Patents by Inventor Becky E. Rose
Becky E. Rose 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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Publication number: 20230332622Abstract: A gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a propulsor section including a propulsor that delivers flow to a core flowpath and a compressor section including first and second compressors. The core flowpath passes through the first compressor. The core flowpath in the first compressor has an outer diameter relative to the engine longitudinal axis. The outer diameter has a slope angle relative to the axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2023Publication date: October 19, 2023Inventors: Lisa I. Brilliant, Becky E. Rose, Yuan Dong, Stanley J. Balamucki
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Patent number: 11781447Abstract: A gas turbine engine assembly may include, among other things, a fan section including a fan, the fan including a plurality of fan blades, a diameter of the fan having a dimension D, each fan blade having a leading edge, and a forward most portion on the leading edges of the fan blades in a first reference plane, a geared architecture, a turbine section including a high pressure turbine and a low pressure turbine, the low pressure turbine driving the fan through the geared architecture, a nacelle surrounding the fan, the nacelle including an inlet portion forward of the fan, a forward edge on the inlet portion in a second reference plane, and a length of the inlet portion having a dimension L between the first reference plane and the second reference plane. A dimensional relationship of L/D may be between 0.30 and 0.40.Type: GrantFiled: September 23, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: RTX CORPORATIONInventors: Wesley K. Lord, Robert E. Malecki, Yuan J. Qiu, Becky E. Rose, Jonathan Gilson
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Patent number: 11781505Abstract: A gas turbine engine assembly includes, among other things, a fan section including a fan, the fan including a plurality of fan blades, a diameter of the fan having a dimension D that is based on a dimension of the fan blades, a turbine section including a high pressure turbine and a low pressure turbine, the low pressure turbine driving the fan, a nacelle including an inlet portion forward of the fan, a length of the inlet portion having a dimension L, and a dimensional relationship of L/D between 0.30 and 0.40.Type: GrantFiled: March 11, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: RTX CORPORATIONInventors: Wesley K. Lord, Robert E. Malecki, Yuan J. Qiu, Becky E. Rose, Jonathan Gilson
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Publication number: 20230315938Abstract: A method is providing comprising receiving, via a processor, a digital representation of a potentially repaired blade from an inspection system, the digital representation including a repair blend profile, the digital representation based on an inspected blade of an inspected bladed rotor; generating, via the processor, an airfoil definition file corresponding to the digital representation, inputting, via the processor, the airfoil definition file into an aerodynamic simulator, receiving, via the processor, simulation results from the aerodynamic simulator of the potentially repaired blade; analyzing, via the processor, an overall engine impact of the potentially repaired blade based on the simulation results, inputting, via the processor, a plurality of simulation results into an aerodynamic effect translator, and receiving, via the processor, a translated impact for local effect of a repaired bladed rotor with the potentially repaired blade.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Anil Prasad, Becky E. Rose, Lawrence P. Roberts, Uyen Phan
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Publication number: 20230315039Abstract: A method can comprise: determining a plurality of potential repair processes for the stack of IBRs, each repair process associated with a defect on an inspected IBR; generating a finite element model of the stack of IBRs with a potential repaired defect of each inspected IBR being modeled, a plurality of vane stages disposed between adjacent inspected IBRs, and an engine case; performing a structural analysis and an aerodynamic analysis; determining whether the stack of IBRs with the potential repaired defect of each inspected IBR meets a structural criteria and an aerodynamic criteria; and repairing each IBR in the stack of IBRs with the repair process for the potential repaired defect for each inspected IBR in the stack of IBRs in response to determining the stack of IBRs meets the structural criteria and the aerodynamic criteria.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2022Publication date: October 5, 2023Applicant: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: DEREK J. MICHAELS, RON I. PRIHAR, BECKY E. ROSE
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Patent number: 11725670Abstract: A compressor section for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a low pressure compressor including a plurality of rotor blades arranged about an axis, a high pressure compressor, and a core flowpath passing through the low pressure compressor. The core flowpath at the low pressure compressor defines an inner diameter and an outer diameter relative to the axis. The outer diameter has a slope angle relative to the axis.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2022Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Lisa I. Brilliant, Becky E. Rose, Yuan Dong, Stanley J. Balamucki
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Patent number: 11680531Abstract: An aspect includes a system for a gas turbine engine. The system includes one or more bleeds of the gas turbine engine and a control system configured to check one or more activation conditions of a dirt rejection mode in the gas turbine engine. A bleed control schedule of the gas turbine engine is adjusted to extend a time to hold the one or more bleeds of the gas turbine engine partially open at a power setting above a threshold based on the one or more activation conditions. One or more deactivation conditions of the dirt rejection mode in the gas turbine engine are checked. The dirt rejection mode is deactivated to fully close the one or more bleeds based on the one or more deactivation conditions.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2022Date of Patent: June 20, 2023Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher J. Hanlon, James F. Krenzer, Becky E. Rose, Mark F. Zelesky
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Publication number: 20230131276Abstract: A compressor section for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a low pressure compressor including a plurality of rotor blades arranged about an axis, a high pressure compressor, and a core flowpath passing through the low pressure compressor. The core flowpath at the low pressure compressor defines an inner diameter and an outer diameter relative to the axis. The outer diameter has a slope angle relative to the axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2022Publication date: April 27, 2023Inventors: Lisa I. Brilliant, Becky E. Rose, Yuan Dong, Stanley J. Balamucki
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Publication number: 20220307427Abstract: An aspect includes a system for a gas turbine engine. The system includes one or more bleeds of the gas turbine engine and a control system configured to check one or more activation conditions of a dirt rejection mode in the gas turbine engine. A bleed control schedule of the gas turbine engine is adjusted to extend a time to hold the one or more bleeds of the gas turbine engine partially open at a power setting above a threshold based on the one or more activation conditions. One or more deactivation conditions of the dirt rejection mode in the gas turbine engine are checked. The dirt rejection mode is deactivated to fully close the one or more bleeds based on the one or more deactivation conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: September 29, 2022Inventors: Christopher J. Hanlon, James F. Krenzer, Becky E. Rose, Mark F. Zelesky
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Patent number: 11428242Abstract: A compressor section for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a low pressure compressor including a plurality of rotor blades arranged about an axis, a high pressure compressor, and a core flowpath passing through the low pressure compressor. The core flowpath at the low pressure compressor defines an inner diameter and an outer diameter relative to the axis. The outer diameter has a slope angle relative to the axis.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2019Date of Patent: August 30, 2022Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Lisa I. Brilliant, Becky E. Rose, Yuan Dong, Stanley J. Balamucki
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Patent number: 11286811Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a gas turbine engine assembly includes, among other things, a fan section including a fan, the fan including a plurality of fan blades, a diameter of the fan having a dimension D that is based on a dimension of the fan blades, each fan blade having a leading edge, and a forward most portion on the leading edges of the fan blades in a first reference plane, a geared architecture, a turbine section including a high pressure turbine and a low pressure turbine, the low pressure turbine driving the fan through the geared architecture, a nacelle surrounding the fan, the nacelle including an inlet portion forward of the fan, a forward edge on the inlet portion in a second reference plane, and a length of the inlet portion having a dimension L measured along an engine axis between the first reference plane and the second reference plane. A dimensional relationship of L/D is between 0.20 and 0.40.Type: GrantFiled: April 23, 2019Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Wesley K. Lord, Robert E. Malecki, Yuan J. Qiu, Becky E. Rose, Jonathan Gilson
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Patent number: 11261800Abstract: An aspect includes a system for a gas turbine engine. The system includes one or more bleeds of the gas turbine engine and a control system configured to check one or more activation conditions of a dirt rejection mode in the gas turbine engine. A bleed control schedule of the gas turbine engine is adjusted to extend a time to hold the one or more bleeds of the gas turbine engine partially open at a power setting above a threshold based on the one or more activation conditions. One or more deactivation conditions of the dirt rejection mode in the gas turbine engine are checked. The dirt rejection mode is deactivated to fully close the one or more bleeds based on the one or more deactivation conditions.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher J. Hanlon, James F. Krenzer, Becky E. Rose, Mark F. Zelesky
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Publication number: 20220010689Abstract: A gas turbine engine assembly may include, among other things, a fan section including a fan, the fan including a plurality of fan blades, a diameter of the fan having a dimension D, each fan blade having a leading edge, and a forward most portion on the leading edges of the fan blades in a first reference plane, a geared architecture, a turbine section including a high pressure turbine and a low pressure turbine, the low pressure turbine driving the fan through the geared architecture, a nacelle surrounding the fan, the nacelle including an inlet portion forward of the fan, a forward edge on the inlet portion in a second reference plane, and a length of the inlet portion having a dimension L between the first reference plane and the second reference plane. A dimensional relationship of L/D may be between 0.30 and 0.40.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2021Publication date: January 13, 2022Inventors: Wesley K. Lord, Robert E. Malecki, Yuan J. Qiu, Becky E. Rose, Jonathan Gilson
