Patents Assigned to Unison Industries LLC
  • Heat exchanger assembly
    Patent number: 10962293
    Abstract: An apparatus and method of forming a heat exchanger including a thermally compliant material and geometry with a core having a first set of flow passages and a second set of flow passages passing through the core. A first manifold of high temperature and strength material defines a fluid inlet for the first set of flow passages and a second manifold of high temperature and strength material defines a fluid inlet for the second set of flow passages. At least one of the first and second manifolds can include an in-situ compliant portion to provide for compliance during thermal expansion of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Gordon Tajiri, Emily Marie Phelps, Dattu GV Jonnalagadda, Joseph Richard Schmitt, Yanzhe Yang
  • Turbine engine duct
    Patent number: 10948108
    Abstract: A duct for a turbine engine, such as a gas turbine engine, can be utilized to carry a fluid from one portion of the engine to another. The duct can include a metallic tubular element having one of a varying wall thickness, a varying cross section, or a tight bend. Such a duct can be formed utilizing additive manufacturing or metal deposition on an additively manufactured mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2021
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Yanzhe Yang, Daniel Dyer, Armando Bringas, Jason Levi Burdette, Gordon Tajiri, Dattu GV Jonnalagadda, Michael Thomas Kenworthy
  • Air turbine starter with spark mitigation screen
    Patent number: 10941710
    Abstract: 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. A gear train is drivingly coupled with the turbine member, a drive shaft is operably coupled with the gear train, and an output shaft is selectively operably coupled to rotate with the engine. A screen is located within the interior between the at least one turbine member and the set of outlets and adapted to mitigate ejection of ignited particles from within the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Kenneth W. Magee, Luis Angel Martinez
  • Tunable compliant attachment structure
    Patent number: 10927711
    Abstract: A tunable compliant mount structure for an engine such as a turbine engine can include a fluid conduit coupled to a fan casing by a connector. At a junction between the connector and the fluid conduit, a compliant mount structure can provide compliance and can be tuned to operate under variable stresses at the junction. The compliant mount structure can include a set of nested convolutions to provide compliance. The geometry of the convolutions can be used to tune the compliance, stiffness, or directionality. The tunable compliant attachment structure provides for additive in-situ manufacturing at the fluid conduit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Gordon Tajiri, Emily Marie Phelps, Dattu GV Jonnalagadda, Joseph Richard Schmitt, Yanzhe Yang
  • Rotor for hybrid homopolar machine
    Patent number: 10833545
    Abstract: There is provided an electric machine that includes a rotor comprising a pole and magnet assemblies divided axially in a first subsection and a second subsection. Each of the first and second subsections includes poles and magnets, and the poles and magnets of the first subsection are offset from the poles and magnets of the second subsection.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: UNISON INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Charles Michael Stephens, Daniel Michael Saban
  • Clamp assembly and method
    Patent number: 10821575
    Abstract: A clamp assembly and method of clamping includes a fixture having a cavity formed by a facing surface. The facing surface in the clamp assembly can define a cavity periphery. In addition, a recess can be provided in the facing surface. An elastic member can be disposed within the recess.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Dennis Jerome Malone, Rodney Lee Delk, Steven Douglas Tolle, Michael Umney
  • Engine heat exchanger and method of forming
    Patent number: 10823201
    Abstract: A method of forming a heat exchanger, for example a heat exchanger used in an aircraft, the method comprising extruding a metal body with at least one fluid passage in the metal body, forming a set of fins that are attached to the metal body and forming a set of heat transfer augmentation structures on the metal body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2020
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Kenworthy, William Dwight Gerstler, Carlos Enrique Diaz
  • Integral preloaded formed bracket for attachment of heat exchangers
    Patent number: 10815934
    Abstract: A surface cooler assembly includes at least one surface cooler comprising surface cooler hook rails extending circumferentially the length of the surface cooler and including axially extending and radially extending portions. The surface cooler assembly also includes at least one support bracket comprising bracket hook rails extending circumferentially the length of the support bracket and including axially extending and radially extending portions. The support bracket and surface cooler are contoured in a circumferential direction. Each of the surface cooler hook rails contacts a bracket hook rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Bernard Albert Luschek, Jason Levi Burdette, Derek Thomas Dreischarf
  • Air turbine starter
    Patent number: 10815897
    Abstract: 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. A gear box includes a gear train coupled with the turbine member. A gear box housing at least partially defines an interior having an open face and a body at least partially closes the open face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Luis Angel Martinez
  • Flexural spring-energized interface for bellowed ball-joint assemblies for controlled rotational constraint
    Patent number: 10738923
    Abstract: A turbine engine duct assembly including a joint assembly having an outer shroud, a bellows, a flared tube, a backing ring, and a kinematic ring. The joint assembly provides for dynamic movement of the duct assembly during operation of the engine. Such dynamic movement can be resultant of vibrational forces or thermal expansion of the engine. The joint assembly permits such dynamic movement without excessive system stiffness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: Unison Industries LLC
    Inventors: Gordon Tajiri, Michael Thomas Kenworthy, Douglas R. Millward, Lonnie Ray Stewart, Jr.
