Patents by Inventor Anthony B. Swift
Anthony B. Swift 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).
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Patent number: 11976566Abstract: A blade outer air seal segment including a radially outward surface, a radially inward surface oriented away from the radially outward surface, and a cooling channel located between the radially outward surface and the radially inward surface. The blade outer air seal segment also including a stress-relief boss extending into the cooling channel and an inlet orifice fluidly coupled to the cooling channel through the stress-relief boss. The blade outer air seal segment further including a stress-relief recess. The stress-relief boss being located within the stress relief recess.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2023Date of Patent: May 7, 2024Assignee: RTX CORPORATIONInventors: Brian C. McLaughlin, Paul M. Lutjen, Richard K. Hayford, Anthony B. Swift
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Publication number: 20230228197Abstract: A blade outer air seal segment including a radially outward surface, a radially inward surface oriented away from the radially outward surface, and a cooling channel located between the radially outward surface and the radially inward surface. The blade outer air seal segment also including a stress-relief boss extending into the cooling channel and an inlet orifice fluidly coupled to the cooling channel through the stress-relief boss. The blade outer air seal segment further including a stress-relief recess. The stress-relief boss being located within the stress relief recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2023Publication date: July 20, 2023Inventors: Brian C. McLaughlin, Paul M. Lutjen, Richard K. Hayford, Anthony B. Swift
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Patent number: 11619136Abstract: A blade outer air seal segment including a radially outward surface, a radially inward surface oriented away from the radially outward surface, and a cooling channel located between the radially outward surface and the radially inward surface. The blade outer air seal segment also including a stress-relief boss extending into the cooling channel and an inlet orifice fluidly coupled to the cooling channel through the stress-relief boss. The blade outer air seal segment further including a stress-relief recess. The stress-relief boss being located within the stress relief recess.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: April 4, 2023Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Brian C. McLaughlin, Paul M. Lutjen, Richard K. Hayford, Anthony B. Swift
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Patent number: 11591917Abstract: A blade outer air seal segment including a radially outward surface, a radially inward surface oriented away from the radially outward surface, and a cooling channel located between the radially outward surface and the radially inward surface. The blade outer air seal segment also including a stress-relief boss extending into the cooling channel and an inlet orifice fluidly coupled to the cooling channel through the stress-relief boss. The blade outer air seal segment further including a stress-relief recess. The stress-relief boss being located within the stress relief recess.Type: GrantFiled: June 7, 2019Date of Patent: February 28, 2023Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Brian C. McLaughlin, Paul M. Lutjen, Richard K. Hayford, Anthony B. Swift
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Patent number: 11274566Abstract: A blade outer air seal for a gas turbine engine includes a platform having a leading edge and a trailing edge. A pair of circumferential edges connect the leading edge and the trailing edge. An end wall protrudes radially outward from the platform at the trailing edge. A first support rib connects one of the circumferential edges to the end wall and structurally supports the end wall. A first boss portion extends axially forward from the end wall and is disposed radially outward of the first support rib.Type: GrantFiled: August 27, 2019Date of Patent: March 15, 2022Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Christina G. Ciamarra, Anthony B. Swift
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Publication number: 20210062670Abstract: A blade outer air seal for a gas turbine engine includes a platform having a leading edge and a trailing edge. A pair of circumferential edges connect the leading edge and the trailing edge. An end wall protrudes radially outward from the platform at the trailing edge. A first support rib connects one of the circumferential edges to the end wall and structurally supports the end wall. A first boss portion extends axially forward from the end wall and is disposed radially outward of the first support rib.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 27, 2019Publication date: March 4, 2021Inventors: Christina G. Ciamarra, Anthony B. Swift
