Patents by Inventor Eric J. Heims
Eric J. Heims 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: 11929818Abstract: According to an aspect, a waveguide system includes a first node, a second node, and a double-ridge waveguide. The double-ridge waveguide includes a metallic shell surrounding a waveguide core that forms a communication and radio frequency power transmission path in an aerospace environment. The first node is configured to propagate at least one communication channel and a radio frequency power transmission through the waveguide core to the second node during operation of the waveguide system in the aerospace environment.Type: GrantFiled: October 8, 2021Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: RTX CORPORATIONInventors: Jonathan Gilson, Joseph V. Mantese, Coy Bruce Wood, Eric J. Heims, Gurkan Gok, Joseph Zacchio
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Patent number: 11677831Abstract: A system of a machine includes a network of a plurality of nodes distributed throughout the machine. Each of the nodes is operable to communicate through one or more radio frequencies, where the machine includes a cooler portion and a hotter portion. The system includes a means for communicating with the network of nodes using a higher frequency to communicate with one or more of the nodes in the cooler portion of the machine and a lower frequency to communicate with one or more of the nodes in the hotter portion of the machine.Type: GrantFiled: January 19, 2022Date of Patent: June 13, 2023Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Jonathan Gilson, Joseph V. Mantese, Gurkan Gok, Eric J. Heims, Goran Djuknic, Coy Bruce Wood, Geoffrey T. Blackwell
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Publication number: 20230112230Abstract: According to an aspect, a waveguide system includes a first node, a second node, and a double-ridge waveguide. The double-ridge waveguide includes a metallic shell surrounding a waveguide core that forms a communication and radio frequency power transmission path in an aerospace environment. The first node is configured to propagate at least one communication channel and a radio frequency power transmission through the waveguide core to the second node during operation of the waveguide system in the aerospace environment.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 8, 2021Publication date: April 13, 2023Inventors: Jonathan Gilson, Joseph V. Mantese, Coy Bruce Wood, Eric J. Heims, Gurkan Gok, Joseph Zacchio
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Publication number: 20220141289Abstract: A system of a machine includes a network of a plurality of nodes distributed throughout the machine. Each of the nodes is operable to communicate through one or more radio frequencies, where the machine includes a cooler portion and a hotter portion. The system includes a means for communicating with the network of nodes using a higher frequency to communicate with one or more of the nodes in the cooler portion of the machine and a lower frequency to communicate with one or more of the nodes in the hotter portion of the machine.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2022Publication date: May 5, 2022Inventors: Jonathan Gilson, Joseph V. Mantese, Gurkan Gok, Eric J. Heims, Goran Djuknic, Coy Bruce Wood, Geoffrey T. Blackwell
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Patent number: 11265380Abstract: A system of a machine includes a network of a plurality of nodes distributed throughout the machine, a controller, and a plurality of waveguides. Each of the nodes is operable to communicate through one or more radio frequencies, where the machine includes a cooler portion and a hotter portion. The controller is operable to communicate with the network of nodes using a higher frequency to communicate with one or more of the nodes in the cooler portion of the machine and a lower frequency to communicate with one or more of the nodes in the hotter portion of the machine. The waveguides are configured to guide transmission of the one or more radio frequencies between the controller and one or more of the nodes.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2020Date of Patent: March 1, 2022Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Jonathan Gilson, Joseph V. Mantese, Gurkan Gok, Eric J. Heims, Goran Djuknic, Coy Bruce Wood, Geoffrey T. Blackwell
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Patent number: 10804963Abstract: A wave guide assembly for a control and diagnostic system for a machine, the wave guide assembly includes a housing defining an exterior surface and an internal cavity extending between distal ends. A wave guide is defined within the internal cavity. At least one open conduit is defined within the internal cavity providing a space for routing conductors through the housing. A fluid passage is defined within the internal cavity separate from the wave guide. A control and diagnostic system for a machine and a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: July 19, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Ryan K. Snyder, Eric J. Heims
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Patent number: 10799216Abstract: A wave guide assembly for a control and diagnostic system for a machine includes a housing defining an exterior surface and an internal cavity extending between distal ends. At least one wave guide within the internal cavity defines a wave propagation passage for at least one wave form signal. At least one conductor within the internal cavity is separate from the wave guide. A control and diagnostic system for a machine and a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: May 10, 2019Date of Patent: October 13, 2020Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Eric J. Heims, Ryan K. Snyder, Kurt J. Sobanski
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Publication number: 20200305843Abstract: A wave guide assembly for a control and diagnostic system for a machine includes a housing defining an exterior surface and an internal cavity extending between distal ends. At least one wave guide within the internal cavity defines a wave propagation passage for at least one wave form signal. At least one conductor within the internal cavity is separate from the wave guide. A control and diagnostic system for a machine and a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 10, 2019Publication date: October 1, 2020Inventors: Eric J. Heims, Ryan K. Snyder, Kurt J. Sobanski
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Patent number: 10634061Abstract: A gas turbine engine comprises a compressor, a combustor and a turbine. A housing for the gas turbine engine includes a mount member to define a vertically upper location. Sides of the engine are defined on opposed sides of the mount, with a fuel filter, a fuel pump and a fuel flow meter being positioned on a first side and an oil pump, an oil filter and an oil tank positioned on a second of the sides.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2015Date of Patent: April 28, 2020Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Ryan K. Snyder, Eric J. Heims, Mark W. Colebrook
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Publication number: 20190341965Abstract: A wave guide assembly for a control and diagnostic system for a machine, the wave guide assembly includes a housing defining an exterior surface and an internal cavity extending between distal ends. A wave guide is defined within the internal cavity. At least one open conduit is defined within the internal cavity providing a space for routing conductors through the housing. A fluid passage is defined within the internal cavity separate from the wave guide. A control and diagnostic system for a machine and a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2019Publication date: November 7, 2019Inventors: Ryan K. Snyder, Eric J. Heims
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Patent number: 10411756Abstract: A wave guide assembly for a control and diagnostic system for a machine, the wave guide assembly includes a housing defining an exterior surface and an internal cavity extending between distal ends. A wave guide is defined within the internal cavity. At least one open conduit is defined within the internal cavity providing a space for routing conductors through the housing. A fluid passage is defined within the internal cavity separate from the wave guide. A control and diagnostic system for a machine and a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: September 10, 2019Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Ryan K. Snyder, Eric J. Heims
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Patent number: 10307138Abstract: A wave guide assembly for a control and diagnostic system for a machine includes a housing defining an exterior surface and an internal cavity extending between distal ends. At least one wave guide within the internal cavity defines a wave propagation passage for at least one wave form signal. At least one conductor within the internal cavity is separate from the wave guide. A control and diagnostic system for a machine and a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2017Date of Patent: June 4, 2019Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Eric J. Heims, Ryan K. Snyder, Kurt J. Sobanski
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Publication number: 20190055889Abstract: An air bleed system for a gas turbine engine includes a compressor case, fan panel, compartment, bleed port, bleed valve, and duct. The compressor case extends circumferentially around a core of the gas turbine engine. The fan panel is disposed radially outward from the compressor case. The compartment is disposed between the compressor case and fan panel. The bleed port extends from the compressor case into the compartment. The bleed valve is disposed on an outward end of the bleed port and is configured to selectively occupy an open or a closed position so as to regulate flow of a fluid. The duct extends between the bleed valve and the fan panel and is fluidly connected to the bleed port and to the opening of the fan panel. The duct is configured to transport the fluid from the engine core to the fan panel and through the opening.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2017Publication date: February 21, 2019Inventors: Eric J. Heims, Gabriel L. Suciu, Brian Merry
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Publication number: 20180294838Abstract: A wave guide assembly for a control and diagnostic system for a machine, the wave guide assembly includes a housing defining an exterior surface and an internal cavity extending between distal ends. A wave guide is defined within the internal cavity. At least one open conduit is defined within the internal cavity providing a space for routing conductors through the housing. A fluid passage is defined within the internal cavity separate from the wave guide. A control and diagnostic system for a machine and a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Ryan K. Snyder, Eric J. Heims