  • Duct assembly and method of forming
    Patent number: 10731486
    Abstract: A method of forming a strengthened component includes providing a duct body having an interior surface and an exterior surface forming a fluid passageway. The method also includes forming an attachment structure over at least a portion of the exterior surface of the duct body, where the attachment structure can include a metallic layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Richard Schmitt, Emily Marie Phelps, Gordon Tajiri
  • Air turbine starter
    Patent number: 10724444
    Abstract: 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. A gear train is drivingly coupled with the turbine member, a drive shaft is operably coupled with the gear train, and an output shaft is selectively operably coupled to rotate with the engine. A containment screen is located within the housing downstream of the at least one turbine member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2020
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Luis Angel Martinez, Rick L. Fiste, Kenneth L. Magee
  • Flexible joints assembly with flexure rods
    Patent number: 10704718
    Abstract: A flexible joint assembly for a joint between a first duct and a second duct for providing a flow of fluid, such as bleed air in an aviation implementation. The flexible joint includes a bellows supported by a mounting assembly having a first support and a second support, provided within the interior of the bellows. A rod assembly can operably couple the first support and the second support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 7, 2020
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Gordon Tajiri, Michael Thomas Kenworthy, Dattu G V Jonnalagadda, Jason Levi Burdette, Lonnie Ray Stewart, Jr.
  • Duct assembly and method of forming
    Patent number: 10697076
    Abstract: Duct assembly and method of forming a duct assembly, the method including providing a preform having a unitary body with multiple sleeve sections defining multiple apertures, disposing multiple sacrificial mandrel pieces adjacent the preform body such that at least one of the multiple sacrificial mandrel pieces abuts at least one of the multiple sleeve sections, and forming the duct assembly to define a unitary metallic tubular element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: David William Millward, Donald Lee Templeton, Daniel Dyer, Emily Marie Phelps
  • Duct assembly and method of forming
    Patent number: 10697075
    Abstract: Duct assembly and method of forming a duct assembly, the method including providing a preform body having an outer surface, disposing the preform body adjacent a sacrificial mandrel such that at least a portion of the preform body abuts an outer surface of the sacrificial mandrel, forming the duct assembly by depositing metal on the outer surface of the sacrificial mandrel and the preform body to define a unitary metallic tubular element with integral preform body and where depositing metal occurs at a temperature that does not damage the sacrificial mandrel, and removing the sacrificial mandrel to define the duct assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Richard Schmitt, Donald Lee Templeton, Daniel Dyer, Emily Marie Phelps, Gordon Tajiri
  • Thermal management system
    Patent number: 10690422
    Abstract: A method and assembly for conveying heat from a heat exchanger having a housing defining a fluid pathway including at least one fluid passageway leading from an inlet port of the heat exchanger to an outlet port of the heat exchanger, the housing have a first side and a second side, opposite the first side where the housing includes at least one aperture extending through the housing from the first side to the second side and where the aperture is fluidly separate from the fluid pathway and heat from liquid flowing through the fluid pathway is transferred via at least one of conduction or convection to the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignees: General Electric Company, Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Ralph Storage, Scott Richard Lawrence, Ronald Eugene Bruskotter, Walter Arthur Hundley, Jr., Dennis Alan McQueen, Ronald Bruce Schofield
  • Method of manufacturing a fin structure for heat exchanger
    Patent number: 10654103
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method of manufacturing a structure with a wall, comprising manufacturing a structure with a wall by using additive manufacturing technology, and dissolving a surface of the wall for reducing thickness of the wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignees: General Electric Company, Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Dattu G. V. Jonnalagadda, Srinivasan Swaminathan, Yanzhe Yang, Ramana Reddy Kollam, Merin Sebastian, Emily Phelps
  • Air temperature sensor
    Patent number: 10605675
    Abstract: A total air temperature sensor can include an airfoil portion. The airfoil portion can an inlet and an outlet through which a diverted airflow path can flow. The total air temperature sensor can include a temperature sensor located within a housing defining the total air temperature sensor and a sheath surrounding the temperature sensor. The temperature sensor can be configured to take a total temperature of the diverted airflow path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: UNISON INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: John Patrick Parsons, Gregory Lloyd Ashton, Jarodd Dan Goedel, Chiong Siew Tan
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A FIN STRUCTURE FOR HEAT EXCHANGER
    Publication number: 20200094324
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a method of manufacturing a structure with a wall, comprising manufacturing a structure with a wall by using additive manufacturing technology, and dissolving a surface of the wall for reducing thickness of the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2018
    Publication date: March 26, 2020
    Applicant: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Dattu G.V. Jonnalagadda, Srinivasan Swaminathan, Yanzhe Yang, Ramana Reddy Kollam, Merin Sebastian, Emily Phelps
  • Integrated starter for aerial vehicle
    Patent number: 10598095
    Abstract: Systems and methods for starting an engine on an aircraft are provided. One example aspect of the present disclosure is directed to an integrated starter for starting an engine on an aircraft. The integrated starter includes an air turbine starter. The integrated starter includes a starter air valve integrated with the air turbine starter. The integrated starter includes a controller configured to control the starter air valve. The starter air valve can be movable between a first position and at least a second position to regulate the flow of fluid into the air turbine starter. An output torque of the air turbine starter can be dependent at least in part on the flow of fluid into the air turbine starter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Brian Christopher Kemp, Theodore Scott Puterbaugh