Patents by Inventor Daniel Kupratis

Daniel Kupratis 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).

  • Systems and methods for hybrid electric gas turbine engines
    Patent number: 11377219
    Abstract: A hybrid electric gas turbine propulsion system may comprise: a first propulsion system, a second propulsion system, and a third propulsion system. The first propulsion system may comprise a first fan, a first turbine, a first compressor, and a first electric motor, the first fan operably coupled to the first turbine and the first compressor by a first shaft, the first shaft coupled to the first electric motor, the first shaft configured to be disposed radially inward of a fuselage of an aircraft. The second propulsion system and the third propulsion system may be in accordance with the first propulsion system. The hybrid electric gas turbine propulsion system may be symmetric about a vertical plane extending through a neutral aerodynamic axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel Kupratis, Gary Roberge
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR HYBRID ELECTRIC GAS TURBINE ENGINES
    Publication number: 20210323685
    Abstract: A hybrid electric gas turbine propulsion system may comprise: a first propulsion system, a second propulsion system, and a third propulsion system. The first propulsion system may comprise a first fan, a first turbine, a first compressor, and a first electric motor, the first fan operably coupled to the first turbine and the first compressor by a first shaft, the first shaft coupled to the first electric motor, the first shaft configured to be disposed radially inward of a fuselage of an aircraft. The second propulsion system and the third propulsion system may be in accordance with the first propulsion system. The hybrid electric gas turbine propulsion system may be symmetric about a vertical plane extending through a neutral aerodynamic axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2020
    Publication date: October 21, 2021
    Applicant: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel Kupratis, Gary Roberge
  • Electrically coupled supercharger for a gas turbine engine
    Publication number: 20060225431
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine, in particular a turboshaft engine, includes a spool having a turbine and a gas generator compressor mounted thereto, a source of heat positioned between the turbine and the compressor, a first shaft and a free turbine mounted to the first shaft, and a control system for transferring power between the spool and the shaft. The operating speed of the gas generator compressor is re-matched in order to improve the efficiency and surge margin of the gas generator compressor and to improve the transient performance of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 8, 2005
    Publication date: October 12, 2006
    Inventor: Daniel Kupratis