Patents by Inventor Louis Kudlacik

Louis Kudlacik 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).

  • Combined surge bleed and dust removal system for a fan-jet engine
    Patent number: 4463552
    Abstract: Contaminated air injected by an axial flow fan jet engine is treated by centrifuging the contamination through the surge bleed valves into the fan discharge stream in an efficient manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 7, 1984
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Richard J. Monhardt, Louis Kudlacik, John P. Nikkanen, Juri Niiler
  • Bearing support structure
    Patent number: 4429923
    Abstract: A bearing support structure in which an oil damping structure is combined with a mechanical centering structure between the oil damper and the bearing and in series with the oil damper to be effective in maintaining the rotor on its axis, the mechanical structure including a series of parallel rods surrounding the bearing and secured at one end to the fixed bearing support structure and at the other end to a ring located between the bearing and the oil damper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 1981
    Date of Patent: February 7, 1984
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Richard T. White, Louis Kudlacik