Patents by Inventor Peter A. Faucher

Peter A. Faucher 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).

  • Stator assembly, module and method for forming a rotary machine
    Patent number: 7600967
    Abstract: A stator assembly for a rotary machine having an array of wall segments for bounding a working medium flow path is disclosed. Various construction details which provide a sealing structure for the segments are developed. In one detailed embodiment, a removable seal retainer for a seal chamber bounded by wall segments traps a resilient seal member in the seal chamber. In one particular embodiment, a modular subassembly for the engine is an outer air assembly disposed in a fixture as the subassembly is assembled.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Michael C. Pezzetti, Jr., Peter A. Faucher, Daniel E. Kane, Randall R. Good
  • Stator assembly, module and method for forming a rotary machine
    Publication number: 20070025837
    Abstract: A stator assembly for a rotary machine having an array of wall segments for bounding a working medium flow path is disclosed. Various construction details which provide a sealing structure for the segments are developed. In one detailed embodiment, a removable seal retainer for a seal chamber bounded by wall segments traps a resilient seal member in the seal chamber. In one particular embodiment, a modular subassembly for the engine is an outer air assembly disposed in a fixture as the subassembly is assembled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2005
    Publication date: February 1, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Pezzetti, Peter Faucher, Daniel Kane, Randall Good
  • Stiffening ring for a stator assembly of an axial flow rotary machine
    Patent number: 4859143
    Abstract: A stator assembly for a gas turbine engine having a support structure and a stiffening ring 46 extending about the support structure 34 is disclosed. Various construction details which increase the rigidity of the support structure and enable the stiffening ring to accept axial and radial loads are developed. In one embodiment the stiffening ring 46 is the seal ring 52 for a seal end 74. In one particular embodiment, the thermal expansion characteristic of the support structure is greater than the thermal expansion characteristic of the stiffening ring to insure that the stiffening ring is in tension under normal operative conditions of the engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1989
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John R. Larrabee, Arthur W. Lucas, Peter A. Faucher