Patents by Inventor Anthony Van

Anthony Van 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: 12066188
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for an engine. This engine assembly includes an engine structure and a fuel injector. The engine structure includes an injector aperture and a fuel supply passage. The injector aperture extends longitudinally through the engine structure along a centerline. The fuel supply passage extends laterally within the engine structure to the injector aperture. The fuel injector is mated with the injector aperture. The fuel injector includes a nozzle passage and a nozzle orifice. The nozzle passage extends longitudinally along the centerline within the fuel injector to the nozzle orifice. The nozzle passage is fluidly coupled with the fuel supply passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2024
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Sean R. Jackson, Jose R. Paulino, Anthony Van, Timothy S. Snyder
  • Publication number: 20220316400
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine apparatus includes a fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle includes a nozzle passage and a nozzle orifice. The nozzle passage extends longitudinally along a centerline within the fuel nozzle to the nozzle orifice. The nozzle passage has a solid polygonal cross-sectional geometry at the nozzle orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Sean R. Jackson, Timothy S. Snyder, Anthony Van, Randolph T. Lyda, Brandon P. Williams
  • Publication number: 20220307694
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for an engine. This engine assembly includes an engine structure and a fuel injector. The engine structure includes an injector aperture and a fuel supply passage. The injector aperture extends longitudinally through the engine structure along a centerline. The fuel supply passage extends laterally within the engine structure to the injector aperture. The fuel injector is mated with the injector aperture. The fuel injector includes a nozzle passage and a nozzle orifice. The nozzle passage extends longitudinally along the centerline within the fuel injector to the nozzle orifice. The nozzle passage is fluidly coupled with the fuel supply passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Sean R. Jackson, Jose R. Paulino, Anthony Van, Timothy S. Snyder
  • Patent number: 11175041
    Abstract: A combustor panel of a combustor may include a combustion facing surface, a cooling surface opposite the combustion facing surface, and heat transfer pins extending from the cooling surface. A grouping of the heat transfer pins may include a metallic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: San Quach, John S. Tu, Robert M. Sonntag, Robert Selinsky, Jr., John J. Rup, Jr., Anthony Van
  • Publication number: 20200041125
    Abstract: A combustor panel of a combustor may include a combustion facing surface, a cooling surface opposite the combustion facing surface, and heat transfer pins extending from the cooling surface. A grouping of the heat transfer pins may include a metallic coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: SAN QUACH, JOHN S. TU, ROBERT M. SONNTAG, ROBERT SELINSKY, JR., JOHN J. RUP, JR., ANTHONY VAN
  • Patent number: 10480788
    Abstract: A combustor panel of a combustor may include a combustion facing surface, a cooling surface opposite the combustion facing surface, and heat transfer pins extending from the cooling surface. A grouping of the heat transfer pins may include a metallic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: San Quach, John S. Tu, Robert M. Sonntag, Robert Selinsky, Jr., John J. Rup, Jr., Anthony Van
  • Patent number: 10386067
    Abstract: A wall panel assembly includes a first liner panel and a coating. The first liner panel has an inner first liner panel surface and a first liner panel outer surface each axially extending between a first liner panel first end and a first liner panel second end. The coating is disposed on at least one of the first liner panel inner surface and the first liner panel outer surface. The coating has an overall thickness that varies axially between the first liner panel first end and the first liner panel second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: San Quach, Scott A. Elliott, Robert M. Sonntag, John S. Tu, Anthony Van, Joseph J. Sedor, Robert Selinsky, Jr., John J. Rup, Jr., Neil B. Ridgeway, Gerard V. Cadieux, Jeffrey Leon, Monica Pacheco-Tougas, Lisa A. Jenkins, Lisa Tse, Andrew Cervoni, Frank J. Trzcinski
  • Patent number: 10077903
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a cooling design feature for inclusion in a liner of an aircraft, comprising: a plurality of angled holes, and at least one through hole separating all combinations of any two of the angled holes, wherein the at least one through hole is oriented at an angle that is substantially perpendicular to a surface of the liner, and wherein each of the plurality of angled holes are non-parallel to the at least one through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John S. Tu, James B. Hoke, Monica Pacheco-Tougas, Timothy S. Snyder, Dennis M. Moura, Anthony Van
  • Publication number: 20180073737
    Abstract: A wall panel assembly includes a first liner panel and a coating. The first liner panel has an inner first liner panel surface and a first liner panel outer surface each axially extending between a first liner panel first end and a first liner panel second end. The coating is disposed on at least one of the first liner panel inner surface and the first liner panel outer surface. The coating has an overall thickness that varies axially between the first liner panel first end and the first liner panel second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: San Quach, Scott A. Elliott, Robert M. Sonntag, John S. Tu, Anthony Van, Joseph J. Sedor, Robert selinsky, JR., John J. Rup, JR., Neil B. Ridgeway, Gerard V. Cadieux, Jeffrey Leon, Monica Pacheco-Tougas, Lisa A. Jenkins, Lisa Tse, Andrew Cervoni, Frank J. Trzcinski
  • Publication number: 20180051879
    Abstract: A combustor panel of a combustor may include a combustion facing surface, a cooling surface opposite the combustion facing surface, and heat transfer pins extending from the cooling surface. A grouping of the heat transfer pins may include a metallic coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Publication date: February 22, 2018
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: SAN QUACH, JOHN S. TU, ROBERT M. SONNTAG, ROBERT SELINSKY, JR., JOHN J. RUP, JR., ANTHONY VAN
  • Patent number: 9605598
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to controlling a distribution of fuel to a plurality of nozzles associated with at least one aircraft engine by: determining a state of operation associated with the at least one aircraft engine, causing a valve coupled to a fuel supply and each of the nozzles to open when it is determined that the state of operation indicates a high power state relative to at least one threshold, and causing the valve to close when it is determined that the state of operation indicates a low power state relative to the at least one threshold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2017
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: James B. Hoke, Anthony Van
  • Publication number: 20160201913
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a cooling design feature for inclusion in a liner of an aircraft, comprising: a plurality of angled holes, and at least one through hole separating all combinations of any two of the angled holes, wherein the at least one through hole is oriented at an angle that is substantially perpendicular to a surface of the liner, and wherein each of the plurality of angled holes are non-parallel to the at least one through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: John S. Tu, James B. Hoke, Monica Pacheco-Tougas, Timothy S. Snyder, Dennis M. Moura, Anthony Van
  • Publication number: 20160195024
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to controlling a distribution of fuel to a plurality of nozzles associated with at least one aircraft engine by: determining a state of operation associated with the at least one aircraft engine, causing a valve coupled to a fuel supply and each of the nozzles to open when it is determined that the state of operation indicates a high power state relative to at least one threshold, and causing the valve to close when it is determined that the state of operation indicates a low power state relative to the at least one threshold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 7, 2016
    Inventors: James B. Hoke, Anthony Van
  • Publication number: 20160169120
    Abstract: A fuel injection system for a gas turbine engine can be used to ensure successful transition in all conditions, while avoiding the possibility of steady state, or increasing power mode, operations with an insufficiently filled secondary fuel line. This may be accomplished by altering a pressure in a secondary fuel line. The present disclosure allows for the elimination of individual fuel injector valves, which may reduce the total complexity and number of parts of the fuel injection system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2015
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Anthony Van, Dennis M. Moura, James B. Hoke, Thomas A. Bush, Timothy J. Gaudet, Victor M. Pinedo, David Kwoka, Matthew G. Van Eck