Patents by Inventor Dennis M. Moura
Dennis M. Moura 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).
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Publication number: 20240102655Abstract: A method of reducing noise from a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes the steps of establishing a maximum noise limit that may be for a particular frequency range. A primary fuel flow percentage, which may be emitted from a fuel nozzle arrangement having various groupings of simplex and duplex nozzles, is then established. An immersion depth measured between an aft rim of a swirler and a distal tip of the fuel nozzles may then be reduced thereby reducing the noise amplitude.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2023Publication date: March 28, 2024Applicant: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Justin M Locke, Dennis M Moura, Duane C McCormick, Scott A Liljenberg, Theodore R Strickland, William Proscia
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Publication number: 20240044494Abstract: An assembly is provided which includes a swirler and a fuel nozzle. The swirler includes an outer wall, an inner wall, an outer passage and an inner passage. The outer wall circumscribes the inner wall and extends axially along an axis to a distal outer wall end. The inner wall extends axially along the axis to a distal inner wall end that is axially recessed within the swirler from the distal outer wall end. The outer passage is radially between the inner wall and the outer wall. The inner passage is radially within the inner wall. The fuel nozzle projects into the inner passage. The fuel nozzle includes a plurality of fuel outlets and a plurality of air outlets. The fuel outlets are axially aligned with the inner wall. The air outlets are axially upstream of and radially outboard of the fuel outlets.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 4, 2023Publication date: February 8, 2024Inventors: Timothy S. Snyder, Baris A. Sen, Dennis M. Moura, Scott A. Liljenberg
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Patent number: 11719439Abstract: A dual wall liner for a gas turbine engine may comprise a shell having a first side and a second side, a panel contacting the shell, the panel at least partially defining a hot gas path through which a hot gas flows, wherein the first side of the shell faces the panel, wherein the shell includes a thermal barrier coating (TBC) disposed on the first side of the shell. The TBC may thermally protect the shell from heat from a hot gas path.Type: GrantFiled: July 20, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Raythehon Technologies CorporationInventors: Carey Clum, Dennis M Moura
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Publication number: 20220381434Abstract: A gas turbine engine component assembly is provided. The gas turbine engine component assembly, comprising: a first component having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a cooling hole extending from the second surface to the first surface through the first component; a second component having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the first component and the second surface of the second component defining a cooling channel therebetween in fluid communication with the cooling hole for cooling the second surface of the second component; and a particulate capture device attached to at least one of the first component and the second component, the particulate capture device configured to aerodynamically separate the airflow from the particulate.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 5, 2022Publication date: December 1, 2022Inventors: Dennis M. Moura, Carey Clum
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Publication number: 20220316705Abstract: A gas turbine engine component assembly is provided. The gas turbine engine component assembly comprising: a first component having a first surface and a second surface; a threaded stud including a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the threaded stud extending from the second surface of the first component; and a faired body operably secured to the threaded stud, wherein the faired body is shaped to redirect the airflow in a lateral direction parallel to the second surface of the first component such that a cross flow is generated.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 13, 2022Publication date: October 6, 2022Inventors: Dennis M. Moura, Carey Clum
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Patent number: 11415319Abstract: A gas turbine engine component assembly is provided. The gas turbine engine component assembly, comprising: a first component having a first surface, a second surface opposite the first surface, and a cooling hole extending from the second surface to the first surface through the first component; a second component having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the first component and the second surface of the second component defining a cooling channel therebetween in fluid communication with the cooling hole for cooling the second surface of the second component; and a particulate capture device attached to at least one of the first component and the second component, the particulate capture device configured to aerodynamically separate the airflow from the particulate.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2018Date of Patent: August 16, 2022Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Dennis M. Moura, Carey Clum
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Patent number: 11371703Abstract: A gas turbine engine component assembly comprising: a first component having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first component includes a cooling hole extending from the second surface to the first surface; a second component having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the first component and the second surface of the second component defining a cooling channel therebetween; and a lateral flow injection feature integrally formed in the first component and fluidly connecting a flow path located proximate to the second surface of first component to the cooling channel, the lateral flow injection feature being configured to direct airflow from the airflow path through a passageway and into the cooling channel at least partially in a lateral direction parallel to the second surface of the second component such that a cross flow is generated in the cooling channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Dennis M. Moura, Carey Clum
