Patents by Inventor Gary L. Grogg

Gary L. Grogg 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: 11066955
    Abstract: A component for a gas turbine engine includes a compartment housing that redirects oil from at least one passage in a rotational component onto a backside of a seal land.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Garth J. Vdoviak, Jr., Gary L. Grogg
  • Patent number: 10738890
    Abstract: Oil slinger systems include a seal runner comprising an annular radial member having a radius (R) and an outer axially extending member having an axial length (L) such that a ratio (L/R) is between 0.8 and 1.4, the annular radial member disposed at a first angle with respect to the outer axially extending member, a heat shield in mechanical communication with the seal runner, and a volume bounded by an outer face of the annular radial member and an inner face of the heat shield. Methods of radial convective cooling include pumping a cooling liquid through the oil slinger system and convectively cooling the oil slinger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Clark, Eric Charles Mundell, Gary L. Grogg
  • Publication number: 20200011422
    Abstract: Oil slinger systems include a seal runner comprising an annular radial member having a radius (R) and an outer axially extending member having an axial length (L) such that a ratio (L/R) is between 0.8 and 1.4, the annular radial member disposed at a first angle with respect to the outer axially extending member, a heat shield in mechanical communication with the seal runner, and a volume bounded by an outer face of the annular radial member and an inner face of the heat shield. Methods of radial convective cooling include pumping a cooling liquid through the oil slinger system and convectively cooling the oil slinger.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Publication date: January 9, 2020
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Clark, Eric Charles Mundell, Gary L. Grogg
  • Patent number: 10527103
    Abstract: A shaft interlock system may have an a interlocking piston that translates a movable locking apparatus configured to interface with a turbine shaft having a fixed locking apparatus. The movable locking apparatus may engage and disengage the fixed locking apparatus. When the movable locking apparatus is engaged with the fixed locking apparatus, the turbine shaft is only able to turn in one direction. When the movable locking apparatus is disengaged from the fixed locking apparatus, the turbine shaft is able to turn in both directions. In this way, a turbine shaft can be prevented from reverse rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Gary L. Grogg, Marshall Thayer, Eric Charles Mundell, Todd M. LaPierre, Garth J. Vdoviak
  • Patent number: 10443732
    Abstract: Oil slinger systems include a seal runner comprising an annular radial member having a radius (R) and an outer axially extending member having an axial length (L) such that a ratio (L/R) is between 0.8 and 1.4, the annular radial member disposed at a first angle with respect to the outer axially extending member, a heat shield in mechanical communication with the seal runner, and a volume bounded by an outer face of the annular radial member and an inner face of the heat shield. Methods of radial convective cooling include pumping a cooling liquid through the oil slinger system and convectively cooling the oil slinger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Thomas E. Clark, Eric Charles Mundell, Gary L. Grogg
  • Patent number: 10415481
    Abstract: An attachment interface assembly for a gas turbine engine has a component configured for attachment to an engine static structure. A fastener has a threaded body portion and an enlarged head portion. The threaded body portion is inserted through aligned holes in the component and engine static structure. A clip has a center opening that receives the threaded body portion such that the clip is positioned between the enlarged head portion and the component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Gary L. Grogg, Garth J. Vdoviak, Marshall Thayer
  • Patent number: 10364846
    Abstract: A seal runner may have an inner annular member, an outer annular member, and a radial wall member joined to the inner annular member according to an angle and extending from the inner annular member to the outer annular member. The seal runner may be positioned axially along a shaft and a bearing may be positioned axially along the shaft such that it is radially between the inner annular member and the outer annular member. In this regard, the seal runner may resemble a “C-shape.” A seal may interface with a seal land radially outboard of the outer annular member. Thus, the seal may be positioned axially near to the bearing so that the axial length of a shaft and accompanying bearing compartment hardware may be minimized.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Clark, Gary L. Grogg, Eric Charles Mundell
  • Patent number: 10240483
    Abstract: A bearing housing may include a main body integrated with a bearing receiving portion. A bearing retention stop may extend from the main body and include a plurality of access cutouts for facilitating the removal of a bearing from the bearing housing without causing damage to the bearing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gary L. Grogg, Garth J. Vdoviak, Berci Cherpician
  • Patent number: 10228023
    Abstract: An improved film damper oil delivery pathway from an oil reservoir to a thin film fluidic damper is provided. An oil supply tube may be configured to mate to a bearing outer race. The bearing outer race may comprise internal oil flow circuit(s) configured to supply oil from the oil tube to the thin film damper for improved bearing compartment designs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas E. Clark, Eric Charles Mundell, Gary L. Grogg
  • Patent number: 10190441
    Abstract: A flange arrangement for a gas turbine engine includes a case flange between a forward flange and an aft flange.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Gary L Grogg, James L McClellan, IV, Garth J Vdoviak, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20190017414
