Patents Assigned to United Technologies
  • VORTEX ASSISTED POWDER REMOVAL END EFFECTOR
    Publication number: 20200215587
    Abstract: An end effector for a vacuum system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the end effector includes a central duct having a first end configured for connection to a vacuum source and a second end defining a central duct inlet; a base member proximate the second end of the central duct; and a plurality of passages extending from an outer surface of the base member to an inner surface of the central duct, the plurality of passages characterized by a passage axis having an axial vector component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lawrence Binek, David W. Morganson, Diana Giulietti
  • RADIAL FUEL SHIFTING AND BIASING IN AN AXIAL STAGED COMBUSTOR FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20200217508
    Abstract: An injector of a radial fuel injection system for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a swirler; and a fuel nozzle located within the swirler, the fuel nozzle located within the swirler, the fuel nozzle operable to provide a biased radial fuel distribution within the swirler. A method of controlling a fuel flow to a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes selectively controlling a biased radial fuel distribution within a swirler of a radial fuel injection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2020
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: William Proscia
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR COMPRESSION AND RECOVERY OF DATA IN ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING APPLICATIONS
    Publication number: 20200221055
    Abstract: A method for monitoring an additive manufacturing process during fabrication of a component part is disclosed. In various embodiments, the method includes the steps of selecting a sensing matrix; orienting a sensor toward a surface of the component part; generating a discrete time signal, based on data obtained from the sensor, the discrete time signal being representative of a process condition of the component part while the component part is undergoing the additive manufacturing process; compressing the discrete time signal using the sensing matrix to form a compressed measurement signal; and storing the compressed measurement signal in a storage device while the component part is undergoing the additive manufacturing process. In various embodiments, selecting the sensing matrix comprises selecting a basis function. In various embodiments, the basis function is determined using a random time sampling.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: AMIT SURANA, REBECCA L. RUNKLE
  • COMBUSTOR COOLING PANEL WITH FLOW GUIDE
    Publication number: 20200217505
    Abstract: A panel for use with a shell as a combustor liner in a combustor section of a gas turbine engine includes a panel body having an outer surface defining a plurality of effusion holes for receiving the compressed gas to also be received in the combustion chamber of the combustor section. The panel further includes a flow guide extending from the outer surface of the panel body and configured to receive the compressed gas from an impingement hole of the shell and to direct the compressed gas over the outer surface of the panel body towards the plurality of effusion holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Fumitaka Ichihashi
  • COMBUSTOR PANEL STUD COOLING EFFUSION THROUGH HEAT TRANSFER AUGMENTORS
    Publication number: 20200217507
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine component having a first surface in communication with a core airflow. The gas turbine engine component further includes a second surface, different than the first surface, for cooling the first surface. The gas turbine engine component further includes a heat transfer augmentor extending from the second surface. The gas turbine engine component further includes a heat transfer augmentor effusion hole extending through the gas turbine engine component from a sidewall of the heat transfer augmentor to the first surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 23, 2019
    Publication date: July 9, 2020
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Fumitaka Ichihashi
  • STRUCTURED MATERIAL ALLOY COMPONENT FABRICATION
    Publication number: 20200208726
    Abstract: A novel manufacturing method for functionally graded component includes a cold sprayed additive manufactured core material and a cold sprayed additive manufactured set of teeth around said core made from another material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2020
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Tahany Ibrahim El-Wardany, Aaron T. Nardi, Daniel V. Viens, Wenjiong Gu, Eric J. Amis, Hayden M. Reeve
  • Internally damped airfoiled component and method
    Patent number: 10697303
    Abstract: An airfoiled component comprises: a root section, an airfoil section, a damper pocket enclosed within a portion of the airfoil section, and a damper. The airfoil section includes a suction sidewall and a pressure sidewall each extending chordwise between a leading edge and a trailing edge, and extending spanwise between the root section and an airfoil tip. The damper includes a fixed end unified with a damper mounting surface, and a free end extending into the damper pocket from the damper mounting surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ken F. Blaney, Richard K. Hayford
  • AUXILIARY LUBRICATION SYSTEM WITH FLOW MANAGEMENT VALVE
    Publication number: 20200200043
    Abstract: A lubrication system is disclosed. In various embodiments, the lubrication system includes a storage tank configured to store a lubricant; a flow management valve configured to direct the lubricant to a starvation tolerant component and to a valve exit conduit; and a main pump configured to receive the lubricant from the storage tank and to pump the lubricant to the flow management valve and to a starvation intolerant component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Francis Parnin, Anthony Spagnoletti
  • DIFFUSING HOLE FOR RAIL EFFUSION
    Publication number: 20200200386
    Abstract: A heat shield panel for use in a gas turbine engine combustor is disclosed. The heat shield panel includes a hot side defining a first surface having an outer perimeter, a cold side defining a second surface spaced from the first surface, a rail member disposed on the cold side proximate a first portion of the outer perimeter, the rail member having an outer wall and an inner wall, and an orifice extending through the rail member, from the inner wall to the outer wall, the orifice having a cross sectional area that increases from the inner wall to the outer wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jon E. Sobanski, Steven D. Porter
  • SHAPE RECESSED SURFACE COOLING AIR FEED HOLE BLOCKAGE PREVENTER FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20200190993
    Abstract: A vane ring for a gas turbine engine component includes a multiple of vanes that extend between an inner vane platform and an outer vane platform, each of the multiple of vanes contains an airfoil cooling circuit that receives cooing airflow through a feed passage located in the outer vane platform and an extension from the outer vane platform, the extension comprises a metering passage in communication with the feed passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Perron, Justin M. Aniello, Shawn M. McMahon, Mohamed Hassan, Ricardo Trindade, Steven Bruce Gautschi, David Barger, Brett Alan Bartling, Nicholas J. Madonna, Robin Prenter, Ryan Lundgreen, Christopher Cosher
  • ATTRITABLE ENGINE INTEGRATED WITH VEHICLE
    Publication number: 20200191053
    Abstract: A vehicle structure with unitary casing for an attritable gas turbine engine comprising a vehicle structure forming a unitary casing having a casing wall opposite the vehicle structure; a bypass duct formed between the casing wall and the vehicle structure, wherein the unitary casing is configured to receive a core of the attritable gas turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Evan Butcher, Jesse R. Boyer, Om P. Sharma, Lawrence Binek, Bryan G. Dods, Vijay Narayan Jagdale
  • INTEGRATED ADDITIVE BLADDER FOR CHARGING AND INSULATION OF SMALL ATTRITABLE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20200191061
    Abstract: An attritable gas turbine engine casing unitary charging volume comprising a casing having an interior wall and an exterior wall opposite the interior wall; a unitary charging volume formed between the exterior wall and the interior wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jesse R. Boyer, Lawrence Binek, Om P. Sharma, Evan Butcher, Bryan G. Dods, Vijay Narayan Jagdale
  • VARIABLE VANE ASSEMBLIES CONFIGURED FOR NON-AXISYMMETRIC ACTUATION
    Publication number: 20200191004
    Abstract: A variable vane assembly may comprise a first vane and a second vane. The first vane may comprise a first strut portion and a first flap portion. The first flap portion may be configured to pivot relative to the first strut portion. The second vane may comprise a second strut portion and a second flap portion. The second flap portion may be configured to pivot relative to the second strut portion. The first flap may be configured to pivot independently of the second flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Dilip Prasad
  • REDUNDANT ENTRY COOLING AIR FEED HOLE BLOCKAGE PREVENTER FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20200190995
    Abstract: A vane ring for a gas turbine engine includes a multiple of vanes that extend between the inner vane platform and the outer vane platform, each of the multiple of vanes contains an airfoil cooling circuit that receives cooing airflow through a respective one of a multiple of feed passages; a multiple of metering passages in the outer vane platform, each of the multiple of metering passages in communication with the respective one of the multiple of feed passages; and a multiple of secondary passages in the outer vane platform, each of the multiple of secondary passages in communication with the respective one of the multiple of metering passages.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Perron, Justin M. Aniello, Shawn M. McMahon, Ricardo Trindade, Steven Bruce Gautschi, David Barger, Brett Alan Bartling, Nicholas J. Madonna, Robin Prenter, Ryan Lundgreen, Christopher Cosher, Mohamed Hassan
  • EXTENSION AIR FEED HOLE BLOCKAGE PREVENTER FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20200190994
    Abstract: A vane ring for a gas turbine engine component includes a multiple of vanes that extend between an inner vane platform and an outer vane platform, each of the multiple of vanes contains an airfoil cooling circuit that receives cooing airflow through a feed passage located in the outer vane platform and an extension from the outer vane platform, the extension comprises a metering passage in communication with the feed passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Perron, Justin M. Aniello, Shawn M. McMahon, Ricardo Trindade, Steven Bruce Gautschi, David Barger, Brett Alan Bartling, Nicholas J. Madonna, Robin Prenter, Ryan Lundgreen, Christopher Cosher, Mohamed Hassan
  • FAN AND LOW PRESSURE COMPRESSOR GEARED TO LOW SPEED SPOOL OF GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20200191062
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine may include a high speed spool, a low speed spool, a first epicyclic gear system, and a second epicyclic gear system. Generally, the high speed spool mechanically connects a high pressure turbine to a high pressure compressor, and the low speed spool mechanically connects a low pressure turbine to at least one of a fan and a prop via the first epicyclic gear system and to a low pressure compressor via the second epicyclic gear system, according to various embodiments. The first epicyclic gear system and the second epicyclic gear system may include a common sun gear shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2019
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: William G. Sheridan, Michael E. McCune
  • APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR CLEANING INTERNAL CAVITIES OF BLADES
    Publication number: 20200191013
    Abstract: An apparatus for dislodging material within an airfoil element is disclosed. In various embodiments, the apparatus includes a robotic arm configured for multi-axis movement of a mounting head with respect to the airfoil element; a vibration mechanism connected to the mounting head; and a tip member connected to the vibration mechanism and configured for vibratory contact with a surface of the airfoil element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Karthikeyan Baskaran, Garimella Balaji Rao
  • ADDITIVELY CONTROLLED SURFACE ROUGHNESS FOR DESIGNED PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20200191018
    Abstract: A process for additively controlled surface features of a gas turbine engine casing. The process comprises forming the casing having an inner surface and an outer surface opposite the inner surface; forming a surface feature on the casing proximate the inner surface, wherein the surface feature comprises a structure on the inner surface configured to align or misalign with respect to a flow direction of a working fluid in a flow path of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 17, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Vijay Narayan Jagdale, Jesse R. Boyer, Om P. Sharma, Evan Butcher, Lawrence Binek, Bryan G. Dods
  • ADAPTIVE MORPHING ENGINE GEOMETRY
    Publication number: 20200191011
    Abstract: A morphing aerodynamic control surface geometry comprising a control surface having an articulated portion comprising a flexible skin coupled at an exterior of the articulated portion, the flexible skin comprising opposed interlocking elements sandwiched within a flexible polymer coupled to the interlocking elements; wherein the flexible skin is configured compliant responsive to an articulation of the articulated portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Zaffir A. Chaudhry, Andrzej Ernest Kuczek, Dilip Prasad
  • TWO TIER LUBRICATION SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200191054
    Abstract: A two-tier lubrication system may comprise an oil nozzle located in a bearing compartment. A main oil system may be configured to provide oil to the oil nozzle. A scavenge system may be configured to collect oil from the bearing compartment. A valve may be fluidly coupled between the main oil system and the scavenge system. The valve may be configured to actuate between a main flow position and a scavenge flow position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2018
    Publication date: June 18, 2020
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Francis Parnin