Patents by Inventor Cara M. Redding

Cara M. Redding 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).

  • Swirler for combustor of gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 10591163
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes an annular combustor shell, the annular combustor shell defining a combustion chamber, and a fuel injector extending at least partially into the combustion chamber, and configured to deliver a flow of fuel and a flow of combustion air into the combustion chamber for combustion. The fuel injector includes a swirler with a swirler exit having a circumferential width along a circumferential axis greater than a radial width along a radial axis. A swirler for a gas turbine engine includes a swirler entrance and a swirler exit. The swirler exit has a circumferential width along a curvilinear circumferential axis greater than a radial width along a radial axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2020
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Steven D. Porter, Cara M. Redding
  • SWIRLER FOR COMBUSTOR OF GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20190024896
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes an annular combustor shell, the annular combustor shell defining a combustion chamber, and a fuel injector extending at least partially into the combustion chamber, and configured to deliver a flow of fuel and a flow of combustion air into the combustion chamber for combustion. The fuel injector includes a swirler with a swirler exit having a circumferential width along a circumferential axis greater than a radial width along a radial axis. A swirler for a gas turbine engine includes a swirler entrance and a swirler exit. The swirler exit has a circumferential width along a curvilinear circumferential axis greater than a radial width along a radial axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2017
    Publication date: January 24, 2019
    Inventors: Steven D. Porter, Cara M. Redding