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Publication number: 20200386105Abstract: A blade outer air seal segment including a radially outward surface, a radially inward surface oriented away from the radially outward surface, and a cooling channel located between the radially outward surface and the radially inward surface. The blade outer air seal segment also including a stress-relief boss extending into the cooling channel and an inlet orifice fluidly coupled to the cooling channel through the stress-relief boss. The blade outer air seal segment further including a stress-relief recess. The stress-relief boss being located within the stress relief recess.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 7, 2019Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Brian C. McLaughlin, Paul M. Lutjen, Richard K. Hayford, Anthony B. Swift
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Patent number: 10815827Abstract: A gas turbine engine component has a body extending between two circumferential sides, and between a leading edge and a trailing edge. A refractory metal core within the body forms at least one cooling circuit to utilize fluid to cool the body. When the refractory metal core is removed from the body, the at least one cooling circuit includes an inlet, an outlet, and a passage that varies in cross-sectional area between the inlet and outlet. A method of manufacturing a gas turbine engine, a method of manufacturing a core, and a refractory metal core are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 25, 2016Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Anthony B. Swift, Ken F. Blaney, Paul M. Lutjen, Neil L. Tatman, Dominic J. Mongillo
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Patent number: 10526897Abstract: A gas turbine engine component includes a wall portion that includes a first side and a second opposite side. A plurality of passages extends between the first side of the wall portion and the second side of the wall portion and includes a plurality of inlets located on the first side of the wall portion. A plurality of outlets are located on a second side of the wall portion. The plurality of outlets include a first plurality of outlets located on a first side of the plurality of inlets and a second plurality of outlets located on a second side of the plurality of inlets.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2015Date of Patent: January 7, 2020Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Anthony B. Swift, Paul M. Lutjen
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Publication number: 20190226406Abstract: An air-driven particle pulverizer for a gas turbine engine includes an array of fingers arranged about an axis. Each of the fingers comprises a base and a terminal end. Each terminal end extends away from the axis and canted toward one side. The terminal ends are configured to pulverize particles in a fluid directed onto the terminal ends.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 4, 2019Publication date: July 25, 2019Inventors: Paul M. Lutjen, Anthony B. Swift
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Patent number: 10352184Abstract: A seal assembly includes a blade outer air seal, a downstream vane, and a pressure wall, according to various embodiments. The blade outer air seal may include a radially outer surface and the downstream vane may be coupled to the blade outer air seal via a fluid sealing engagement. The pressure wall may be coupled to the blade outer air seal and may define a metering orifice. In various embodiments, the metering orifice of the pressure wall is configured to meter air flow from a first plenum upstream of the pressure wall to a second plenum downstream of the pressure wall. In various embodiments, at least a preponderance of the radially outer surface of the blade outer air seal at least partially defines the first plenum and the fluid sealing engagement at least partially defines the second plenum.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2016Date of Patent: July 16, 2019Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Jose R. Paulino, Ken F. Blaney, Terence P. Tyler, Jr., Daniel S. Rogers, Anthony B. Swift, Thomas E. Clark
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Patent number: 10329934Abstract: A casting core for a Blade Outer Air Seal includes a heat exchange cavity core section in communication with a first plenum section and a second plenum section, the first plenum and the second plenum section are of a thickness greater than the heat exchange cavity section.Type: GrantFiled: October 12, 2015Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Ken F Blaney, Anthony B Swift, Neil L Tatman, Paul M Lutjen, Christopher M Jarochym
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Patent number: 10323573Abstract: A cooling fluid system for a gas turbine engine includes a structure that provides a fluid passageway. The structure has a wall with an aperture that is in fluid communication with the fluid passageway. The aperture is configured to provide a fluid in a flow direction. Fingers are arranged in the fluid passageway facing into flow direction. The fluid passageway includes a cooling cavity immediately downstream from the fingers and it is configured to receive fluid having passed over or through the fingers.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2015Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Paul M. Lutjen, Anthony B. Swift
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Patent number: 10145308Abstract: A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an engine static structure. First and second members fluidly separate cavities from one another. A seal assembly is captured by the engine structure. The seal assembly includes a carrier and a seal that engages the first member. The second member is captured by the carrier.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2015Date of Patent: December 4, 2018Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Carson A. Roy Thill, Mark Broomer, Timothy M. Davis, Craig R. McGarrah, Mark J. Rogers, Russell E. Keene, Anthony B. Swift
