Patents by Inventor Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
Eliel Fresco Rodriguez 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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Patent number: 12188363Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a housing. The housing can circumscribe a turbine coupled that is coupled to a gear train in a gear box via a drive shaft. The gear train can couple to an output shaft via at least a carrier. The air turbine starter can include at least a first bearing assembly and a second bearing assembly to rotatably support the drive shaft and the output shaft.Type: GrantFiled: March 22, 2024Date of Patent: January 7, 2025Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: Amit Arvind Kurvinkop, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Brian Christopher Kemp, Marc David Zinger, Parmeet Singh Chhabra, Roberto Karpik, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20240229678Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a housing. The housing can circumscribe a turbine coupled that is coupled to a gear train in a gear box via a drive shaft. The gear train can couple to an output shaft via at least a carrier. The air turbine starter can include at least a first bearing assembly and a second bearing assembly to rotatably support the drive shaft and the output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2024Publication date: July 11, 2024Inventors: Amit Arvind Kurvinkop, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Brian Christopher Kemp, Marc David Zinger, Parmeet Singh Chhabra, Roberto Karpik, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11959387Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a housing. The housing can circumscribe a turbine coupled that is coupled to a gear train in a gear box via a drive shaft. The gear train can couple to an output shaft via at least a carrier. The air turbine starter can include at least a first bearing assembly and a second bearing assembly to rotatably support the drive shaft and the output shaft.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 2023Date of Patent: April 16, 2024Assignees: Unison Industries, LLC, General Electric CompanyInventors: Amit Arvind Kurvinkop, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Brian Christopher Kemp, Marc David Zinger, Parmeet Singh Chhabra, Roberto Karpik, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11920672Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a housing with a divider structure dividing the housing into a wet chamber and an air chamber. The air turbine starter further including a bearing assembly, a turbine member, a first drive shaft, and a second drive shaft connecting the turbine member with a rotating assembly. A lubricant supply portion having at least one supply inlet fluidly coupled to the wet chamber and at least one supply outlet fluidly coupled to the bearing assembly whereby lubricant from the wet chamber can be supplied to the bearing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2021Date of Patent: March 5, 2024Assignees: Unison Industries, LLC, General Electric CompanyInventors: Roberto Karpik, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, David Allan Dranschak, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Marcin Bialas
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Patent number: 11859556Abstract: An air starter for starting a turbine engine that includes a housing, a turbine member, a drive shaft, and at least one bearing assembly. The housing can define an interior where the turbine member rotatably couples to the drive shaft, where the drive shaft or turbine member are rotatably supported by the least one bearing assembly. A scoop wheel located in the interior of the housing provides lubrication to the at least one bearing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: February 10, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: Nilesh Vilas Varote, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, Amit Arvind Kurvinkop
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Publication number: 20230258103Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a housing. The housing can circumscribe a turbine coupled that is coupled to a gear train in a gear box via a drive shaft. The gear train can couple to an output shaft via at least a carrier. The air turbine starter can include at least a first bearing assembly and a second bearing assembly to rotatably support the drive shaft and the output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 26, 2023Publication date: August 17, 2023Inventors: Amit Arvind Kurvinkop, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Brian Christopher Kemp, Marc David Zinger, Parmeet Singh Chhabra, Roberto Karpik, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20230184172Abstract: An air starter for starting a turbine engine that includes a housing, a turbine member, a drive shaft, and at least one bearing assembly. The housing can define an interior where the turbine member rotatably couples to the drive shaft, where the drive shaft or turbine member are rotatably supported by the least one bearing assembly. A scoop wheel located in the interior of the housing provides lubrication to the at least one bearing assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 10, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Nilesh Vilas Varote, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, Amit Arvind Kurvinkop
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Publication number: 20230184173Abstract: An air turbine starter having a housing, at least one turbine member, and a containment structure. The housing having an interior surface defining an interior. The at least one turbine member rotatably mounted within the interior and having a plurality of circumferentially spaced blades. The containment band having a radially outer surface, a radially inner surface, at least one layer of metal alloy, and at least one layer of shape memory alloy.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 8, 2023Publication date: June 15, 2023Inventors: Jasraj Asdev, Subrata Nayak, David Allan Dranschak, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Sharad Pundlik Patil, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11668244Abstract: An air turbine starter for starting an engine, comprising a housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path extending between the inlet and the outlet for communicating a flow of gas there through. A turbine member is journaled within the housing and disposed within the flow path for rotatably extracting mechanical power from the flow of gas and a gear train is drivingly coupled with the turbine member. A drive shaft is operably coupled with the gear train, and a decoupler is selectively coupled to the drive shaft for decoupling the air turbine starter from the engine.Type: GrantFiled: February 24, 2021Date of Patent: June 6, 2023Assignees: UNISON INDUSTRIES, LLC, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Roberto Karpik, Subrata Nayak, David Allan Danschak, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Sharad Pundlik Patil, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11661863Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a housing. The housing can circumscribe a turbine coupled that is coupled to a gear train in a gear box via a drive shaft. The gear train can couple to an output shaft via at least a carrier. The air turbine starter can include at least a first bearing assembly and a second bearing assembly to rotatably support one or more of the drive shaft, the carrier, or the output shaft.