Patents Assigned to Unison Industries LLC
  • Air temperature sensor
    Patent number: 10585007
    Abstract: A total air temperature sensor includes a nose having an airfoil cross section with a leading edge and trailing edge, a sensor housing spaced from and downstream of the nose defining a stagnation chamber with at least one inlet, and a temperature sensor positioned within the sensor housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2020
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Kyle Shaughnessy
  • Integral oil tank heat exchanger
    Patent number: 10578020
    Abstract: The present innovation relates to a gas turbine engine comprising an engine core with a combustion section, a fuel circuit fluidly coupled to the combustion section, an oil circuit fluidly coupled to the engine core, and an oil heat exchanger comprising a portion of the fuel circuit forming part of the oil circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Kenworthy, Lonnie Ray Stewart, Jr.
  • Flexible joints assembly with flexure rods
    Patent number: 10578015
    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, each surrounding a portion of the bellows. A set of rod assemblies can operably couple the first support and the second support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Gordon Tajiri, Michael Thomas Kenworthy, Dattu G V Jonnalagadda, Jason Levi Burdette, Lonnie Ray Stewart, Jr.
  • Air temperature sensor
    Patent number: 10578498
    Abstract: A total air temperature sensor can include a first airfoil having a heated first surface, a second airfoil having a second surface spaced from the first surface and defining a sensor chamber, a temperature sensor located within the chamber, and a sheath surrounding the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: John Patrick Parsons, Gregory Lloyd Ashton, Jarodd Dan Goedel, Chiong Siew Tan
  • Passive heat exchanger valve
    Patent number: 10563936
    Abstract: A valve and a heat exchanger apparatus for a gas turbine engine include a valve body having a valve seat and an actuation component including a plate formed from a set of metal layers and responsive to a change in at least one of a thermal condition and a pressure exerted thereon such that the plate moves and the valve moves between an opened and a closed position where a portion of the plate engages with the valve seat.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2020
    Assignee: UNISON INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Gordon Tajiri, Michael Thomas Kenworthy, Yanzhe Yang, Dattu GV Jonnalagadda
  • THERMAL MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200041219
    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: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicants: 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
  • Air temperature sensor and method of reducing error
    Patent number: 10545057
    Abstract: A total air temperature sensor can include a first airfoil having a heated first surface, a second airfoil having a second surface spaced from the first surface and defining a sensor chamber, a temperature sensor located within the chamber, and a sheath surrounding the temperature sensor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2020
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventor: John Patrick Parsons
  • Decoupler assembly for engine starter
    Patent number: 10526974
    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 train is operably coupled with the gear train, and an output shaft is selectively operably coupled to rotate with the engine via a decoupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignee: UNISON INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Sharad Pundlik Patil, Subrata Nayak, Shiloh Montegomery Emerson Meyers, David Allan Dranschak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
  • Disposable core die and method of fabricating a ceramic body
    Patent number: 10526251
    Abstract: A disposable core die is provided. The disposable core die includes a first portion defining an inlet configured to receive a slurry therethrough, a second portion integrally formed downstream from the first portion and configured to receive the slurry from the first portion, and a third portion integrally formed downstream from the second portion. The second portion includes a plurality of hollow tubes that are substantially coaxially aligned and have a wall thickness within a range defined between about 0.1 mm and about 0.5 mm, and the third portion defines an outlet configured to discharge excess slurry from the second portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Assignees: Unison Industries, LLC, General Electric Company
    Inventors: Russell Ryder Dennison, Robert Peter Hanet, Jerod Curtis Kruse, Xi Yang
  • Decoupler assemblies for engine starter
    Patent number: 10519866
    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 via a decoupler.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Subrata Nayak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, David Allan Dranschak, Shiloh Montgomery Emerson Meyers, Pallavi Tripathi
  • Turbine engine thermal seal
    Patent number: 10514005
    Abstract: A turbine engine with a casing including opposing surfaces and a manifold opening passing through the surfaces. A surface cooler is provided adjacent one of the surfaces. A cooler manifold passes through the manifold opening. A seal is provided between the surface cooler and the casing. At least one bolt is used to secure the surface cooler to the casing with the seal in between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 24, 2019
    Assignee: UNISON INDUSTRIES, LLC
    Inventors: Bernard Albert Luschek, David William Millward, Joseph Richard Schmitt, Daniel Scott McCann, Derek Thomas Dreischarf
  • Planetary gear system and air turbine starter
    Patent number: 10495182
    Abstract: An apparatus for an air turbine starter for an engine. The air turbine starter includes 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 having a turbine output shaft. The air turbine starter further includes a planetary gear system drivingly coupled with the turbine output shaft and including a sun gear, a ring gear mounted to the housing, and a set of planetary gears operably coupling the sun gear and the ring gear with the sun gear is coupled to the turbine output shaft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 9, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Subrata Nayak, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, David Allan Dranschak, Marc David Zinger, Shiloh Montgomery Emerson Meyers, Pallavi Tripathi, Sharad Pundlik Patil, Mark Leslie Rickert, Harsha Sanjeewa Bulathsinghalage, Matthew Keith Murdock
  • Air turbine starter
    Patent number: 10443506
    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 secondary supply port is fluidly coupled to the flow of the pressurized gas in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Luis Angel Martinez, Rick L. Fiste, David Rawlins
  • Turbine engine cooler assembly
    Patent number: 10428834
    Abstract: A fan casing assembly for a turbine engine including a casing having an annular fan cooler. The annular fan cooler includes first and second connection assemblies to fix movement of the fan cooler during engine operation, while permitting circumferential thermal growth of the fan cooler without suffering from high cycle fatigue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Derek Thomas Dreischarf, Bernard Albert Luschek, Dennis Alan McQueen, Daniel Scott McCann, Anthony Lynn Lighthill
  • Fan casing assemblies and method of mounting a cooler to a fan casing
    Patent number: 10393147
    Abstract: A fan casing assembly for a turbine engine including a fan casing having a peripheral wall, a surface cooler having a first surface confronting the peripheral wall and forward and aft projections, which are radially spaced from the first surface and located between the peripheral wall and the first surface, and a mounting bracket to mount the surface cooler to the fan casing and a method of mounting a surface cooler to a fan casing of a turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Derek Thomas Dreischarf, Bernard Albert Luschek, Walter Arthur Hundley
  • Heat exchanger with non-orthogonal perforations
    Patent number: 10378835
    Abstract: A heat exchanger includes a cooling air conduit having multiple baffles, a hot air conduit having multiple passes through the cooling air conduit and forming multiple intersections with the baffles, and multiple perforations extending through the baffles. A cooling air flow passes through the baffles, rather than strictly between the baffles, and improves heat-transfer characteristics of the heat exchanger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Kenworthy, William Dwight Gerstler, Daniel Jason Erno, Thomas Kupiszewski, Joseph Robert Coleman
  • Dual seated by-pass valve for surface coolers
    Patent number: 10345057
    Abstract: A dual seated by-pass valve is provided for a surface heat exchanger. The valve provides a power element and at least two seats and two poppets which are spring biased and responsive to movement of the power element to open and close pathways to core cooling channels and de-congealing channels.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Michael Ralph Storage, Dennis Alan McQueen
  • Air turbine starter housing
    Patent number: D851589
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventors: Rick L. Fiste, Edgar Moises Romero Ramos, Luis Angel Martinez, David Rawlins, Hugo Fuentes
  • Air turbine starter housing
    Patent number: D851590
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Luis Angel Martinez
  • Air turbine starter housing
    Patent number: D860133
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2019
    Assignee: Unison Industries, LLC
    Inventor: Luis Angel Martinez