Patents by Inventor Eliel Fresco Rodriguez

Eliel Fresco Rodriguez 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).

  • Patent number: 11959387
    Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a housing. The housing can circumscribe a turbine coupled that is coupled to a gear train in a gear box via a drive shaft. The gear train can couple to an output shaft via at least a carrier. The air turbine starter can include at least a first bearing assembly and a second bearing assembly to rotatably support the drive shaft and the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2024
    Assignees: Unison Industries, LLC, General Electric Company
    Inventors: Amit Arvind Kurvinkop, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Brian Christopher Kemp, Marc David Zinger, Parmeet Singh Chhabra, Roberto Karpik, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11920672
    Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a housing with a divider structure dividing the housing into a wet chamber and an air chamber. The air turbine starter further including a bearing assembly, a turbine member, a first drive shaft, and a second drive shaft connecting the turbine member with a rotating assembly. A lubricant supply portion having at least one supply inlet fluidly coupled to the wet chamber and at least one supply outlet fluidly coupled to the bearing assembly whereby lubricant from the wet chamber can be supplied to the bearing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 5, 2024
    Assignees: Unison Industries, LLC, General Electric Company
    Inventors: Roberto Karpik, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, David Allan Dranschak, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Marcin Bialas
  • Patent number: 11859556
    Abstract: An air starter for starting a turbine engine that includes a housing, a turbine member, a drive shaft, and at least one bearing assembly. The housing can define an interior where the turbine member rotatably couples to the drive shaft, where the drive shaft or turbine member are rotatably supported by the least one bearing assembly. A scoop wheel located in the interior of the housing provides lubrication to the at least one bearing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Nilesh Vilas Varote, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, Amit Arvind Kurvinkop
  • Publication number: 20230258103
    Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a housing. The housing can circumscribe a turbine coupled that is coupled to a gear train in a gear box via a drive shaft. The gear train can couple to an output shaft via at least a carrier. The air turbine starter can include at least a first bearing assembly and a second bearing assembly to rotatably support the drive shaft and the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2023
    Publication date: August 17, 2023
    Inventors: Amit Arvind Kurvinkop, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Brian Christopher Kemp, Marc David Zinger, Parmeet Singh Chhabra, Roberto Karpik, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20230184173
    Abstract: An air turbine starter having a housing, at least one turbine member, and a containment structure. The housing having an interior surface defining an interior. The at least one turbine member rotatably mounted within the interior and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced blades. The containment band having a radially outer surface, a radially inner surface, at least one layer of metal alloy, and at least one layer of shape memory alloy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Jasraj Asdev, Subrata Nayak, David Allan Dranschak, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Sharad Pundlik Patil, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20230184172
    Abstract: An air starter for starting a turbine engine that includes a housing, a turbine member, a drive shaft, and at least one bearing assembly. The housing can define an interior where the turbine member rotatably couples to the drive shaft, where the drive shaft or turbine member are rotatably supported by the least one bearing assembly. A scoop wheel located in the interior of the housing provides lubrication to the at least one bearing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2023
    Publication date: June 15, 2023
    Inventors: Nilesh Vilas Varote, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, Amit Arvind Kurvinkop
  • Patent number: 11668244
    Abstract: An air turbine starter for starting an engine, comprising a housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path extending between the inlet and the outlet for communicating a flow of gas there through. A turbine member is journaled within the housing and disposed within the flow path for rotatably extracting mechanical power from the flow of gas and a gear train is drivingly coupled with the turbine member. A drive shaft is operably coupled with the gear train, and a decoupler is selectively coupled to the drive shaft for decoupling the air turbine starter from the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignees: UNISON INDUSTRIES, LLC, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Roberto Karpik, Subrata Nayak, David Allan Danschak, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Sharad Pundlik Patil, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11661863
    Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a housing. The housing can circumscribe a turbine coupled that is coupled to a gear train in a gear box via a drive shaft. The gear train can couple to an output shaft via at least a carrier. The air turbine starter can include at least a first bearing assembly and a second bearing assembly to rotatably support one or more of the drive shaft, the carrier, or the output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 30, 2023
    Assignees: UNISON INDUSTRIES, LLC, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Amit Arvind Kurvinkop, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Brian Christopher Kemp, Marc David Zinger, Parmeet Singh Chhabra, Roberto Karpik, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11578662
    Abstract: An air starter for starting a turbine engine that includes a housing, a turbine member, a drive shaft, and at least one bearing assembly. The housing can define an interior where the turbine couples to the drive shaft that is rotatably supported by the least one bearing assembly. A lubricant passageway can provide lubrication to the at least one bearing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Nilesh Vilas Varote, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, Amit Arvind Kurvinkop
  • Patent number: 11549395
    Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a turbine member for rotatably extracting mechanical power from a flow of fluid, where the turbine member is coupled to a drive shaft to provide a rotational output. The air turbine starter further includes a foil-air bearing assembly and a thrust bearing that rotatably support the drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Subrata Nayak, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Pallavi Tripathi, Jasraj Asdev, Sharad Pundlik Patil, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11530648
    Abstract: An air turbine starter for starting an engine includes a starter housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path extending between the inlet and the outlet. A turbine section is located within the starter housing and includes a turbine member having a central disk and a set of airfoils spaced circumferentially about the central disk, as well as a sealing structure located within the starter housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: Unison Industries, LLC, General Electric Company
    Inventors: Parmeet Singh Chhabra, David Raju Yamarthi, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Sagar Paramashivaiah, Steven Ryan Kerley, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11378011
    Abstract: An air turbine starter for starting an engine, comprising a housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path extending between the inlet and the outlet for communicating a flow of gas there through. A turbine member is journaled within the housing and disposed within the flow path for rotatably extracting mechanical power from the flow of gas. A gear train is drivingly coupled with the turbine member, a drive shaft is operably coupled with the gear train, and an output shaft is selectively operably coupled to rotate with the engine via a decoupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Subrata Nayak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, David Allan Dranschak, Shiloh Montgomery Emerson Meyers, Pallavi Tripathi
  • Patent number: 11352956
    Abstract: A method and decoupler for disengaging an output member from an engine in a back drive event with a backdrive decoupler. The backdrive decoupler includes a shaft and a retention mechanism selectively coupling the output member to the shaft. In a backdrive event, the decoupler decouples the member from a drive shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLC
    Inventors: Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, David Allan Dranschak
  • Publication number: 20220065168
    Abstract: An air turbine starter for starting an engine includes a starter housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path extending between the inlet and the outlet. A turbine section is located within the starter housing and includes a turbine member having a central disk and a set of airfoils spaced circumferentially about the central disk, as well as a sealing structure located within the starter housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Parmeet Singh Chhabra, David Raju Yamarthi, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Sagar Paramashivaiah, Steven Ryan Kerley, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20220056813
    Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a housing. The housing can circumscribe a turbine coupled that is coupled to a gear train in a gear box via a drive shaft. The gear train can couple to an output shaft via at least a carrier. The air turbine starter can include at least a first bearing assembly and a second bearing assembly to rotatably support one or more of the drive shaft, the carrier, or the output shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Amit Arvind Kurvinkop, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Brian Christopher Kemp, Marc David Zinger, Parmeet Singh Chhabra, Roberto Karpik, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
  • Publication number: 20220056850
    Abstract: An air starter for starting a turbine engine that includes a housing, a turbine member, a drive shaft, and at least one bearing assembly. The housing can define an interior where the turbine couples to the drive shaft that is rotatably supported by the least one bearing assembly. A lubricant passageway can provide lubrication to the at least one bearing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2021
    Publication date: February 24, 2022
    Inventors: Nilesh Vilas Varote, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, Amit Arvind Kurvinkop
  • Publication number: 20220042422
    Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a turbine member for rotatably extracting mechanical power from a flow of fluid, where the turbine member is coupled to a drive shaft to provide a rotational output. The air turbine starter further includes a foil-air bearing assembly and a thrust bearing that rotatably support the drive shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2021
    Publication date: February 10, 2022
    Inventors: Subrata Nayak, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Pallavi Tripathi, Jasraj Asdev, Sharad Pundlik Patil, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
  • Patent number: 11203980
    Abstract: An air starter for starting a turbine engine that includes a housing, a turbine member, a drive shaft, and at least one bearing assembly. The housing can define an interior where the turbine couples to the drive shaft that is rotatably supported by the least one bearing assembly. A lubricant passageway can provide lubrication to the at least one bearing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Nilesh Vilas Varote, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, Amit Arvind Kurvinkop
  • Publication number: 20210324952
    Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a housing with a divider structure dividing the housing into a wet chamber and an air chamber. The air turbine starter further including a bearing assembly, a turbine member, a first drive shaft, and a second drive shaft connecting the turbine member with a rotating assembly. A lubricant supply portion having at least one supply inlet fluidly coupled to the wet chamber and at least one supply outlet fluidly coupled to the bearing assembly whereby lubricant from the wet chamber can be supplied to the bearing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Inventors: Roberto Karpik, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, David Allan Dranschak, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Marcin Bialas
  • Publication number: 20210301727
    Abstract: An air turbine starter for starting an engine, comprising a housing having an interior surface defining an interior, at least one turbine member rotatably mounted within the interior about a rotational axis, and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced blades, and a containment structure circumferentially surrounding the at least one turbine member having a thickness that extends between the radially outer surface and the radially inner surface
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 30, 2021
    Inventors: Jasraj Asdev, Subrata Nayak, David Allan Dranschak, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Sharad Pundlik Patil, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez