Patents by Inventor Crisen McKenzie

Crisen McKenzie 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).

  • Combustor having a beveled grommet
    Patent number: 10753613
    Abstract: A combustor includes a shell that at least partially defines a combustion chamber and a grommet mounted in the shell. The grommet has a body that defines a passage through the grommet that is operable to communicate air from outside the combustion chamber into the combustion chamber. The body carries a first surface, an opposite, second surface and a third surface that defines the passage and joins the first surface and the second surface. The third surface includes a bevel surface with respect to at least one of the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Crisen McKenzie, Timothy S. Snyder
  • COMBUSTOR HAVING A BEVELED GROMMET
    Publication number: 20160273774
    Abstract: A combustor includes a shell that at least partially defines a combustion chamber and a grommet mounted in the shell. The grommet has a body that defines a passage through the grommet that is operable to communicate air from outside the combustion chamber into the combustion chamber. The body carries a first surface, an opposite, second surface and a third surface that defines the passage and joins the first surface and the second surface. The third surface includes a bevel surface with respect to at least one of the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 3, 2016
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Crisen McKenzie, Timothy S. Snyder
  • Combustor having a beveled grommet
    Patent number: 9360215
    Abstract: A combustor includes a shell that at least partially defines a combustion chamber and a grommet mounted in the shell. The grommet has a body that defines a passage through the grommet that is operable to communicate air from outside the combustion chamber into the combustion chamber. The body carries a first surface, an opposite, second surface and a third surface that defines the passage and joins the first surface and the second surface. The third surface includes a bevel surface with respect to at least one of the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2016
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Crisen McKenzie, Timothy S. Snyder
  • COMBUSTOR HAVING A BEVELED GROMMET
    Publication number: 20130255269
    Abstract: A combustor includes a shell that at least partially defines a combustion chamber and a grommet mounted in the shell. The grommet has a body that defines a passage through the grommet that is operable to communicate air from outside the combustion chamber into the combustion chamber. The body carries a first surface, an opposite, second surface and a third surface that defines the passage and joins the first surface and the second surface. The third surface includes a bevel surface with respect to at least one of the first surface and the second surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Inventors: Crisen McKenzie, Timothy S. Snyder