Patents by Inventor Calvin Jay Winder

Calvin Jay Winder 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).

  • Piston Seal Ring Bypass
    Publication number: 20240255055
    Abstract: A machine comprising a rotor having: an inner member; an outer member encircling the inner member; and a groove in one of the inner member and the outer member. The groove has a first side wall, a second side wall and a base. A split ring seal is accommodated in the groove and contacts a surface of the other of the inner member and the outer member The first side wall has a plurality of open radial first channels and the second side wall has a plurality of open radial second channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2024
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Applicant: RTX Corporation
    Inventors: Calvin Jay Winder, Fadi S. Maalouf, Matthew E. Bintz, Ryan Hamilton Quinn, Justin Roger Delarm, Shane Tyler West, John P. Virtue, JR., David R. Lyders, Anna Lauren Wright, Kalpendu J. Parekh, Pieter Van Lieu
  • GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH CARBON/CARBON COMPOSITE PISTON SEAL
    Publication number: 20240175369
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a rotor that that has a seal surface, a shaft that has an annular seal channel that opens to the seal surface, and a seal disposed in the annular seal channel for sealing against the seal surface. The seal is made of a composite having carbon fibers disposed in a carbon matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Calvin Jay Winder, Fadi S. Maalouf, Matthew E. Bintz, Peter T. Schutte, Justin Roger DeLarm, Pieter Van Lieu, Hamidreza Mohseni
  • GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH CARBON/CARBON COMPOSITE PISTON SEAL
    Publication number: 20240175370
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a rotor that that has a seal surface, a shaft that has an annular seal channel that opens to the seal surface, and a seal disposed in the annular seal channel for sealing against the seal surface. The seal is made of a composite having carbon fibers disposed in a carbon matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Calvin Jay Winder, Fadi S. Maalouf, Matthew E. Bintz, Peter T. Schutte, Pieter Van Lieu, Justin Roger DeLarm, Anna Lauren Wright, Hamidreza Mohseni, David R. Lyders, Xiaomei Fang
  • Selective masking and plugging of honeycomb bodies
    Patent number: 11851379
    Abstract: A method of plugging a honeycomb body is disclosed herein, the method comprising: contacting a first end of the honeycomb body comprising a plurality of channels with a light curable sealing mixture such that an infiltrate of the light curable sealing mixture flows into the plurality of channels proximate the first end; emitting a light toward a first portion of the infiltrate within the plurality channels of the filter; and curing the first portion of the infiltrate within the channels with the light to form a plurality of seals.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Kevin Eugene Elliott, Christina Marie Laskowski, Michael George Shultz, John Christopher Thomas, Kevin Lee Wasson, Calvin Jay Winder
  • SELECTIVE MASKING AND PLUGGING OF HONEYCOMB BODIES
    Publication number: 20210179502
    Abstract: A method of plugging a honeycomb body is disclosed herein, the method comprising: contacting a first end of the honeycomb body comprising a plurality of channels with a light curable sealing mixture such that an infiltrate of the light curable sealing mixture flows into the plurality of channels proximate the first end; emitting a light toward a first portion of the infiltrate within the plurality channels of the filter; and curing the first portion of the infiltrate within the channels with the light to form a plurality of seals.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 26, 2019
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Inventors: Kevin Eugene Elliott, Christina Marie Laskowski, Michael George Shultz, John Christopher Thomas, Kevin Lee Wasson, Calvin Jay Winder
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A WEB
    Publication number: 20200055098
    Abstract: A web conveyance apparatus (101) may comprise a first cleaning device (136) with a first exterior suction port (211) laterally positioned outside of a first edge (201a) and facing a footprint (204a) of a first major surface (203a) of a web (103). In further embodiments, a method of manufacturing a web (103) may comprise conveying the web along a direction of a conveyance path and suctioning particles from the first major surface (203a) with a first exterior suction port (211) laterally positioned outside of a first edge (201a) and facing a footprint (204a) of a first major surface (203a) while conveying the web.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 20, 2017
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Todd Benson Fleming, Gautam Narendra Kudva, Dale Charles Marshall, Eric Lee Miller, Robert Daniel Parker, Calvin Jay Winder, John Anthony Yorio