Patents by Inventor Kurt G. Grochowski

Kurt G. Grochowski 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).

  • Vane pump wear sensor for predicted failure mode
    Patent number: 7207785
    Abstract: A vane pump is disclosed for use with gas turbine engines that is adapted and configured to provide a failure mode similar to that of a traditional gear pump. The vane pump includes a pump housing, a cam member, a cylindrical rotor member and a mechanism for communicating a high pressure fluid from the discharge arc region to the inlet arc region when the tip surface of each vane element has experienced a predetermined amounted of wear so as to prevent pump startup. The tip surface of each vane element wears as a result the sliding contact with the circumferential surface of the pumping cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 24, 2007
    Assignee: Goodrich Pump & Engine Control Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Dalton, Kurt G. Grochowski
  • Vane pump wear sensor for predicted failure mode
    Publication number: 20040131477
    Abstract: A vane pump is disclosed for use with gas turbine engines that is adapted and configured to provide a failure mode similar to that of a traditional gear pump. The vane pump includes a pump housing, a cam member, a cylindrical rotor member and a mechanism for communicating a high pressure fluid from the discharge arc region to the inlet arc region when the tip surface of each vane element has experienced a predetermined amounted of wear so as to prevent pump startup. The tip surface of each vane element wears as a result the sliding contact with the circumferential surface of the pumping cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2003
    Publication date: July 8, 2004
    Inventors: William H. Dalton, Kurt G. Grochowski
  • Vane pump wear sensor for predicted failure mode
    Patent number: 6663357
    Abstract: A vane pump is disclosed for use with gas turbine engines adapted and configured to provide a failure mode similar to that of a traditional gear pump. The vane pump includes a pump housing, a cam member, a cylindrical rotor member and a mechanism for communicating a high pressure fluid from the discharge arc region to the inlet arc region when the tip surface of each vane element has experienced a predetermined amounted of wear so as to prevent pump startup. The wearing of the tip surface of each vane element resulting from the slideable engagement with the circumferential surface of the pumping cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Goodrich Pump and Engine Control Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: William H. Dalton, Kurt G. Grochowski
  • Vane pump wear sensor for predicted failure mode
    Publication number: 20020076334
    Abstract: A vane pump is disclosed for use with gas turbine engines adapted and configured to provide a failure mode similar to that of a traditional gear pump. The vane pump includes a pump housing, a cam member, a cylindrical rotor member and a mechanism for communicating a high pressure fluid from the discharge arc region to the inlet arc region when the tip surface of each vane element has experienced a predetermined amounted of wear so as to prevent pump startup. The wearing of the tip surface of each vane element resulting from the slideable engagement with the circumferential surface of the pumping cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2001
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: William H. Dalton, Kurt G. Grochowski