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: May 30, 2023Assignees: UNISON INDUSTRIES, LLC, GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Amit Arvind Kurvinkop, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Brian Christopher Kemp, Marc David Zinger, Parmeet Singh Chhabra, Roberto Karpik, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11578662Abstract: An air starter for starting a turbine engine that includes a housing, a turbine member, a drive shaft, and at least one bearing assembly. The housing can define an interior where the turbine couples to the drive shaft that is rotatably supported by the least one bearing assembly. A lubricant passageway can provide lubrication to the at least one bearing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2021Date of Patent: February 14, 2023Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: Nilesh Vilas Varote, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, Amit Arvind Kurvinkop
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Patent number: 11549395Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a turbine member for rotatably extracting mechanical power from a flow of fluid, where the turbine member is coupled to a drive shaft to provide a rotational output. The air turbine starter further includes a foil-air bearing assembly and a thrust bearing that rotatably support the drive shaft.Type: GrantFiled: August 31, 2021Date of Patent: January 10, 2023Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: Subrata Nayak, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Pallavi Tripathi, Jasraj Asdev, Sharad Pundlik Patil, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11530648Abstract: An air turbine starter for starting an engine includes a starter housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path extending between the inlet and the outlet. A turbine section is located within the starter housing and includes a turbine member having a central disk and a set of airfoils spaced circumferentially about the central disk, as well as a sealing structure located within the starter housing.Type: GrantFiled: August 26, 2021Date of Patent: December 20, 2022Assignees: Unison Industries, LLC, General Electric CompanyInventors: Parmeet Singh Chhabra, David Raju Yamarthi, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Sagar Paramashivaiah, Steven Ryan Kerley, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11378011Abstract: An air turbine starter for starting an engine, comprising a housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path extending between the inlet and the outlet for communicating a flow of gas there through. A turbine member is journaled within the housing and disposed within the flow path for rotatably extracting mechanical power from the flow of gas. A gear train is drivingly coupled with the turbine member, a drive shaft is operably coupled with the gear train, and an output shaft is selectively operably coupled to rotate with the engine via a decoupler.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: Subrata Nayak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, David Allan Dranschak, Shiloh Montgomery Emerson Meyers, Pallavi Tripathi
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Patent number: 11352956Abstract: A method and decoupler for disengaging an output member from an engine in a back drive event with a backdrive decoupler. The backdrive decoupler includes a shaft and a retention mechanism selectively coupling the output member to the shaft. In a backdrive event, the decoupler decouples the member from a drive shaft.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2019Date of Patent: June 7, 2022Assignee: GE Aviation Systems LLCInventors: Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, David Allan Dranschak
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Publication number: 20220065168Abstract: An air turbine starter for starting an engine includes a starter housing defining an inlet, an outlet, and a flow path extending between the inlet and the outlet. A turbine section is located within the starter housing and includes a turbine member having a central disk and a set of airfoils spaced circumferentially about the central disk, as well as a sealing structure located within the starter housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 26, 2021Publication date: March 3, 2022Inventors: Parmeet Singh Chhabra, David Raju Yamarthi, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Sagar Paramashivaiah, Steven Ryan Kerley, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20220056850Abstract: An air starter for starting a turbine engine that includes a housing, a turbine member, a drive shaft, and at least one bearing assembly. The housing can define an interior where the turbine couples to the drive shaft that is rotatably supported by the least one bearing assembly. A lubricant passageway can provide lubrication to the at least one bearing assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 3, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Nilesh Vilas Varote, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, Amit Arvind Kurvinkop
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Publication number: 20220056813Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a housing. The housing can circumscribe a turbine coupled that is coupled to a gear train in a gear box via a drive shaft. The gear train can couple to an output shaft via at least a carrier. The air turbine starter can include at least a first bearing assembly and a second bearing assembly to rotatably support one or more of the drive shaft, the carrier, or the output shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2021Publication date: February 24, 2022Inventors: Amit Arvind Kurvinkop, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Brian Christopher Kemp, Marc David Zinger, Parmeet Singh Chhabra, Roberto Karpik, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20220042422Abstract: An air turbine starter that includes a turbine member for rotatably extracting mechanical power from a flow of fluid, where the turbine member is coupled to a drive shaft to provide a rotational output. The air turbine starter further includes a foil-air bearing assembly and a thrust bearing that rotatably support the drive shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2021Publication date: February 10, 2022Inventors: Subrata Nayak, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Shiloh Montegomery Meyers, Pallavi Tripathi, Jasraj Asdev, Sharad Pundlik Patil, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez
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Patent number: 11203980Abstract: An air starter for starting a turbine engine that includes a housing, a turbine member, a drive shaft, and at least one bearing assembly. The housing can define an interior where the turbine couples to the drive shaft that is rotatably supported by the least one bearing assembly. A lubricant passageway can provide lubrication to the at least one bearing assembly.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2020Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: Unison Industries, LLCInventors: Nilesh Vilas Varote, David Raju Yamarthi, David Allan Dranschak, Eliel Fresco Rodriguez, Amit Arvind Kurvinkop