Patents by Inventor Charles Joseph Banas

Charles Joseph Banas 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).

  • Patent number: 11441448
    Abstract: A rotating seal rotatable about a rotational axis is provided. The rotating seal includes a body having a first surface disposable to face the rotational axis and a second surface disposable to contact with a stationary element. The body defines a cooling channel including one or more entrance channels respectively extending from the first surface, one or more exit channels and a plenum. The plenum extends circumferentially through the body and has a hot side adjacent to the second surface. The plenum is fluidly interposed between the one or more entrance channels and the one or more exit channels whereby fluid exiting the one or more entrance channels and entering the plenum impinges against the hot side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sin Chien Siw, Timothy Castaldo, Charles Joseph Banas, Jorn Axel Glahn
  • Publication number: 20210254502
    Abstract: A rotating seal rotatable about a rotational axis is provided. The rotating seal includes a body having a first surface disposable to face the rotational axis and a second surface disposable to contact with a stationary element. The body defines a cooling channel including one or more entrance channels respectively extending from the first surface, one or more exit channels and a plenum. The plenum extends circumferentially through the body and has a hot side adjacent to the second surface. The plenum is fluidly interposed between the one or more entrance channels and the one or more exit channels whereby fluid exiting the one or more entrance channels and entering the plenum impinges against the hot side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2020
    Publication date: August 19, 2021
    Inventors: Sin Chien Siw, Timothy Castaldo, Charles Joseph Banas, Jorn Axel Glahn
  • Patent number: 11085313
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mid-turbine frame of a gas turbine engine, including: a vane extending along an axis; a first fitting; a second fitting spaced apart from the first fitting along the axis; a tube assembly located within the vane wherein a cavity is defined between the vane and the tube assembly, the tube assembly including: an outer tube coupled to the first fitting and extending therefrom to the second fitting; an inner tube located within the outer tube and extending from the first fitting to the second fitting; and an outer passage defined between the outer tube and the inner tube, and an inner passage defined within the inner tube, wherein the cavity, the outer passage and the inner passage are fluidly isolated from one another, and the cavity is configured to direct a cooling flow therethrough, and the outer tube is configured to direct a buffer flow therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Sin Chien Siw, Timothy Castaldo, Charles Joseph Banas
  • Publication number: 20210156273
    Abstract: Disclosed is a mid-turbine frame of a gas turbine engine, including: a vane extending along an axis; a first fitting; a second fitting spaced apart from the first fitting along the axis; a tube assembly located within the vane wherein a cavity is defined between the vane and the tube assembly, the tube assembly including: an outer tube coupled to the first fitting and extending therefrom to the second fitting; an inner tube located within the outer tube and extending from the first fitting to the second fitting; and an outer passage defined between the outer tube and the inner tube, and an inner passage defined within the inner tube, wherein the cavity, the outer passage and the inner passage are fluidly isolated from one another, and the cavity is configured to direct a cooling flow therethrough, and the outer tube is configured to direct a buffer flow therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Sin Chien Siw, Timothy Castaldo, Charles Joseph Banas