Patents by Inventor Evan Butcher

Evan Butcher 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).

  • Publication number: 20160231065
    Abstract: A heat exchanger article includes a hollow tube that has a tube wall with an interior surface and an exterior surface. The interior surface defines a flow passage through the hollow tube. The hollow tube also includes a vane cluster in the flow passage. The vane cluster includes a plurality of vanes and each of the vanes extends inwardly from the tube wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Lexia Kironn, Wendell V. Twelves, JR., Joe Ott, Evan Butcher
  • Publication number: 20160231064
    Abstract: A heat exchanger system for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of fins; and an additively manufactured heat transfer tube that extends through the plurality of fins, the additively manufactured heat transfer tube follows a non-linear path though said plurality of fins.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: LEXIA KIRONN, WENDELL V. TWELVES, JR., Evan Butcher, Joe Ott
  • Publication number: 20160222798
    Abstract: A damper-seal assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an additively manufactured seal and an additively manufactured damper inseparably assembled with the additively manufactured seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Daniel A. Snyder, Edwin Otero, Lexia Kironn, Wendell V. Twelves, JR., Evan Butcher
  • Publication number: 20160215811
    Abstract: A multi-component fastener is provided having a body and a sleeve. The body has a shank that extends lengthwise between a head and a distal end. The shank includes a first outer surface. The body includes a first material. The sleeve has a wall defined by an outer surface and an inner surface. The inner surface defines an interior cavity. The wall extends lengthwise between a first end and a second end. At least a portion of the sleeve outer surface contiguous with the first end is threaded. The sleeve includes a second material that is dissimilar to the first material. A portion of the shank including the distal end is disposed within the interior cavity of the sleeve. The sleeve and the shank are fixed to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Publication date: July 28, 2016
    Inventors: Wendell V. Twelves, JR., Donald W. Peters, Evan Butcher, Lexia Kironn, Joe Ott, Kathleen E. Sinnamon
  • Publication number: 20160208708
    Abstract: A fuel/oil manifold includes first and second manifold flanges and a manifold tube. The first and second manifold flanges are located in non-parallel planes with respect to one another. The manifold tube is connected at a first end to the first manifold flange and at a second end to the second manifold flange and includes at least one turn between the first and the second end that includes a non-zero tube bend radius defined as the ratio of a turn radius to a diameter of the manifold tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Evan Butcher, Benjamin T. Fisk, Wendell V. Twelves, Caitlin Oswald, Andre Herman Troughton, Bryan P. Conway
  • Publication number: 20160209041
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. The assembly includes a fuel injector and a fuel vaporizer. A nozzle of the fuel injector is adapted to direct fuel to impinge against the fuel vaporizer. The fuel vaporizer is adapted to substantially vaporize the impinging fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2014
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Wendell V. Twelves, Jr., Alexander W. Williams, Lexia Kironn, Evan Butcher, Gary A. Schirtzinger, Joseph Ott
  • Publication number: 20160201917
    Abstract: A fuel injector is provided for a gas turbine engine. The fuel injector includes a fuel conduit and a cooling fluid circuit through a strut. A gas turbine engine is provided that includes a multiple of fuel injectors in communication with a combustor and a cooling system in communication with each of the multiple of fuel injectors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2014
    Publication date: July 14, 2016
    Inventors: Lyutsia Dautova, Roger O Coffey, Wendell V Twelves, Gary A Schirtzinger, Joe Ott, Evan Butcher, John D Frish
  • Publication number: 20160114532
    Abstract: A machine for fabricating a fiber-reinforced component by additive manufacturing is disclosed. The machine may have a surface, a matrix feed configured to deposit a plurality of matrix layers on the surface, and a fiber feed configured to deposit a fiber layer on at least one of the plurality of matrix layers. The deposition of the plurality of matrix layers and the fiber layer may be controlled by a computer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 27, 2014
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Inventors: Gary A. Schirtzinger, Wendell V. Twelves, Evan Butcher, Lyutsia Dautova, Joe Ott
  • Publication number: 20160108815
    Abstract: A heat exchanger assembly for a gas turbine engine including a frame, including a non-planar outer wall, a non-planar inner wall spaced radially inward from the non-planar outer wall to form a frame cavity therebetween, an inlet side extending between the non-planar outer wall and the non-planar inner wall, an inlet passage extending through the inlet side, an outlet side extending between the non-planar outer wall and the non-planar inner wall opposite the inlet side; an outlet passage extending through the outlet side, and a continuous non-planar core disposed within the frame cavity and in flow communication with the inlet passage and the outlet passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2015
    Publication date: April 21, 2016
    Inventors: John T. Schmitz, Joe Ott, Lexia Kironn, Evan Butcher
  • Publication number: 20150336233
    Abstract: A process is provided involving an agitator. This process includes steps of: (a) disposing an object with the agitator, which object includes an aperture therein; (b) disposing abrasive material within the aperture; and (c) agitating the abrasive material by moving the object using the agitator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Wendell V. Twelves, Lyutsia Dautova, Evan Butcher, Joe Ott, Matthew E. Lynch
  • Publication number: 20150323183
    Abstract: A duct includes an upstream segment and a downstream segment mounted to the upstream segment. A heat shield extends from one of the upstream and downstream segments. A sealing land extends from the other of the upstream and downstream segments, and is configured to engage with the heat shield. The heat shield protects the interface between the upstream and downstream segments of the ducts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Evan Butcher, Lyutsia Dautova, Wendell V. Twelves, JR., Joe Ott
  • Publication number: 20150322806
    Abstract: A ceramic component retention system includes a metallic component, a ceramic component, and at least one spring element arranged between the metallic component and the ceramic component. The metallic component has a first coefficient of thermal expansion, and the ceramic component has a second coefficient of thermal expansion. The at least one spring element is configured to mechanically couple the ceramic component to the metallic component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Wendell V. Twelves, JR., Kathleen E. Sinnamon, Lyutsia Dautova, Evan Butcher, Joe Ott, Matthew E. Lynch
  • Publication number: 20150165666
    Abstract: Components may be manufactured by co-extruding a polymer filament and a fiber filament from a nozzle. The polymer filament and the fiber filament may be heated within the nozzle, which may couple the polymer filament to the fiber filament. The co-extruded filament may result in long reinforcing fibers which provide strength to the components.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Evan Butcher, Wendell Twelves, