Patents by Inventor Shiloh Montegomery Meyers
Shiloh Montegomery Meyers 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).
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Patent number: 11959421Abstract: An air turbine starter with a housing; a turbine member located within the housing; a drive shaft operably coupled to the turbine member, and having an interior portion. The air turbine starter output shaft extending between a first end and a second end, the output shaft movable between a first position, where the first end is coupled to the engine, and a second position, where the second end is retained within the interior portion and the first end is uncoupled from the engine. A decoupler assembly is included for decoupling the output shaft from the engine.Type: GrantFiled: August 16, 2022Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: Narendra Dev Mahadevaiah, Sharad Pundlik Patil, Pallavi Tripathi, Subrata Nayak, Milind Chandrakant Dhabade, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, David Allan Dranschak
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Patent number: 11933227Abstract: An air starter for an engine, such as a turbine engine, that includes a turbine for rotatably extracting mechanical power from a flow of fluid. The turbine includes a drive shaft that can be coupled to an output shaft to provide a rotational output. The interface between the drive shaft and the output shaft can be offset and include piloted portions.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2023Date of Patent: March 19, 2024Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: Sharad Pundlik Patil, Subrata Nayak, David Allan Dranschak, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Bajarang Agrawal, Jasraj Asdev, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger
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Patent number: 11920672Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a housing with a divider structure dividing the housing into a wet chamber and an air chamber. The air turbine starter further including a bearing assembly, a turbine member, a first drive shaft, and a second drive shaft connecting the turbine member with a rotating assembly. A lubricant supply portion having at least one supply inlet fluidly coupled to the wet chamber and at least one supply outlet fluidly coupled to the bearing assembly whereby lubricant from the wet chamber can be supplied to the bearing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignees: Unison Industries, LLC, General Electric CompanyInventors: Roberto Karpik, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, David Allan Dranschak, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Marcin Bialas
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Publication number: 20240018909Abstract: An air turbine starter (ATS) for a gas turbine engine having an accessory gear box (AGB) with a lubricant reservoir, the air turbine starter comprising a housing at least partially defining a working air flow path; a turbine section comprising a turbine having an output shaft and a plurality of blades circumferential spaced about the output shaft and at least partially extending into the working air flow path; a drive section having a drive shaft operably coupled to the output shaft to engage the AGB; and a lubrication recirculation circuit fluidly coupled to the lubricant reservoir.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 16, 2022Publication date: January 18, 2024Inventors: Narendra Dev Mahadevaiah, Sharad Pundlik Patil, Subrata Nayak, Milind Chandrakant Dhabade, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, David Allan Dranschak
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Publication number: 20230374943Abstract: An air turbine starter with a housing; a turbine member located within the housing; a drive shaft operably coupled to the turbine member, and having an interior portion. The air turbine starter output shaft extending between a first end and a second end, the output shaft movable between a first position, where the first end is coupled to the engine, and a second position, where the second end is retained within the interior portion and the first end is uncoupled from the engine. A decoupler assembly is included for decoupling the output shaft from the engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 16, 2022Publication date: November 23, 2023Inventors: Narendra Dev Mahadevaiah, Sharad Pundlik Patil, Pallavi Tripathi, Subrata Nayak, Milind Chandrakant Dhabade, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, David Allan Dranschak
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Publication number: 20230243270Abstract: An air turbine starter having a housing, a turbine, a drive shaft, and at least one vane. The housing having an inlet, an outlet and a curvilinear flow path extending between the inlet and the outlet. The at last one vane is located within a portion of the curvilinear flow path, and includes an outer wall extending between a root and a tip in a span-wise direction and between a leading edge and a trailing edge in a chord-wise direction. In one aspect, the vane is arranged to define an acute axial angle that is non-constant in the chord-wise or span-wise direction. In another aspect, the vane is arranged to define an acute tangential angle that is non-constant in the chord-wise or span-wise direction.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 11, 2023Publication date: August 3, 2023Inventors: Milind Chandrakant Dhabade, Vishnu Vardhan Venkata Tatiparthi, Ramana Reddy Kollam, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Saurya Ranjan Ray, Subrata Nayak
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Publication number: 20230235704Abstract: An air starter for an engine, such as a turbine engine, that includes a turbine for rotatably extracting mechanical power from a flow of fluid. The turbine includes a drive shaft that can be coupled to an output shaft to provide a rotational output. The interface between the drive shaft and the output shaft can be offset and include piloted portions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2023Publication date: July 27, 2023Inventors: Sharad Pundlik Patil, Subrata Nayak, David Allan Dranschak, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Bajarang Agrawal, Jasraj Asdev, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger
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Publication number: 20230184173Abstract: An air turbine starter having a housing, at least one turbine member, and a containment structure. The housing having an interior surface defining an interior. The at least one turbine member rotatably mounted within the interior and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced blades. The containment band having a radially outer surface, a radially inner surface, at least one layer of metal alloy, and at least one layer of shape memory alloy.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Jasraj Asdev, Subrata Nayak, David Allan Dranschak, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Sharad Pundlik Patil, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11668244Abstract: An air turbine starter for starting an engine, comprising a housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path extending between the inlet and the outlet for communicating a flow of gas there through. A turbine member is journaled within the housing and disposed within the flow path for rotatably extracting mechanical power from the flow of gas and a gear train is drivingly coupled with the turbine member. A drive shaft is operably coupled with the gear train, and a decoupler is selectively coupled to the drive shaft for decoupling the air turbine starter from the engine.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignees: UNISON INDUSTRIES, LLC, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Roberto Karpik, Subrata Nayak, David Allan Danschak, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Sharad Pundlik Patil, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11661862Abstract: A system and method for predicting a remaining oil life of oil in a gearbox of an air turbine starter of a vehicle. The method includes generating a temperature data, generating an environmental data set by an environmental sensor, predicting a remaining oil life based on the temperature data set and the environmental data set and scheduling a maintenance event in response to the prediction of the remaining oil life.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: Subramani Adhiachari, Prasant Bilaiya, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Sharad Pundlik Patil
