Patents by Inventor Walter Decania Hutto, Jr.

Walter Decania Hutto, Jr. 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).

  • Patent number: 9759094
    Abstract: A pump for a gas turbine engine is provided. The pump includes a first drive track having a spline and a first gear each rigidly attached to a first driveshaft. The pump also includes a second drive track having a second gear rigidly attached to a second driveshaft. The second gear is mechanically coupled to the first gear. Additionally, a first lubrication supply pump is mechanically coupled to the first driveshaft and a second lubrication supply pump is mechanically coupled to the second driveshaft. The first and second lubrication supply pumps are together configured to provide a desired amount of lubrication to the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2017
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Walter Decania Hutto, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20160376923
    Abstract: A pump for a gas turbine engine is provided. The pump includes a first drive track having a spline and a first gear each rigidly attached to a first driveshaft. The pump also includes a second drive track having a second gear rigidly attached to a second driveshaft. The second gear is mechanically coupled to the first gear. Additionally, a first lubrication supply pump is mechanically coupled to the first driveshaft and a second lubrication supply pump is mechanically coupled to the second driveshaft. The first and second lubrication supply pumps are together configured to provide a desired amount of lubrication to the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Inventor: Walter Decania Hutto, JR.
  • Patent number: 8951021
    Abstract: An example dual pump/dual bypass fuel pumping assembly may include a dual bypass valve including a first inlet port, a second inlet port, and a movable spool arranged to modulate fuel flow from the first inlet port to a first bypass port and a first discharge port and arranged to modulate fuel flow from the second inlet port to a second bypass port and a second discharge port based on a position of the movable spool; a first pump arranged to supply fuel to the first inlet port; a second pump arranged to supply fuel to the second inlet port; a supply header arranged to supply fuel to the first pump and the second pump; a bypass header fluidicly coupled to the first bypass port, the second bypass port, and the supply header; and/or a discharge header fluidicly coupled to the first discharge port and the second discharge port.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Walter Decania Hutto, Jr.
  • Patent number: 7887302
    Abstract: A variable flow pump includes: a housing with inlet and outlet chambers interconnected by a main bore and a non-rotating cylinder block positioned in the main bore. The cylinder block includes: a central bore communicating with the inlet chamber; cylinder bores arrayed around the central bore; first feed passages interconnecting the inlet chamber and the cylinder bores, defining a bypass flowpath between the cylinder bores; and at least one discharge valve disposed at the second end which permits fluid flow from the cylinder bores to the discharge chamber but prevents opposite flow; Pistons are disposed in the bores. A shaft is coupled to the pistons so as to cause them to reciprocate through an axial pump stroke when the shaft is rotated. A mechanism is coupled to the cylinder block which modulates the axial position of the cylinder block within the housing, varying the size of the bypass flowpath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Walter Decania Hutto, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20100247338
    Abstract: A variable flow pump includes: a housing with inlet and outlet chambers interconnected by a main bore and a non-rotating cylinder block positioned in the main bore. The cylinder block includes: a central bore communicating with the inlet chamber; cylinder bores arrayed around the central bore; first feed passages interconnecting the inlet chamber and the cylinder bores, defining a bypass flowpath between the cylinder bores; and at least one discharge valve disposed at the second end which permits fluid flow from the cylinder bores to the discharge chamber but prevents opposite flow; Pistons are disposed in the bores. A shaft is coupled to the pistons so as to cause them to reciprocate through an axial pump stroke when the shaft is rotated. A mechanism is coupled to the cylinder block which modulates the axial position of the cylinder block within the housing, varying the size of the bypass flowpath.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventor: Walter Decania Hutto, JR.