Patents by Inventor Benjamin D. Bellows

Benjamin D. Bellows 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).

  • Cooling configurations for combustor attachment features
    Patent number: 10670274
    Abstract: A combustor panel may include an attachment feature. Because conventional attachment features of conventional combustor panels may be insufficiently cooled, the present disclosure provides various combustor configurations for reducing hotspots in the vicinity of attachment features and/or for providing cooling airflow to and in the vicinity of attachment features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin D Bellows, Brandon W Spangler, David J Hyland, James B Hoke, Ricardo Trindade, Steven Bruce Gautschi
  • Cooling configurations for combustor attachment features
    Patent number: 10670273
    Abstract: A combustor panel may include an attachment feature. Because conventional attachment features of conventional combustor panels may be insufficiently cooled, the present disclosure provides various combustor configurations for reducing hotspots in the vicinity of attachment features and/or for providing cooling airflow to and in the vicinity of attachment features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tracy A Propheter-Hinckley, Benjamin D Bellows, Brandon W Spangler, David J Hyland, Dennis M Moura, Dustin W Davis, Mark F Zelesky, Ricardo Trindade, Steven Bruce Gautschi, Trevor Rudy
  • Cooling configurations for combustor attachment features
    Patent number: 10670275
    Abstract: A combustor panel may include an attachment feature. Because conventional attachment features of conventional combustor panels may be insufficiently cooled, the present disclosure provides various combustor configurations for reducing hotspots in the vicinity of attachment features and/or for providing cooling airflow to and in the vicinity of attachment features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tracy A Propheter-Hinckley, Atul Kohli, Benjamin D Bellows, Dustin W Davis, James B Hoke, Stephen K Kramer, Trevor Rudy
  • COOLING CONFIGURATIONS FOR COMBUSTOR ATTACHMENT FEATURES
    Publication number: 20190078788
    Abstract: A combustor panel may include an attachment feature. Because conventional attachment features of conventional combustor panels may be insufficiently cooled, the present disclosure provides various combustor configurations for reducing hotspots in the vicinity of attachment features and/or for providing cooling airflow to and in the vicinity of attachment features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tracy A Propheter-Hinckley, Atul Kohli, Benjamin D Bellows, Dustin W Davis, James B Hoke, Stephen K Kramer, Steven Bruce Gautschi, Trevor Rudy
  • COOLING CONFIGURATIONS FOR COMBUSTOR ATTACHMENT FEATURES
    Publication number: 20190078785
    Abstract: A combustor panel may include an attachment feature. Because conventional attachment features of conventional combustor panels may be insufficiently cooled, the present disclosure provides various combustor configurations for reducing hotspots in the vicinity of attachment features and/or for providing cooling airflow to and in the vicinity of attachment features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Atul Kohli, Benjamin D. Bellows, Brandon W. Spangler, David J. Hyland, Dennis M. Moura, Dustin W. Davis, Mark F. Zelesky, Ricardo Trindade, Stephen K. Kramer, Steven Bruce Gautschi, Trevor Rudy
  • COOLING CONFIGURATIONS FOR COMBUSTOR ATTACHMENT FEATURES
    Publication number: 20190078787
    Abstract: A combustor panel may include an attachment feature. Because conventional attachment features of conventional combustor panels may be insufficiently cooled, the present disclosure provides various combustor configurations for reducing hotspots in the vicinity of attachment features and/or for providing cooling airflow to and in the vicinity of attachment features.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin D Bellows, Brandon W Spangler, David J Hyland, Dennis M Moura, James B Hoke, Ricardo Trindade, Stephen K Kramer, Steven Bruce Gautschi
  • Cavity swirl fuel injector for an augmentor section of a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 10094289
    Abstract: A fuel injection system for a gas turbine engine includes a fuel nozzle with a fuel injection aperture to inject a fuel jet and a multiple of airflow passages in the fuel nozzle to communicate a multiple of air streams to interact with the fuel jet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery A. Lovett, Benjamin D. Bellows
  • CAVITY SWIRL FUEL INJECTOR FOR AN AUGMENTOR SECTION OF A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20140338357
    Abstract: A fuel injection system for a gas turbine engine includes a fuel nozzle with a fuel injection aperture to inject a fuel jet and a multiple of airflow passages in the fuel nozzle to communicate a multiple of air streams to interact with the fuel jet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jeffery A. Lovett, Benjamin D. Bellows