Patents by Inventor Walter H. Wiley, III

Walter H. Wiley, III 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: 4995786
    Abstract: A compressor stator vane for a gas turbine engine comprised of a leading edge section and a trailing edge section and constructed so that either or both sections may be rotated about a common axis of rotation to vary vane camber with torque for rotating the sections being applied around the engine perimeter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 1989
    Date of Patent: February 26, 1991
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jerry W. Wheeler, Walter H. Wiley, III
  • Patent number: 4952076
    Abstract: A film squeeze damper for a thrust bearing includes a plurality of curved beam segments each having a fluid chamber adjacent the support housing and mounted end to end to surround the thrust bearing. Side mounted nibs transmit the thrust load from a radial dependent member of the outer race to the support housing through each segment. This permits unrestrained radial damping of vibratory energy occasioned by the unbalance in the supported shaft. A mechanical stop is provided by the design to limit radial deflection of the segment during a high rotor unbalance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1989
    Date of Patent: August 28, 1990
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Walter H. Wiley, III, Charles D. Aaron, Jr., Russell L. Carlson, Charles L. Davis, III, Ronald A. Marmol
  • Patent number: 4420834
    Abstract: A flow attenuator which is utilized to direct coolant flow to liquid cooled laser mirrors and in so doing substantially eliminates the liquid flow induced jitter generally associated with such flow. The flow attenuator has a housing in which is formed a centrally located passageway. The passageway branches into a plurality of substantially radially extending contoured chambers. A distribution screen is removably interposed between the passageway and the chambers in order to substantially reduce the "noise" within the coolant liquid as it passes through the attentuator to the laser mirrors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 13, 1983
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Walter H. Wiley, III, John A. Gunn