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Patent number: 11125168Abstract: An aspect includes a dirt mitigation system for a gas turbine engine. The dirt mitigation system includes a plurality of bleeds of the gas turbine engine and a control system configured to determine a particulate ingestion estimate indicative of dirt ingested in the gas turbine engine. The control system is further configured to determine one or more operating parameters of the gas turbine engine and alter a bleed control schedule of the gas turbine engine to purge at least a portion of the dirt ingested in the gas turbine engine through one or more of the bleeds of the gas turbine engine based on the particulate ingestion estimate and the one or more operating parameters.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Christopher J. Hanlon, James F. Krenzer, Becky E. Rose, Mark F. Zelesky
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Publication number: 20210285403Abstract: A gas turbine engine assembly includes, among other things, a fan section including a fan, the fan including a plurality of fan blades, a diameter of the fan having a dimension D that is based on a dimension of the fan blades, a turbine section including a high pressure turbine and a low pressure turbine, the low pressure turbine driving the fan, a nacelle including an inlet portion forward of the fan, a length of the inlet portion having a dimension L, and a dimensional relationship of L/D between 0.30 and 0.40.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2021Publication date: September 16, 2021Inventors: Wesley K. Lord, Robert E. Malecki, Yuan J. Qiu, Becky E. Rose, Jonathan Gilson
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Patent number: 11015550Abstract: According to an example embodiment, a gas turbine engine assembly includes, among other things, a fan section including a fan, the fan including a plurality of fan blades, a diameter of the fan having a dimension D that is based on a dimension of the fan blades, each fan blade having a leading edge, and a forward most portion on the leading edges of the fan blades in a first reference plane, a turbine section including a high pressure turbine and a low pressure turbine, the low pressure turbine driving the fan, a nacelle including an inlet portion forward of the fan, a forward edge on the inlet portion in a second reference plane, and a length of the inlet portion having a dimension L measured along an engine axis between the first reference plane and the second reference plane. A dimensional relationship of L/D is no more than 0.45.Type: GrantFiled: February 2, 2018Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Wesley K. Lord, Robert E. Malecki, Yuan J. Qiu, Becky E. Rose, Jonathan Gilson
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Publication number: 20200240436Abstract: A compressor section for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a low pressure compressor including a plurality of rotor blades arranged about an axis, a high pressure compressor, and a core flowpath passing through the low pressure compressor. The core flowpath at the low pressure compressor defines an inner diameter and an outer diameter relative to the axis. The outer diameter has a slope angle relative to the axis.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2019Publication date: July 30, 2020Inventors: Lisa I. Brilliant, Becky E. Rose, Yuan Dong, Stanley J. Balamucki
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Publication number: 20200131996Abstract: An aspect includes a dirt mitigation system for a gas turbine engine. The dirt mitigation system includes a plurality of bleeds of the gas turbine engine and a control system configured to determine a particulate ingestion estimate indicative of dirt ingested in the gas turbine engine. The control system is further configured to determine one or more operating parameters of the gas turbine engine and alter a bleed control schedule of the gas turbine engine to purge at least a portion of the dirt ingested in the gas turbine engine through one or more of the bleeds of the gas turbine engine based on the particulate ingestion estimate and the one or more operating parameters.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Christopher J. Hanlon, James F. Krenzer, Becky E. Rose, Mark F. Zelesky
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Publication number: 20200131997Abstract: An aspect includes a system for a gas turbine engine. The system includes one or more bleeds of the gas turbine engine and a control system configured to check one or more activation conditions of a dirt rejection mode in the gas turbine engine. A bleed control schedule of the gas turbine engine is adjusted to extend a time to hold the one or more bleeds of the gas turbine engine partially open at a power setting above a threshold based on the one or more activation conditions. One or more deactivation conditions of the dirt rejection mode in the gas turbine engine are checked. The dirt rejection mode is deactivated to fully close the one or more bleeds based on the one or more deactivation conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2018Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Christopher J. Hanlon, James F. Krenzer, Becky E. Rose, Mark F. Zelesky
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Publication number: 20200063603Abstract: A gas turbine engine assembly includes a fan. A diameter of the fan has a dimension D. The fan has a pressure ratio of greater than 1.20 and less than 1.45. A leading edge on an inlet portion of a nacelle is within a first reference plane oriented at an oblique angle. A forward most portion on the fan blade leading edges is in a second reference plane. A length of the inlet portion has a dimension L different at a plurality of locations on the inlet portion. A geared architecture has a gear reduction ratio of greater than 2.3, a bypass ratio is greater than 10, and a low pressure turbine includes a pressure ratio greater than 5:1. A dimensional relationship of UD is between 0.25 and 0.45. The leading edge on the inlet portion is further from the second reference plane near the top of the assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 21, 2019Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Wesley K. Lord, Robert E. Malecki, Yuan J. Qiu, Becky E. Rose, Jonathan Gilson