Patents by Inventor Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow

Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow 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: 12759714
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to aircraft having one or more unducted fan propulsors at locations within specific regions relative to an airfoil, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer. More specifically, the specific regions are located where there is a relatively higher pressure air flow beneath the wings or above a horizontal stabilizer. That higher pressure air flow can be utilized to provide increased thrust from the unducted fan propulsor. An unducted fan propulsor may further include an outlet nozzle that expels an exhaust stream at a non-zero angle with the centerline of the unducted fan propulsor such that the centerline is oriented downwardly relative to the exhaust stream. The outlet nozzle may further include a core cowl shaped to cause a bypass or third stream flow to entrain a core exhaust stream.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2026
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Carle, Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, William Joseph Bowden
  • Publication number: 20260307811
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to aircraft having one or more unducted fan propulsors at locations within specific regions relative to an airfoil, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer. More specifically, the specific regions are located where there is a relatively higher pressure air flow beneath the wings or above a horizontal stabilizer. That higher pressure air flow can be utilized to provide increased thrust from the unducted fan propulsor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2026
    Publication date: October 8, 2026
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Carle, Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, William Bowden, Trevor H. Wood, Kishore Ramakrishnan
  • Patent number: 12752923
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to aircraft having one or more unducted fan propulsors at locations within specific regions relative to an airfoil, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer. More specifically, the specific regions are located where there is a relatively higher pressure air flow beneath the wings or above a horizontal stabilizer. That higher pressure air flow can be utilized to provide increased thrust from the unducted fan propulsor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2025
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2026
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Carle, Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, William Bowden
  • Publication number: 20260296653
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to aircraft having one or more unducted fan propulsors at locations within specific regions relative to an airfoil, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer. More specifically, the specific regions are located where there is a relatively higher pressure air flow beneath the wings or above a horizontal stabilizer. That higher pressure air flow can be utilized to provide increased thrust from the unducted fan propulsor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2026
    Publication date: October 1, 2026
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Carle, Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, William Bowden, Trevor H. Wood, Kishore Ramakrishnan
  • Publication number: 20260285489
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to aircraft having one or more unducted fan propulsors at locations within specific regions relative to an airfoil, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer. More specifically, the specific regions are located where there is a relatively higher pressure air flow beneath the wings or above a horizontal stabilizer. That higher pressure air flow can be utilized to provide increased thrust from the unducted fan propulsor. The unducted fan propulsors include an engine correlation parameter that is greater than 0.17 and less than 0.83, wherein the engine correlation parameter equals D/N/GR, D is the maximum outer diameter of the rotating blades, N is a stage count of a low-pressure turbine of the unducted fan propulsor, and GR is a gear ratio of a gearbox of the unducted fan propulsor operably coupling the low pressure turbine and the rotating blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2026
    Publication date: September 24, 2026
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Carle, Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, William Bowden
  • Patent number: 12741747
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to aircraft having one or more unducted fan propulsors at locations within specific regions relative to an airfoil, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer. More specifically, the specific regions are located where there is a relatively higher pressure air flow beneath the wings or above a horizontal stabilizer. That higher pressure air flow can be utilized to provide increased thrust from the unducted fan propulsor. The unducted fan propulsors include an engine correlation parameter that is greater than 0.17 and less than 0.83, wherein the engine correlation parameter equals D/N/GR, D is the maximum outer diameter of the rotating blades, N is a stage count of a low-pressure turbine of the unducted fan propulsor, and GR is a gear ratio of a gearbox of the unducted fan propulsor operably coupling the low pressure turbine and the rotating blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2026
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Carle, Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, William Bowden
  • Publication number: 20260274421
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to aircraft having one or more unducted fan propulsors at locations within specific regions relative to an airfoil, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer. More specifically, the specific regions are located where there is a relatively higher pressure air flow beneath the wings or above a horizontal stabilizer. That higher pressure air flow can be utilized to provide increased thrust from the unducted fan propulsor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2026
    Publication date: September 17, 2026
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Carle, Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, William Bowden
  • Patent number: 12735188
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to aircraft having one or more unducted fan propulsors at locations within specific regions relative to an airfoil, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer. More specifically, the specific regions are located where there is a relatively higher pressure air flow beneath the wings or above a horizontal stabilizer. That higher pressure air flow can be utilized to provide increased thrust from the unducted fan propulsor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2025
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2026
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Carle, Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, William Bowden, Randy M. Vondrell, Keith A. Miedema
  • Publication number: 20260264863
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to aircraft having one or more unducted fan propulsors at locations within specific regions relative to an airfoil, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer. More specifically, the specific regions are located where there is a relatively higher pressure air flow beneath the wings or above a horizontal stabilizer. That higher pressure air flow can be utilized to provide increased thrust from the unducted fan propulsor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 1, 2026
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Carle, Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, William Bowden, Randy M. Vondrell, Keith A. Miedema
  • Publication number: 20260266239