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Patent number: 11359810Abstract: A gas turbine engine component assembly is provided. The gas turbine engine component assembly comprising: a first component having a first surface and a second surface; a threaded stud including a first end and a second end opposite the first end, the threaded stud extending from the second surface of the first component; and a faired body operably secured to the threaded stud, wherein the faired body is shaped to redirect the airflow in a lateral direction parallel to the second surface of the first component such that a cross flow is generated.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Dennis M. Moura, Carey Clum
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Patent number: 11287132Abstract: An assembly for a turbine engine includes a combustor wall. The combustor wall includes a shell, a heat shield and an annular land. The heat shield is attached to the shell. The land extends vertically between the shell and the heat shield. The land extends laterally between a land outer surface and an inner surface, which at least partially defines a quench aperture in the combustor wall. A lateral distance between the land outer surface and the inner surface varies around the quench aperture.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2020Date of Patent: March 29, 2022Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Dennis M. Moura, Jonathan J. Eastwood, Lee E. Bouldin, Monica Pacheco-Tougas
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Publication number: 20210348761Abstract: A dual wall liner for a gas turbine engine may comprise a shell having a first side and a second side, a panel contacting the shell, the panel at least partially defining a hot gas path through which a hot gas flows, wherein the first side of the shell faces the panel, wherein the shell includes a thermal barrier coating (TBC) disposed on the first side of the shell. The TBC may thermally protect the shell from heat from a hot gas path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Applicant: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Carey Clum, Dennis M. Moura
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Patent number: 11143401Abstract: A gas turbine engine component comprising: a first component having a receiving aperture extending; a second component having a first surface and a second surface; and a passageway portion including a first end, a second end opposite the first end, and an outer surface extending from the second end to the first end, the passageway portion extending from the second surface of the second component through the receiving aperture of the first component, wherein the outer surface of the passageway portion and the first component define a gap therebetween, the gap fluidly connecting airflow in an airflow path proximate the second surface of the first component to the cooling channel, wherein the gap is configured to direct the airflow along the outer surface and the outer surface is shaped to redirect the airflow in a lateral direction parallel to the second surface such that a lateral airflow is generated.Type: GrantFiled: December 20, 2018Date of Patent: October 12, 2021Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Dennis M. Moura, Carey Clum
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Patent number: 11098653Abstract: A gas turbine engine component assembly is provided. The gas turbine engine component assembly comprising: a first component having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface wherein the first component includes a cooling hole extending from the second surface to the first surface through the first component; a second component having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the first component and the second surface of the second component defining a cooling channel therebetween in fluid communication with the cooling hole for cooling the second surface of the second component; and a deflector forming a passageway with the second surface of the first component, the passageway configured to direct airflow into the cooling channel in a lateral direction parallel to the second surface of the second component such that a cross flow is generated in the cooling channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 7, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Dennis M. Moura, Carey Clum
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Patent number: 11098899Abstract: A dual wall liner for a gas turbine engine may comprise a shell having a first side and a second side, a panel contacting the shell, the panel at least partially defining a hot gas path through which a hot gas flows, wherein the first side of the shell faces the panel, wherein the shell includes a thermal barrier coating (TBC) disposed on the first side of the shell. The TBC may thermally protect the shell from heat from a hot gas path.Type: GrantFiled: February 23, 2018Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Carey Clum, Dennis M Moura
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Patent number: 11092339Abstract: A gas turbine engine component assembly comprising: a first component having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface, wherein the first component includes a cooling hole extending from the second surface to the first surface; a second component having a first surface and a second surface, the first surface of the first component and the second surface of the second component defining a cooling channel therebetween; and a lateral flow injection device secured to first component, the lateral flow injection device fluidly connecting a flow path located proximate to the second surface of the first component to the cooling channel, the lateral flow injection device being configured to direct airflow from the airflow path into the cooling channel in about a lateral direction parallel to the second surface of the second component such that a cross flow is generated in the cooling channel.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2019Date of Patent: August 17, 2021Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Dennis M. Moura, Carey Clum
