Patents by Inventor Arthur Williams

Arthur Williams 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).

  • Publication number: 20250101919
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided having a turbomachine comprising a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section having a high pressure compressor defining a high pressure compressor exit area (AHPCExit) in square inches and the turbine section having a drive turbine defining a drive turbine exit area (ADTExit) in square inches, the turbomachine further comprising a drive turbine shaft coupled to the drive turbine; wherein the gas turbine engine defines a maximum exhaust gas temperature (EGT) in degrees Celsius, a maximum drive turbine shaft torque (TOUT) in Newton meters, and a corrected specific power (CSP) in Newtons squared times degrees Celsius over meters squared, wherein the corrected specific power is determined as follows: ( T OUT A DTExit ) 2 * EGT A HPCExit * 1 ? 0 - 1 ? 1 ; wherein CSP is greater than 0.0001194×EGT2?0.103×EGT+22.14 and less than 0.0003294×EGT2?0.306×EGT+77.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Alan Niergarth, Jorge de Luis, Douglas Downey Turner, Michael Macrorie, Keith W. Wilkinson, Arthur William Sibbach, Vincenzo Martina
  • Publication number: 20250101918
    Abstract: An aircraft engine assembly includes a gas turbine engine having an intake channel configured to receive an incoming flow of air and thereby form an intake flow of air, the intake channel configured to turn the received incoming flow of air from an incoming flow direction to a first axial direction of the gas turbine engine, the incoming flow direction reverse of the first axial direction, and an electric machine coupled with the low pressure shaft and located at the aft end of the gas turbine engine proximate the intake channel, the electric machine in heat exchange communication with the intake flow of air such that the electric machine transfers heat to the incoming flow of air within the intake channel when the electric machine is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2024
    Publication date: March 27, 2025
    Inventors: Arthur William Sibbach, Adam Tomasz Pazinski
  • Publication number: 20250092791
    Abstract: A turbine engine comprising a compressor section, combustor section, and turbine section in serial flow arrangement, and defining an engine longitudinal axis. The turbine engine includes an airfoil with an outer wall having a pressure side and a suction side, extending between a root and a tip in a span-wise direction, and extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge in a chord-wise direction. The airfoil includes a woven core, a first bonding layer including a toughened region, and a laminate skin provided exterior of the first bonding layer and bonded to the woven core by the first bonding layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2024
    Publication date: March 20, 2025
    Inventors: Arthur William Sibbach, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Gregory Carl Gemeinhardt
  • Publication number: 20250084799
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan section having a fan rotatable with a fan shaft, a turbomachinery section having a turbine and a turbomachine shaft rotatable with the turbine, a power gearbox mechanically coupled to the fan shaft and the turbomachine shaft such that the fan shaft is rotatable by the turbomachine shaft across the power gearbox, a grounded structure coupled to and supporting the power gearbox, and a torque monitoring system. The torque monitoring system includes a gearbox sensor. The gearbox sensor is coupled to the grounded structure and the torque monitoring system configured to determine a torque across the power gearbox using the gearbox sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2024
    Publication date: March 13, 2025
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, Andrew Hudecki, Kevin Richard Graziano, Arthur William Sibbach, Inenhe Mohammed Khalid, Andrea Piazza, Stefan Joseph Cafaro
  • Publication number: 20250075674
    Abstract: A heat exchanger positioned within an annular duct of a gas turbine engine is provided. The heat exchanger extends substantially continuously along the circumferential direction and defining a heat exchanger height equal to at least 10% of a duct height. An effective transmission loss (ETL) for the heat exchanger positioned within the annular duct is between 5 decibels and 1 decibels for an operating condition of the gas turbine engine. The heat exchanger includes a heat transfer section defining an acoustic length (Li), and wherein an Operational Acoustic Reduction Ratio (OARR) is greater than or equal to 0.75 to achieve the ETL at the operating condition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2024
    Publication date: March 6, 2025
    Inventors: Scott Alan Schimmels, Jeffrey Douglas Rambo, Timothy Richard DePuy, Steven B. Morris, Arthur William Sibbach
  • Patent number: 12241383
    Abstract: A turbine engine having a disk, a composite airfoil assembly and a pitch snubber. The disk having a slot. The composite airfoil assembly having an airfoil portion and a dovetail portion. The dovetail portion having a radially inner surface spaced from the slot to define a gap therebetween. The pitch snubber being provided on one of the slot or the radially inner surface of the dovetail portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Benjamin Thomas Van Oflen, Gary Willard Bryant, Jr., Nicholas Joseph Kray, Arthur William Sibbach, Michael John Franks, Elzbieta Kryj-Kos