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine defining an engine inlet to an inlet duct, a fan duct inlet to a fan duct, and a core inlet to a core duct; a primary fan driven by the turbomachine; and a secondary fan located downstream of the primary fan within the inlet duct. The gas turbine engine defines a thrust to power airflow ratio between 3.5 and 100 and a core bypass ratio between 0.1 and 10, wherein the thrust to power airflow ratio is a ratio of an airflow through a bypass passage over the turbomachine plus an airflow through the fan duct to an airflow through the core duct, and wherein the core bypass ratio is a ratio of the airflow through the fan duct to the airflow through the core duct.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2024
    Publication date: September 10, 2026
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, Randy M. Vondrell, David Marion Ostdiek, Craig William Higgins, Alexander Kimberley Simpson, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow
  • Patent number: 12709398
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to aircraft having one or more unducted fan propulsors at locations within specific regions relative to an airfoil, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer. More specifically, the specific regions are located where there is a relatively higher pressure air flow beneath the wings or above a horizontal stabilizer. That higher pressure air flow can be utilized to provide increased thrust from the unducted fan propulsor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2025
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2026
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Carle, Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, William Bowden, Arthur W. Sibbach
  • Publication number: 20260200582
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to aircraft having one or more unducted fan propulsors at locations within specific regions relative to an airfoil, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer. More specifically, the specific regions are located where there is a relatively higher pressure air flow beneath the wings or above a horizontal stabilizer. That higher pressure air flow can be utilized to provide increased thrust from the unducted fan propulsor. An unducted fan propulsor may further include an outlet nozzle that expels an exhaust stream at a non-zero angle with the centerline of the unducted fan propulsor such that the centerline is oriented downwardly relative to the exhaust stream. The outlet nozzle may further include a core cowl shaped to cause a bypass or third stream flow to entrain a core exhaust stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2025
    Publication date: July 16, 2026
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Carle, Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, William Joseph Bowden
  • Publication number: 20260145798
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to aircraft having one or more unducted fan propulsors at locations within specific regions relative to an airfoil, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer. More specifically, the specific regions are located where there is a relatively higher pressure air flow beneath the wings or above a horizontal stabilizer. That higher pressure air flow can be utilized to provide increased thrust from the unducted fan propulsor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2025
    Publication date: May 28, 2026
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Carle, Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, William Bowden
  • Publication number: 20260125158
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to aircraft having one or more unducted fan propulsors at locations within specific regions relative to an airfoil, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer. More specifically, the specific regions are located where there is a relatively higher pressure air flow beneath the wings or above a horizontal stabilizer. That higher pressure air flow can be utilized to provide increased thrust from the unducted fan propulsor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2025
    Publication date: May 7, 2026
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Carle, Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, William Bowden
  • Publication number: 20260103277
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to aircraft having one or more unducted fan propulsors at locations within specific regions relative to an airfoil, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer. More specifically, the specific regions are located where there is a relatively higher pressure air flow beneath the wings or above a horizontal stabilizer. That higher pressure air flow can be utilized to provide increased thrust from the unducted fan propulsor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Carle, Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, William Bowden, Kishore Ramakrishnan, Trevor Howard Wood
  • Publication number: 20260103278
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to aircraft having one or more unducted fan propulsors at locations within specific regions relative to an airfoil, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer. More specifically, the specific regions are located where there is a relatively higher pressure air flow beneath the wings or above a horizontal stabilizer. That higher pressure air flow can be utilized to provide increased thrust from the unducted fan propulsor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2025
    Publication date: April 16, 2026
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Carle, Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, William Bowden
  • Publication number: 20260097854
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to aircraft having one or more unducted fan propulsors at locations within specific regions relative to an airfoil, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer. More specifically, the specific regions are located where there is a relatively higher pressure air flow beneath the wings or above a horizontal stabilizer. That higher pressure air flow can be utilized to provide increased thrust from the unducted fan propulsor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2025
    Publication date: April 9, 2026
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Carle, Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, William Bowden, Brandon Wayne Miller
  • Publication number: 20260091874
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to aircraft having one or more unducted fan propulsors at locations within specific regions relative to an airfoil, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer. More specifically, the specific regions are located where there is a relatively higher pressure air flow beneath the wings or above a horizontal stabilizer. That higher pressure air flow can be utilized to provide increased thrust from the unducted fan propulsor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2025
    Publication date: April 2, 2026
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Carle, Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, William Bowden, Randy M. Vondrell
  • Publication number: 20260084827
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to aircraft having one or more unducted fan propulsors at locations within specific regions relative to an airfoil, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer. More specifically, the specific regions are located where there is a relatively higher pressure air flow beneath the wings or above a horizontal stabilizer. That higher pressure air flow can be utilized to provide increased thrust from the unducted fan propulsor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Carle, Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, William Bowden
  • Publication number: 20260084826
    Abstract: The present disclosure is generally related to aircraft having one or more unducted fan propulsors at locations within specific regions relative to an airfoil, such as a wing or horizontal stabilizer. More specifically, the specific regions are located where there is a relatively higher pressure air flow beneath the wings or above a horizontal stabilizer. That higher pressure air flow can be utilized to provide increased thrust from the unducted fan propulsor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 1, 2025
    Publication date: March 26, 2026
    Inventors: Sara Elizabeth Carle, Daniel L. Tweedt, Syed Arif Khalid, Andrew Breeze-Stringfellow, William Bowden, Trevor Howard Wood, Kishore Ramakrishnan