Patents by Inventor BRANDON W. MILLER
BRANDON W. MILLER 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: 20240117769Abstract: A turbomachine engine includes a fan section having a fan shaft, and a core engine having one or more compressor sections, one or more turbine sections that includes a power turbine, and a combustion chamber in flow communication with the compressor sections and turbine sections. The turbomachine engine includes a low-speed shaft coupled to the power turbine and having a midshaft that extends from a forward bearing to an aft bearing. The low-speed shaft is characterized by a midshaft rating (MSR) between two hundred (ft/sec)1/2 and three hundred (ft/sec)1/2. The low-speed shaft has a redline speed between fifty and two hundred fifty feet per second (ft/sec). The turbomachine engine includes a gearbox assembly that couples the fan shaft to the low-speed shaft and characterized by a gearbox assembly mode less than 95% of a midshaft mode of the midshaft or greater than 105% of the midshaft mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 5, 2023Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventors: Narayanan Payyoor, Weize Kang, Brandon W. Miller, Bugra H. Ertas, Andrea Piazza
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Patent number: 11911027Abstract: A surgical stapler, or fastening instrument, may generally comprise a layer, such as a tissue thickness compensator, for example, releasably attached to a fastener cartridge and/or anvil by a flowable attachment portion. The flowable attachment portion may be indefinitely flowable. The flowable attachment portion may be flowable from the time that layer is installed to the fastener cartridge to the time in which the layer is implanted to patient tissue. The flowable attachment portion may comprise a pressure sensitive adhesive. The flowable attachment portion may comprise an adhesive laminate comprising a base layer comprising the tissue thickness compensator and an adhesive layer on at least a portion of a surface of the base layer comprising the pressure sensitive adhesive. Articles of manufacture comprising flowable attachment portion and methods of making and using the flowable attachment portion are also described.Type: GrantFiled: November 15, 2019Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: Cilag GmbH InternationalInventors: Taylor W. Aronhalt, Michael J. Vendely, Lauren S. Weaner, Brandon J. Lloyd, Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Michael J. Miller, Michael T. Isaacs, Emily Ann Schellin, John V. Hunt, John E. Feds
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Publication number: 20240044290Abstract: A gas turbine engine fuel supply system can include a fuel delivery system, a thermal management system, a fuel manifold, and one or more sensors that identify one or more fuel parameters. A fuel control system can be controlled to adjust one or more parameters of the fuel based on data received from the sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 18, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Brandon W. Miller, Robert Jon McQuiston, Stefan Joseph Cafaro, Eric Richard Westervelt, Michael A. Benjamin, Joel M. Haynes, Hejie Li
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Patent number: 11821366Abstract: A gas turbine engine fuel supply system can include a fuel delivery system, a thermal management system, a fuel manifold, and one or more sensors that identify one or more fuel parameters. A fuel control system adjusts parameters of the fuel based on data received from the sensors.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: November 21, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Brandon W. Miller, Robert Jon McQuiston, Stefan Joseph Cafaro, Eric Richard Westervelt, Michael A. Benjamin, Joel M. Haynes, Hejie Li
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Publication number: 20230366353Abstract: A hydrogen fuel system including a fuel delivery assembly, a purge gas source, and a vent. The fuel delivery assembly is configured to receive hydrogen fuel from a hydrogen fuel source and to provide the hydrogen fuel from the hydrogen fuel source to a power generator. The purge gas source is fluidly coupled to the fuel delivery assembly and configured to provide a purge gas to the fuel delivery assembly. The vent is fluidly coupled to the fuel delivery assembly and configured to vent hydrogen fuel from the fuel delivery assembly when the purge gas is provided to the fuel delivery assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 13, 2022Publication date: November 16, 2023Inventors: Brandon W. Miller, Sean Binion, Justin P. Smith, Nathan E. Gibson
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Publication number: 20230358247Abstract: A pump system to pressurize a fluid within a closed loop transport bus is disclosed herein. The example of the pump system disclosed herein includes a pump, including an impeller, to increase kinetic energy of a fluid flowing through the impeller; an electric motor, including a rotor shaft connected to the impeller, to provide torque to the rotor shaft; a first bearing to support the rotor shaft at a first operational speed range, the first bearing coupled to an inner race; a second bearing to support the rotor shaft at a second operational speed range, the rotor shaft coupled to an outer race; and one or more sprag elements configured to: engage the inner race with the outer race at the first operational speed range; and disengage the inner race from the outer race at the second operational speed range.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2022Publication date: November 9, 2023Inventors: David Raju Yamarthi, Ravindra Shankar Ganiger, Adam Joseph Wangler, Mohan Kannaiah Raju, Prachi Anand Tappu, Santosh Kumar Pattnaik, Shishir Paresh Shah, Brandon W. Miller, Daniel A. Niergarth, Kevin Edward Hinderliter