  • Patent number: 12241386
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a compressor section, combustor section, and turbine section in serial flow arrangement, and defining an engine longitudinal axis. Sets of blades can be rotatably driven about the longitudinal axis in the compressor section and the turbine section, with adjacent vanes provided between sets of blades. The airfoil structure defining one or more of the blades or vanes can include a core structure which includes a woven or foam core, with an exterior woven layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph Kray, Arthur William Sibbach
  • Publication number: 20250067215
    Abstract: A turbofan engine is provided. The turbofan engine includes a fan comprising a plurality of fan blades; a turbomachine operably coupled to the fan for driving the fan, the turbomachine comprising a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow order and together defining a core air flowpath; a nacelle surrounding and at least partially enclosing the fan; an inlet pre-swirl feature located upstream of the plurality of fan blades, the inlet pre-swirl feature attached to or integrated into the nacelle; and a means for reducing ice buildup or ice formation on the inlet pre-swirl feature, the means in communication with the inlet pre-swirl feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2024
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Arthur William Sibbach, Allan George van de Wall, Sean Christopher Binion, Brian Lewis Devendorf, Brandon Wayne Miller
  • Patent number: 12234745
    Abstract: An airfoil assembly for a turbine engine, the airfoil assembly including a platform defining an inner surface and an outer surface, a variable pitch airfoil extending radially from the outer surface of the platform from a root to a tip to define a span length and a mounting structure connected to the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph Kray, Daniel E. Mollmann, Elzbieta Kryj-Kos, Arthur William Sibbach, Brent Michael Push
  • Patent number: 12228037
    Abstract: A guide vane assembly for a nacelle of a gas turbine engine includes a forward vane and an aft vane. The aft vane is located aft of the forward vane and forward of a plurality of fan blades. The forward vane defines a fixed pitch angle and the aft vane is movable between a first pitch angle and a second pitch angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 18, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph Kray, Brandon Wayne Miller, Gary Willard Bryant, Jr., Arthur William Sibbach
  • Publication number: 20250052193
    Abstract: An aircraft engine assembly includes a gas turbine engine having an intake channel configured to receive an incoming flow of air and form an intake flow of air, the intake channel configured to turn the received incoming flow of air from an incoming flow direction to a first axial direction of the gas turbine engine, the incoming flow direction reverse of the first axial direction, and an electric machine coupled with the low pressure shaft and located at the aft end of the gas turbine engine proximate the intake channel, the electric machine in heat exchange communication with the intake flow of air such that the electric machine transfers heat to the incoming flow of air within the intake channel when the electric machine is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Arthur William Sibbach, Adam Tomasz Pazinski
  • Publication number: 20250052162
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan section, a compressor section, combustion section, and turbine section in serial flow arrangement, that defining an engine centerline extending between a forward direction and an aft direction. A composite component, such as an airfoil, extends between a root and a tip, defining a span-wise direction therebetween, and between a leading edge and a trailing edge, defining a chord-wise direction therebetween. The composite component includes a preform core including a first set of fibers as a first set of warp fibers and a first set of weft fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 10, 2023
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Elzbieta Kryj-Kos, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Arthur William Sibbach, Michael John Franks
  • Publication number: 20250052565
    Abstract: An example optical alignment target includes a translucent or transparent substrate having a bottom surface; an opaque material formed over the bottom surface in a pattern; an enclosed channel disposed below the bottom surface; and a fluid suspension contained in the enclosed channel. The pattern has an opaque portion of an opaque material and has a gap portion devoid of the opaque material. The fluid suspension includes a carrier liquid and a light emitting material suspended in the carrier liquid. The light emitting material is selected from the group consisting of quantum dots and cerium powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Shamsul Abedin, John Earney, Charles Hubert, Joseph Pinto, Arthur Pitera, Spencer Williams, Brandon Wenning, Clayton Braga
  • Publication number: 20250052166