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Publication number: 20180289359Abstract: A wave guide assembly for a control and diagnostic system for a machine includes a housing defining an exterior surface and an internal cavity extending between distal ends. At least one wave guide within the internal cavity defines a wave propagation passage for at least one wave form signal. At least one conductor within the internal cavity is separate from the wave guide. A control and diagnostic system for a machine and a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 6, 2017Publication date: October 11, 2018Inventors: Eric J. Heims, Ryan K. Snyder, Kurt J. Sobanski
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Patent number: 10041409Abstract: An oil control module for a gas turbine engine is provided comprising a housing on which numerous components of a lubricating system are mounted. The components may include a variable oil reduction valve/shuttle valve, a main oil pressure sensor, a main oil temperature sensor, a main oil filter delta pressure sensor, an oil debris monitor, a lube filter, an active oil damper valve, a cool oil orifice, a knock down orifice and a lube trim orifice. By packing numerous lubricating system components onto or within a housing located adjacent to the gas turbine engine, the oil control module reduces cost and weight and simplifies the maintenance of the lubricating system.Type: GrantFiled: January 30, 2014Date of Patent: August 7, 2018Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Ryan K. Snyder, Kari L. Kisselbrack, Jesse Ian Berube, Michael C. O'Brien, Eric J. Heims, Ryan Timothy Matte, Vito Guardi, Bruce Paradise
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Patent number: 9982601Abstract: An oil lubrication system is provided. The oil lubrication system may comprise an oil pump, a conduit fluidly coupled to the oil pump, and a damper fluidly coupled to the conduit. The damper may further comprise a volume configured to receive oil in response to a pulse event. A heat exchanger may also be fluidly coupled to the conduit. In various embodiments, the damper may comprise a spherical volume. The damper may be fluidly coupled to the conduit between the oil pump and the heat exchanger. An adapter may be mechanically coupled between the conduit and the damper. The adapter may comprise a passage in fluid communication with the conduit and the damper. The damper may further comprise a membrane. A gas or compressible fluid may be disposed in the damper on a first side of the membrane. The membrane may be configured to separate the gas from the oil.Type: GrantFiled: June 1, 2015Date of Patent: May 29, 2018Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Eric J. Heims, Andre Herman Troughton, Ryan K. Snyder, Jeffrey Honan
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Patent number: 9873522Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a screen configured for use in association with a cooler of an aircraft, the screen comprising: a first portion arranged as a grid and located in a line-of-sight of the cooler with respect to a fluid inlet, and a second portion located out of the line-of-sight of the cooler with respect to the fluid inlet, wherein the second portion is grid-free.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: January 23, 2018Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Ryan K. Snyder, Eric J. Heims
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Publication number: 20170211961Abstract: An oil level sensor assembly for an oil tank includes a cell with a first set of holes along the cell, an oil level sensor within the cell that is configured to be inserted into and removed from a bottom of the cell, and a ball valve column within the cell and adjacent to the oil level sensor. The ball valve column is rotatable, has ball valves that correspond with the first set of holes along the cell, and is configured such that the ball valve column is rotatable to an open position aligning the ball valves with the first set of holes to allow oil to access the oil level sensor and rotatable to a closed position misaligning the ball valves with the first set of holes to prevent oil from accessing the oil level sensor.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2016Publication date: July 27, 2017Inventors: Wesley Paul Long, JR., Eric J. Heims
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Patent number: 9714859Abstract: An oil level sensor assembly for an oil tank includes a cell with a first set of holes along the cell, an oil level sensor within the cell that is configured to be inserted into and removed from a bottom of the cell, and a ball valve column within the cell and adjacent to the oil level sensor. The ball valve column is rotatable, has ball valves that correspond with the first set of holes along the cell, and is configured such that the ball valve column is rotatable to an open position aligning the ball valves with the first set of holes to allow oil to access the oil level sensor and rotatable to a closed position misaligning the ball valves with the first set of holes to prevent oil from accessing the oil level sensor.Type: GrantFiled: January 21, 2016Date of Patent: July 25, 2017Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Wesley Paul Long, Jr., Eric J. Heims