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Patent number: 11808214Abstract: A turbomachine engine includes a fan section having a fan shaft, and a core engine having one or more compressor sections, one or more turbine sections that includes a power turbine, and a combustion chamber in flow communication with the compressor sections and turbine sections. The turbomachine engine includes a low-speed shaft coupled to the power turbine and having a midshaft that extends from a forward bearing to an aft bearing. The low-speed shaft is characterized by a midshaft rating (MSR) between two hundred (ft/sec)1/2 and three hundred (ft/sec)1/2. The low-speed shaft has a redline speed between fifty and two hundred fifty feet per second (ft/sec). The turbomachine engine includes a gearbox assembly that couples the fan shaft to the low-speed shaft and characterized by a gearbox assembly mode less than 95% of a midshaft mode of the midshaft or greater than 105% of the midshaft mode.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignees: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, GE AVIO S.R.L.Inventors: Narayanan Payyoor, Weize Kang, Brandon W. Miller, Bugra Ertas, Andrea Piazza
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Patent number: 11788549Abstract: Turbofan blade blocking apparatus are disclosed. An example turbofan engine includes a containment casing, a fan, at least one of a trench filler or an abradable layer at least partially aligned with the fan in an axial direction defined by the turbofan engine, at least one of the trench filler or the abradable layer fixed to an inner radial surface of the containment casing, and a metal blocker coupled to the containment casing forward of the fan, an aft end of the metal blocker interfacing with at least one of the trench filler or the abradable layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Nicholas J. Kray, Brandon W. Miller, Egbert Geertsema
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Publication number: 20230305584Abstract: Example split valves for regulating a first flowrate and a second flowrate of a fluid within a closed loop systems are disclosed herein. An example split valve includes an electrohydraulic servo valve coupled to a first piston via a first hydraulic flowline and a second hydraulic flowline, the first piston to include a piston shaft, a first head, and a second head; one or more bellows fixed to at least one of the first head or the second head, the one or more bellows to hermetically seal the fluid from a hydraulic fluid; and a control system connected to the electrohydraulic servo valve, the control system to adjust the first flowrate and the second flowrate of the fluid through a first fluid chamber, the first piston to be located in the first fluid chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2022Publication date: September 28, 2023Inventors: Biao Fang, David Justin Brady, John C. Glessner, Brandon W. Miller, Stephanie Glynn Cotten, William Dwight Gerstler, Daniel A. Niergarth, Michael Joseph Murray
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Publication number: 20230272749Abstract: A fuel system including a fuel metering unit, a heat exchanger, a plurality of fuel nozzles, and a coke filtration system. The fuel metering unit is configured to meter a flow of a hydrocarbon fuel. The heat exchanger is fluidly connected to the fuel metering unit. The heat exchanger is configured to heat the hydrocarbon fuel to improve engine performance or efficiency. The plurality of fuel nozzles is fluidly connected to the heat exchanger downstream of the heat exchanger to receive the hydrocarbon fuel heated by the heat exchanger. The coke filtration system includes at least one filter to remove coke particles in the heated fuel. The coke filtration system is located upstream of the plurality of fuel nozzles and directly downstream of the heat exchanger.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2022Publication date: August 31, 2023Inventors: Hejie Li, Mathew Paul Thariyan, Diana Julieta Méndez Maya, Jorge Omar Mañón Cantú, Brandon W. Miller, Michael A. Benjamin, Brian Devendorf
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Publication number: 20230265796Abstract: A gas turbine engine fuel supply system can include a fuel delivery system, a thermal management system, a fuel manifold, and one or more sensors that identify one or more fuel parameters. A fuel control system adjusts parameters of the fuel based on data received from the sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Brandon W. Miller, Robert Jon McQuiston, Stefan Joseph Cafaro, Eric Richard Westervelt, Michael A. Benjamin, Joel M. Haynes, Hejie Li
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Publication number: 20230212987Abstract: A turbomachine engine includes a fan section having a fan shaft, and a core engine having one or more compressor sections, one or more turbine sections that includes a power turbine, and a combustion chamber in flow communication with the compressor sections and turbine sections. The turbomachine engine includes a low-speed shaft coupled to the power turbine and having a midshaft that extends from a forward bearing to an aft bearing. The low-speed shaft is characterized by a midshaft rating (MSR) between two hundred (ft/sec)½ and three hundred (ft/sec)½. The low-speed shaft has a redline speed between fifty and two hundred fifty feet per second (ft/sec). The turbomachine engine includes a gearbox assembly that couples the fan shaft to the low-speed shaft and characterized by a gearbox assembly mode less than 95% of a midshaft mode of the midshaft or greater than 105% of the midshaft mode.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2022Publication date: July 6, 2023Inventors: Narayanan Payyoor, Weize Kang, Brandon W. Miller, Bugra Ertas, Andrea Piazza
