Patents by Inventor Nicholas J. Lawliss

Nicholas J. Lawliss 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).

  • Publication number: 20240141794
    Abstract: A rotor assembly is provided that includes a rotor disk, a rotor blade and a rotor spacer. The rotor disk includes a slot. The rotor blade includes a blade root arranged within the slot. The root spacer is arranged within the slot between the rotor disk and the blade root. The root spacer is configured as or otherwise includes a cellular structure with a plurality of internal cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Colin J. Kling, Nicholas J. Lawliss
  • Publication number: 20240125242
    Abstract: Fan assemblies for gas turbine engines include a rotor disk having a plurality of lugs with a plurality of slots defined between adjacent lugs. A fan platform is configured to be mounted to a lug of the plurality of lugs, the fan platform having a forward tab and an aft tab. An aft retention ring is configured to be fixedly attached to an aft side of the rotor disk and has a platform retention hook for receiving the aft tab of the fan platform. A forward retention ring is configured to be fixedly attached to a forward side of the rotor disk, the forward retention ring having a tab hook configured to attach the forward retention ring to the lug of the plurality of lugs and retain the forward tab of the fan platform to the lug of the plurality of lugs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 14, 2022
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Enzo DiBenedetto, Jackson David Johnson, Nicholas J. Lawliss
  • Patent number: 11892083
    Abstract: A split ring seal has: a first circumferential end and a second circumferential end; an inner diameter surface and an outer diameter surface; a first axial end face and a second axial end face. A circumferentially distributed first plurality of open channels are along the first axial end face. A circumferentially distributed second plurality of open channels are along the second axial end face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: Liam P. Sullivan, Nicholas J. Lawliss, Xuejun Liu, John P. Virtue, Jr., Kalpendu J. Parekh
  • Publication number: 20230323950
    Abstract: A split ring seal has: a first circumferential end and a second circumferential end; an inner diameter surface and an outer diameter surface; a first axial end face and a second axial end face. A circumferentially distributed first plurality of open channels are along the first axial end face. A circumferentially distributed second plurality of open channels are along the second axial end face.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Applicant: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Liam P. Sullivan, Nicholas J. Lawliss, Xuejun Liu, John P. Virtue, JR., Kalpendu J. Parekh
  • Patent number: 11725531
    Abstract: Rotor systems including an engine shaft, a forward hub, a rear hub, a rotor disk arranged between the forward hub and the rear hub, and a seal tube configured to define a forward hub compartment and a rear hub compartment. The forward hub compartment is defined forward of the rotor disk and the rear hub compartment is defined aft of the rotor disk. The seal tube is connected at a forward end to at least one of the rotor disk and the engine shaft and at a rear end to at least one of the rear hub and the engine shaft and the seal tube includes at least one axial compliance element configured to enable axial extension and compression of the seal tube in an axial direction along the engine shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Lawliss, Paul Boules
  • Publication number: 20230160315
    Abstract: Rotor systems including an engine shaft, a forward hub, a rear hub, a rotor disk arranged between the forward hub and the rear hub, and a seal tube configured to define a forward hub compartment and a rear hub compartment. The forward hub compartment is defined forward of the rotor disk and the rear hub compartment is defined aft of the rotor disk. The seal tube is connected at a forward end to at least one of the rotor disk and the engine shaft and at a rear end to at least one of the rear hub and the engine shaft and the seal tube includes at least one axial compliance element configured to enable axial extension and compression of the seal tube in an axial direction along the engine shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Nicholas J. Lawliss, Paul Boules