Patents Assigned to Unied Technologies Corporation
  • Low deflection fan case cotainment fabric
    Patent number: 7517184
    Abstract: A turbine engine fan casing for containing a separated blade fragment comprising a support case having an axially extending impact zone, a substantially structurally continuous penetrable covering circumscribing the impact zone; and a containment covering circumscribing the penetrable covering. The containment covering comprises a textile fabric containing threads in a warp direction and a fill direction, wherein the threads in the warp direction are of a different denier than the threads in the fill direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2009
    Assignee: Unied Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Mark W. Costa, Jan B. Kowza, Curt R. Hetherington, Wendy P. Lopardi, Douglas Welch