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Patent number: 10138748Abstract: A gas turbine engine component is provided. The gas turbine engine component comprises a main body having a leading edge and a leading edge wall including an elongated transition portion extending between the leading edge and a proximate flowpath surface of the main body. The elongated transition portion has an axial length that is greater than a radial height. A gas turbine engine is also provided.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: November 27, 2018Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Thomas J. Praisner, Paul M. Lutjen, Ken F. Blaney, Anthony B. Swift, Neil L. Tatman, Christopher M. Jarochym
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Patent number: 10100667Abstract: A gas turbine engine component is provided. The gas turbine engine component comprises a main body and a leading edge cooling passage defined within the main body. The main body has a leading edge and a leading edge wall including an elongated transition portion extending between the leading edge and a proximate flowpath surface of the main body. The leading edge cooling passage comprises an axial flow cooling passage defined within the main body and adjacent to the leading edge wall and has a leading edge periphery that generally conforms to the elongated transition portion of the leading edge wall.Type: GrantFiled: January 15, 2016Date of Patent: October 16, 2018Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Anthony B. Swift, Paul M. Lutjen, Neil L. Tatman, Dominic J. Mongillo, Jr., Matthew A. Devore, Ken F. Blaney
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Publication number: 20180119560Abstract: A seal assembly includes a blade outer air seal, a downstream vane, and a pressure wall, according to various embodiments. The blade outer air seal may include a radially outer surface and the downstream vane may be coupled to the blade outer air seal via a fluid sealing engagement. The pressure wall may be coupled to the blade outer air seal and may define a metering orifice. In various embodiments, the metering orifice of the pressure wall is configured to meter air flow from a first plenum upstream of the pressure wall to a second plenum downstream of the pressure wall. In various embodiments, at least a preponderance of the radially outer surface of the blade outer air seal at least partially defines the first plenum and the fluid sealing engagement at least partially defines the second plenum.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2016Publication date: May 3, 2018Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Jose R. Paulino, Ken F. Blaney, Terence P. Tyler, JR., Daniel S. Rogers, Anthony B. Swift, Thomas E. Clark
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Patent number: 9879558Abstract: An interface within a gas turbine engine includes a multiple of segmented components, each with a segment flange with a multiple of apertures, at least one of the multiple of apertures a first slot aperture. A full ring component with a ring flange that defines a multiple ring of apertures, at least one of the multiple of ring apertures a second slot aperture, the second slot aperture transverse to the first slot aperture.Type: GrantFiled: February 5, 2014Date of Patent: January 30, 2018Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Mark J Rogers, Mark Broomer, Craig R. McGarrah, Timothy M Davis, Anthony B Swift, Russell E Keene, Carson A. Roy Thill, Timothy A. Dunbar
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Publication number: 20170211415Abstract: A gas turbine engine component has a body extending between two circumferential sides, and between a leading edge and a trailing edge. A refractory metal core within the body forms at least one cooling circuit to utilize fluid to cool the body. When the refractory metal core is removed from the body, the at least one cooling circuit includes an inlet, an outlet, and a passage that varies in cross-sectional area between the inlet and outlet. A method of manufacturing a gas turbine engine, a method of manufacturing a core, and a refractory metal core are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 25, 2016Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Anthony B Swift, Ken F. Blaney, Paul M. Lutjen, Neil L. Tatman, Dominic J. Mongillo
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Publication number: 20170204735Abstract: A gas turbine engine component is provided. The gas turbine engine component comprises a main body having a leading edge and a leading edge wall including an elongated transition portion extending between the leading edge and a proximate flowpath surface of the main body. The elongated transition portion has an axial length that is greater than a radial height. A gas turbine engine is also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 15, 2016Publication date: July 20, 2017Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: THOMAS J. PRAISNER, PAUL M. LUTJEN, KEN F. BLANEY, ANTHONY B. SWIFT, NEIL L. TATMAN, CHRISTOPHER M. JAROCHYM