Taylor Pearson, Morris Anderson, Remo Neri
  • Publication number: 20170204809
    Abstract: A thrust reverser system comprising a single row vane assembly is provided. The provided thrust reverser system is capable of meeting performance requirements for turbine engines with reduced weight and cost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Danis Burton Smith, Mark Knowles, Shawn Alstad, Robert Romano, John Taylor Pearson, Morris Anderson, David Robinson
  • Publication number: 20170074211
    Abstract: A system and method for reducing idle thrust in a translating cowl reverser system is provided. The provided system and method provide a partial deployment, or thrust reverser system intermediate position for a translating cowl thrust reverser system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Danis Burton Smith, Shawn Alstad, Robert Romano, Mark Knowles, David Robinson
  • Publication number: 20160305370
    Abstract: A thrust reverser system capable of providing high efficiency within a tightly constrained nacelle is provided. The thrust reverser system provides a displaceable internal door pivotally mounted within a transcowl. The displaceable internal door is rotatable about a pivot axis that is positioned aft of a front edge of the transcowl when the transcowl is in a deployed position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Publication date: October 20, 2016
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Danis Burton Smith, Mark Knowles, Robert Romano, Shawn Alstad, David Robinson, Israel Picazo