    Abstract: A turbine engine with an engine core defining an engine centerline and comprising a rotor and a stator. The turbine engine including a set of composite airfoils circumferentially arranged about the engine centerline and defining at least a portion of the rotor. An airfoil in the set of composite airfoils including a composite portion extending chordwise between a composite leading edge and a trailing edge and a leading edge protector coupled to the composite portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph Kray, Arthur William Sibbach
  • Publication number: 20250052194
    Abstract: An aircraft engine assembly includes a gas turbine engine having an intake channel configured to receive an incoming flow of air and thereby form an intake flow of air, the intake channel configured to turn the received incoming flow of air from an incoming flow direction to a first axial direction of the gas turbine engine, the incoming flow direction reverse of the first axial direction, and an electric machine coupled with the low pressure shaft and located at the aft end of the gas turbine engine proximate the intake channel, the electric machine in heat exchange communication with the intake flow of air such that the electric machine transfers heat to the incoming flow of air within the intake channel when the electric machine is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2024
    Publication date: February 13, 2025
    Inventors: Arthur William Sibbach, Adam Tomasz Pazinski
  • Patent number: 12221980
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan having a plurality of fan blades, a turbomachine operably coupled to the fan for driving the fan, the turbomachine including a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section in serial flow order and together defining a core air flowpath, a nacelle surrounding and at least partially enclosing the fan, the nacelle defining a longitudinal axis, and an inlet pre-swirl feature located upstream of the plurality of fan blades, the inlet pre-swirl feature attached to or integrated into the nacelle, wherein the inlet pre-swirl feature is transitionable between a first angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the nacelle and a second angle with respect to the longitudinal axis of the nacelle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, Arthur William Sibbach
  • Publication number: 20250043719
    Abstract: An aircraft engine assembly includes a gas turbine engine having an intake channel configured to receive an incoming flow of air and thereby form an intake flow of air, the intake channel configured to turn the received incoming flow of air from an incoming flow direction to a first axial direction of the gas turbine engine, the incoming flow direction reverse of the first axial direction, and an electric machine coupled with the low pressure shaft and located at the aft end of the gas turbine engine proximate the intake channel, the electric machine in heat exchange communication with the intake flow of air such that the electric machine transfers heat to the incoming flow of air within the intake channel when the electric machine is operated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2024
    Publication date: February 6, 2025
    Inventors: Arthur William Sibbach, Adam Tomasz Pazinski
  • Patent number: 12209557
    Abstract: A turbofan engine defining an axial direction and a longitudinal centerline along the axial direction is provided. The turbofan engine includes: a fan section having a fan; a turbomachine drivingly coupled to the fan, the turbomachine comprising an outer casing; an outer nacelle surrounding the fan and at least a portion of the turbomachine; an outlet guide vane extending between the turbomachine and the outer nacelle, the outlet guide vane defining a base and a tip and being forward swept from the base to the tip; and an accessory gearbox positioned at least partially inward of the outer casing of the turbomachine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Brandon Wayne Miller, Arthur William Sibbach, Jeffrey Donald Clements
  • Patent number: 12203390
    Abstract: A composite airfoil assembly for a turbine engine includes an airfoil defining an airfoil interior, and an inner support structure at least partially located within the airfoil interior. The inner support structure can include intertwined fibers defining a three-dimensional structure. A laminate overlay surrounds at least a portion of the inner support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2023
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph Kray, Elzbieta Kryj-Kos, Arthur William Sibbach
  • Patent number: 12201811
    Abstract: An infusion pump system and method with common line auto flush, wherein the infusion pump system has a first reservoir, a second reservoir, a junction, a common line having one end in fluid connection with the junction and having a terminal fluid delivery end, and an infusion pump. The method includes infusing the first fluid at a first rate along a first flow path; entering a common line flush volume value for the common line; switching from the first flow path to a second flow path; driving the second fluid at the first rate along the second flow path; monitoring volume of the second fluid driven at the first rate; and driving the second fluid at a second rate along the second flow path when the monitored volume is equal to or greater than the common line flush volume value.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 21, 2025
    Assignee: ICU Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Jeffrey James Gylland, Gerald William Brann, James Duane Jacobson, Arthur E. Webb, James Cudney, Nursel Asikhan-Berlinguette