    Abstract: A component for a gas turbine engine includes a compartment housing that redirects oil from at least one passage in a rotational component onto a backside of a seal land.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Garth J. Vdoviak, JR., Gary L. Grogg
  • Patent number: 10100672
    Abstract: A component for a gas turbine engine includes a compartment housing that redirects oil from at least one passage in a rotational component onto a backside of a seal land.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Garth J Vdoviak, Jr., Gary L Grogg
  • Patent number: 10094225
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of this disclosure a core includes a first end and a second end spaced generally opposite from the first end. The core further includes a stacking axis defined between the first end and second end and a first toroidal structure located between the first end and the second end. The first toroidal structure includes a first passage extending through the first toroidal structure in a first direction that is perpendicular to and passes through the stacking axis. The core also includes a second toroidal structure located between the first toroidal structure and the second end. The second toroidal structure includes a second passage extending through the second toroidal structure in a second direction. The first direction and the second direction are oriented along the stacking axis at a non-zero degree angle with respect to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Paul M. Lutjen, Gary L. Grogg
  • Publication number: 20180187724
    Abstract: A shaft interlock system may have an a interlocking piston that translates a movable locking apparatus configured to interface with a turbine shaft having a fixed locking apparatus. The movable locking apparatus may engage and disengage the fixed locking apparatus. When the movable locking apparatus is engaged with the fixed locking apparatus, the turbine shaft is only able to turn in one direction. When the movable locking apparatus is disengaged from the fixed locking apparatus, the turbine shaft is able to turn in both directions. In this way, a turbine shaft can be prevented from reverse rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2018
    Publication date: July 5, 2018
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gary L. Grogg, Marshall Thayer, Eric Charles Mundell, Todd M. LaPierre, Garth J. Vdoviak
  • Patent number: 9933019
    Abstract: A shaft interlock system may have an a interlocking piston that translates a movable locking apparatus configured to interface with a turbine shaft having a fixed locking apparatus. The movable locking apparatus may engage and disengage the fixed locking apparatus. When the movable locking apparatus is engaged with the fixed locking apparatus, the turbine shaft is only able to turn in one direction. When the movable locking apparatus is disengaged from the fixed locking apparatus, the turbine shaft is able to turn in both directions. In this way, a turbine shaft can be prevented from reverse rotation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2016
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gary L. Grogg, Marshall Thayer, Eric Charles Mundell, Todd M. LaPierre, Garth J Vdoviak
  • Patent number: 9856746
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a service line interface that extends from an outer surface of a bearing support such that a heat shield is spaced from the outer surface. A method of mounting a heat shield to a gas turbine engine includes trapping a heat shield within a gapped overlap spaced from an outer surface of a bearing support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Gary L Grogg, Grace E Szymanski
  • Patent number: 9850814
    Abstract: An annular spring for a bearing assembly of gas turbine engine is provided. The annular spring includes a multiple of ligaments between an inner support and an outer support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Gary L. Grogg
  • Publication number: 20170211392
    Abstract: According to one embodiment of this disclosure a core includes a first end and a second end spaced generally opposite from the first end. The core further includes a stacking axis defined between the first end and second end and a first toroidal structure located between the first end and the second end. The first toroidal structure includes a first passage extending through the first toroidal structure in a first direction that is perpendicular to and passes through the stacking axis. The core also includes a second toroidal structure located between the first toroidal structure and the second end. The second toroidal structure includes a second passage extending through the second toroidal structure in a second direction. The first direction and the second direction are oriented along the stacking axis at a non-zero degree angle with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2016
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: Paul M. Lutjen, Gary L. Grogg
  • Patent number: 9599019
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to a dual oil supply tube for a gas turbine engine. The dual oil supply tube locates a scheduled damper supply tube inside a compartment oil supply tube which remains full while the engine is operating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2017
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Marc J. Muldoon, Gary L. Grogg, Grace E. Szymanski
  • Publication number: 20160258323
    Abstract: A bearing housing may include a main body integrated with a bearing receiving portion. A bearing retention stop may extend from the main body and include a plurality of access cutouts for facilitating the removal of a bearing from the bearing housing without causing damage to the bearing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2014
    Publication date: September 8, 2016
    Inventors: Gary L. Grogg, Garth J. Vdoviak, JR., Berci Cherpician