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Patent number: 11668241Abstract: A gas turbine engine fuel supply system can include a fuel delivery system, a thermal management system, a fuel manifold, and one or more sensors that identify one or more fuel parameters. A fuel control system adjusts parameters of the fuel based on data received from the sensors.Type: GrantFiled: June 17, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Brandon W. Miller, Robert Jon McQuiston, Stefan Joseph Cafaro, Eric Richard Westervelt, Michael A. Benjamin, Joel M. Haynes, Hejie Li
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Publication number: 20230108929Abstract: Turbofan blade blocking apparatus are disclosed. An example turbofan engine includes a containment casing, a fan, at least one of a trench filler or an abradable layer at least partially aligned with the fan in an axial direction defined by the turbofan engine, at least one of the trench filler or the abradable layer fixed to an inner radial surface of the containment casing, and a metal blocker coupled to the containment casing forward of the fan, an aft end of the metal blocker interfacing with at least one of the trench filler or the abradable layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 4, 2021Publication date: April 6, 2023Inventors: Nicholas J. Kray, Brandon W. Miller, Egbert Geertsema
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Publication number: 20230059995Abstract: Acoustic turbofan airfoil apparatus are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a platform of a turbofan engine, the platform including perforations to receive acoustic waves, acoustic chambers protruding from a first side of the platform, the acoustic chambers aligned with the perforations in a radial direction defined by the turbofan engine, the acoustic chambers to attenuate the acoustic waves, and an airfoil protruding from a second side of the platform opposite the first side of the platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 19, 2021Publication date: February 23, 2023Inventors: Egbert Geertsema, Nicholas J. Kray, Brandon W. Miller
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Publication number: 20220403783Abstract: A gas turbine engine fuel supply system can include a fuel delivery system, a thermal management system, a fuel manifold, and one or more sensors that identify one or more fuel parameters. A fuel control system adjusts parameters of the fuel based on data received from the sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Brandon W. Miller, Robert Jon McQuiston, Stefan Joseph Cafaro, Eric Richard Westervelt, Michael A. Benjamin, Joel M. Haynes, Hejie Li
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Publication number: 20220403784Abstract: A gas turbine engine fuel supply system can include a fuel delivery system, a thermal management system, a fuel manifold, and one or more sensors that identify one or more fuel parameters. A fuel control system adjusts parameters of the fuel based on data received from the sensors.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 17, 2021Publication date: December 22, 2022Applicant: General Electric CompanyInventors: Brandon W. Miller, Robert Jon McQuiston, Stefan Joseph Cafaro, Eric Richard Westervelt, Michael A. Benjamin, Joel M. Haynes, Hejie Li
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Publication number: 20200080804Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide modifications to the AR platform operating system such that the platform now is competent to fire large caliber cartridges, including belted cartridges, providing longer range and greater barrier penetration without substantially altering the characteristic features and component inter-relationships of this platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2019Publication date: March 12, 2020Applicant: Guardian Defense, LLCInventors: Brandon W. Miller, Dean G. Grommet, Joshua R. Boyce
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Patent number: 10330410Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide modifications to the AR platform operating system such that the platform now is competent to fire large caliber cartridges, including belted cartridges, providing longer range and greater barrier penetration without substantially altering the characteristic features and component inter-relationships of this platform.Type: GrantFiled: September 5, 2014Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: Guardian Defense LLCInventors: Brandon W. Miller, Dean G. Grommet, Joshua R. Boyce
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Publication number: 20150267979Abstract: Embodiments of the present disclosure provide modifications to the AR platform operating system such that the platform now is competent to fire large caliber cartridges, including belted cartridges, providing longer range and greater barrier penetration without substantially altering the characteristic features and component inter-relationships of this platform.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 5, 2014Publication date: September 24, 2015Applicant: ACUTECH LLCInventors: Brandon W. Miller, Dean G. Grommet, Joshua R. Boyce