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Patent number: 11634992Abstract: An air turbine starter comprising a housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path, a turbine having a rotor with circumferentially spaced blades extending into the flow path, a drive shaft operably coupled to and rotating with the rotor, and at least one vane located within the flow path, upstream of the blades. The at least one blade being defined by an acute axial angle and an acute tangential angle.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2021Date of Patent: April 25, 2023Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: Milind Chandrakant Dhabade, Vishnu Vardhan Venkata Tatiparthi, Ramana Reddy Kollam, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Saurya Ranjan Ray, Subrata Nayak
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Patent number: 11624324Abstract: An air starter for an engine, such as a turbine engine, that includes a turbine for rotatably extracting mechanical power from a flow of fluid. The turbine includes a drive shaft that can be coupled to an output shaft to provide a rotational output. The interface between the drive shaft and the output shaft can be offset.Type: GrantFiled: July 13, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: Sharad Pundlik Patil, Subrata Nayak, David Allan Dranschak, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Bajarang Agrawal, Jasraj Asdev, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger
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Patent number: 11624323Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a housing. The housing can circumscribe a turbine coupled that is coupled to a gear train in a gear box via a drive shaft. A primary air flow path is defined between a primary inlet and a primary outlet. Air in the primary air flow path can flow into a secondary air flow path or rotate the turbine, that converts energy from the air flow to rotational mechanical energy. Air in the secondary air flow path can pass through at least a first cavity and first passage before rejoining the primary air flow or joining ambient air.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: April 11, 2023Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: Parmeet Singh Chhabra, Pankaj Kumar Morya, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, David Raju Yamarthi, Steven Ryan Kerley
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Patent number: 11549395Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a turbine member for rotatably extracting mechanical power from a flow of fluid, where the turbine member is coupled to a drive shaft to provide a rotational output. The air turbine starter further includes a foil-air bearing assembly and a thrust bearing that rotatably support the drive shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: Subrata Nayak, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Pallavi Tripathi, Jasraj Asdev, Sharad Pundlik Patil, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11549442Abstract: An air turbine starter for starting an engine, comprising a housing having an interior surface defining an interior, at least one turbine member rotatably mounted within the interior about a rotational axis, and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced blades, and a containment structure radially overlying and circumferentially surrounding at least a portion of the at least one turbine member.Type: GrantFiled: March 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: Jasraj Asdev, Subrata Nayak, David Allan Dranschak, Marc David Zinger, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Pallavi Tripathi, Sharad Pundlik Patil
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Patent number: 11530648Abstract: An air turbine starter for starting an engine includes a starter housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path extending between the inlet and the outlet. A turbine section is located within the starter housing and includes a turbine member having a central disk and a set of airfoils spaced circumferentially about the central disk, as well as a sealing structure located within the starter housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignees: Unison Industries, LLC, General Electric CompanyInventors: Parmeet Singh Chhabra, David Raju Yamarthi, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Sagar Paramashivaiah, Steven Ryan Kerley, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11512646Abstract: An air starter for starting a turbine engine that includes a housing, a turbine, an output shaft, and at least one bearing. The housing can define an interior where the turbine couples to the output shaft. A primary air flow path extends through the housing where air from the turbine can be exhausted through a primary outlet or a cooling outlet.Type: GrantFiled: December 23, 2019Date of Patent: November 29, 2022Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Subrata Nayak, Pradeep Hemant Sangli, David Allan Dranschak, Santosh Kumar Prasad, Marc David Zinger, Sharad Pundlik Patil, Harsha Sanjeewa Bulathsinghalage, Sumathi P
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Patent number: 11454172Abstract: A starter/generator system that includes a first and second electric machine. The first electric machine has a first rotor and a first stator where the first rotor is adapted to receive kinetic energy and the first stator includes a first set of windings. The second electric machine has a second rotor rotatable and a second stator. The second stator is fixed relative to the first stator and the second stator includes a second set of windings.Type: GrantFiled: December 26, 2019Date of Patent: September 27, 2022Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: Balamurugan Sridharan, David Raju Yamarthi, Parmeet Singh Chhabra, Brian Christopher Kemp, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers
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Publication number: 20220243601Abstract: An air turbine starter comprising a housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path, a turbine having a rotor with circumferentially spaced blades extending into the flow path, a drive shaft operably coupled to and rotating with the rotor, and at least one vane located within the flow path, upstream of the blades. The at least one blade being defined by an acute axial angle and an acute tangential angle.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2021Publication date: August 4, 2022Inventors: Milind Chandrakant Dhabade, Vishnu Vardhan Venkata Tatiparthi, Ramana Reddy Kollam, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Saurya Ranjan Ray, Subrata Nayak
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Publication number: 20220065168Abstract: An air turbine starter for starting an engine includes a starter housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path extending between the inlet and the outlet. A turbine section is located within the starter housing and includes a turbine member having a central disk and a set of airfoils spaced circumferentially about the central disk, as well as a sealing structure located within the starter housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Parmeet Singh Chhabra, David Raju Yamarthi, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Sagar Paramashivaiah, Steven Ryan Kerley, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez