Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Eugene Tarczy

Jeffrey Eugene Tarczy 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: 9347325
    Abstract: A damper for a turbine rotor assembly of a gas turbine engine may include a forward plate with a forward face and an aft face, and an aft plate with a forward face and an aft face. The aft face of the forward plate may be connected to the forward face of the aft plate with a longitudinal structure. An area of the aft plate in a plane transverse to the longitudinal structure may be greater than an area of the forward plate in the plane transverse to the longitudinal structure. The damper may also include a pocket on the forward face of the forward plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2016
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Leslie John Faulder, Jeffrey Eugene Tarczy
  • Patent number: 9303519
    Abstract: A damper for a turbine rotor assembly of a gas turbine engine may include a forward plate including a forward face and an aft face, and an aft plate including a forward face and an aft face. The aft face of the forward plate may be connected to the forward face of the aft plate with a longitudinal structure. An area of the aft plate in a plane transverse to the longitudinal structure may be larger than an area of the forward plate in the plane transverse to the longitudinal structure. The damper may also include a nub projecting from a lower portion of the aft face of the aft plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2016
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey Eugene Tarczy, Leslie John Faulder
  • Patent number: 9297263
    Abstract: A turbine blade for a gas turbine engine may include a platform, an airfoil extending above the platform, and a root structure extending below the platform. The root structure may extend from a forward face to an aft face and include a shank region proximate the platform and a lower portion distal to the platform. The forward face of the shank region may project outward from the forward face of the lower portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2016
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey Eugene Tarczy, Leslie John Faulder
  • Patent number: 9228443
    Abstract: A turbine rotor assembly may include a turbine rotor with a plurality of turbine blade slots and a plurality of turbine blades. A root structure of each turbine blade may include a portion shaped to be received in a corresponding turbine blade slot of the rotor. The rotor assembly may also include a seal plate attached to the forward end of the rotor. The seal plate may extend upwards from a first end below the inner end of the blade slots to a second end located between an outermost lobe of the blade slots and the outer rim of the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2016
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey Eugene Tarczy, Leslie John Faulder
  • Publication number: 20140119918
    Abstract: A damper for a turbine rotor assembly of a gas turbine engine may include a forward plate including a forward face and an aft face, and an aft plate including a forward face and an aft face. The aft face of the forward plate may he connected to the forward face of the aft plate with a longitudinal structure. An area of the aft plate in a plane transverse to the longitudinal structure may be larger than an area of the forward plate in the plane transverse to the longitudinal structure. The damper may also include a nub projecting from a lower portion of the aft face of the aft plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey Eugene TARCZY, Leslie John FAULDER
  • Publication number: 20140119943
    Abstract: A turbine rotor assembly may include a turbine rotor with a plurality of turbine blade slots and a plurality of turbine blades. A root structure of each turbine blade may include a portion shaped to be received in a corresponding turbine blade slot of the rotor. The rotor assembly may also include a seal plate attached to the forward end of the rotor. The seal plate may extend upwards from a first end below the inner end of the blade slots to a second end located between an outermost lobe of the blade slots and the outer rim of the rotor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Jeffrey Eugene Tarczy, Leslie John Faulder
  • Publication number: 20140119916
    Abstract: A damper for a turbine rotor assembly of a gas turbine engine may include a forward plate with a forward face and an aft face, and an aft plate with a forward face and an aft face. The aft face of the forward plate may be connected to the forward face of the aft plate with a longitudinal structure. An area of the aft plate in a plane transverse to the longitudinal structure may be greater than an area of the forward plate in the plane transverse to the longitudinal structure. The damper may also include a pocket on the forward face of the forward plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2012
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Solar Turbines Incorporated
    Inventors: Leslie John FAULDER, Jeffrey Eugene Tarczy
  • Patent number: 8522528
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed an apparatus configured to diffuse a flow of bleed air. The apparatus having an inlet collar configured to receive the flow of bleed air in a direction substantially along a longitudinal axis of the apparatus. The apparatus further having an end wall longitudinally spaced apart from the inlet collar and configured to block the flow of bleed air in a direction substantially along the longitudinal axis. The apparatus also having a first diffuser wall spaced concentrically relative to a second diffuser wall, each of the first and second diffuser walls positioned between the inlet collar and the end wall and including a plurality of perforations configured to permit the flow of bleed air to exit the apparatus at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2013
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Inc.
    Inventors: Leslie John Faulder, Philip H. Schneider, Vin-King Yang, John Richard Wiltshire, Jeffrey Eugene Tarczy, Neil Pryke
  • Publication number: 20090320496
    Abstract: In one aspect, the present disclosure is directed an apparatus configured to diffuse a flow of bleed air. The apparatus having an inlet collar configured to receive the flow of bleed air in a direction substantially along a longitudinal axis of the apparatus. The apparatus further having an end wall longitudinally spaced apart from the inlet collar and configured to block the flow of bleed air in a direction substantially along the longitudinal axis. The apparatus also having a first diffuser wall spaced concentrically relative to a second diffuser wall, each of the first and second diffuser walls positioned between the inlet collar and the end wall and including a plurality of perforations configured to permit the flow of bleed air to exit the apparatus at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventors: Leslie John Faulder, Philip H. Schneider, Vin-King Yang, John Richard Wiltshire, Jeffrey Eugene Tarczy, Neil Pryke