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Patent number: 11041391Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a combustor. A turbine section is in fluid communication with the combustor. The turbine section includes a first vane stage aft of the combustor. A plurality of vane cooling passages extending through a forward flange of the first vane stage to the radial inner surface for communicating cooling airflow into the core flow path forward of the leading edge. A seal assembly is disposed between the combustor and the forward flange of the vane stage. The seal includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart slots and a plurality of seal cooling passages that extend from the radially outer surface to the radially inner surface at each of the plurality of circumferentially spaced apart slots.Type: GrantFiled: April 20, 2020Date of Patent: June 22, 2021Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Steven D. Porter, Shawn M. McMahon, Kevin Zacchera, Noah Wadsworth, Christopher Whitfield, Sean D. Bradshaw, Dennis M. Moura, David Bitzko, Alex J. Schneider
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Patent number: 11015464Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a combustor. A turbine section is in fluid communication with the combustor. The turbine section includes a first vane stage aft of the combustor. A seal assembly is disposed between the combustor and the first vane stage. The seal assembly includes a first plurality of openings and the first vane stage includes a second plurality of openings communicating cooling airflow into a gap between an aft end of the combustor and the first vane stage. A first vane stage assembly and a method are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2020Date of Patent: May 25, 2021Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Steven D. Porter, Shawn M. McMahon, Kevin Zacchera, Noah Wadsworth, Christopher Whitfield, Sean D. Bradshaw, Dennis M. Moura
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Patent number: 10934890Abstract: A shrouded conduit is provided for arranging, for example, in a gas path of a turbine engine. The shrouded conduit includes a tubular shroud extending longitudinally along a centerline. The shrouded conduit also includes a fluid conduit extending longitudinally in the shroud. A first portion of the fluid conduit is connected laterally to and may be formed integral with a first portion of the shroud.Type: GrantFiled: May 8, 2015Date of Patent: March 2, 2021Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Joe Ott, Dennis M. Moura, Stanley J. Funk, Shawn Stempinski, Roger O. Coffey, John J. Rup, Jr., Lexia Kironn, Gary A. Schirtzinger
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Patent number: 10878556Abstract: A method of assessing damage to a component includes displaying a sensor image of the component in a first viewing pane, displaying a reference image of the component, which is a graphical depiction of the component with accurate dimensions, in a second viewing pane, placing a plurality of first identification markers on the sensor image of the component in the first viewing pane to correspond to a matching location with a second identification marker on the component in the reference image, identifying a region of damage on the component in the sensor image, mapping the region of damage to the component in the reference image using the plurality of first and second identification markers, and calculating a size of the region of damage.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Paul D. Hestand, Alan Matthew Finn, Dennis M. Moura, Ziyou Xiong, Keith R. Russell
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Publication number: 20200386106Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a combustor. A turbine section is in fluid communication with the combustor. The turbine section includes a first vane stage aft of the combustor. A plurality of vane cooling passages extending through a forward flange of the first vane stage to the radial inner surface for communicating cooling airflow into the core flow path forward of the leading edge. A seal assembly is disposed between the combustor and the forward flange of the vane stage. The seal includes a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart slots and a plurality of seal cooling passages that extend from the radially outer surface to the radially inner surface at each of the plurality of circumferentially spaced apart slots.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 20, 2020Publication date: December 10, 2020Inventors: Steven D. Porter, Shawn M. McMahon, Kevin Zacchera, Noah Wadsworth, Christopher Whitfield, Sean D. Bradshaw, Dennis M. Moura, David Bitzko, Alex J. Schneider
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Patent number: 10816206Abstract: A combustor for a turbine engine includes an inner liner panel with a multiple of inner dilution passages. The multiple of dilution passages includes a repeating pattern of a first major inner air passage, a minor inner air passage, and a second major inner air passage. A combustor for a turbine engine includes an outer liner panel with a multiple of outer dilution passages. The multiple of outer dilution passages includes a repeating pattern of a first major outer air passage, a first minor outer air passage, a second major outer air passage, and a second minor outer air passage.Type: GrantFiled: October 20, 2014Date of Patent: October 27, 2020Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Dennis M. Moura, III, Reza Rezvani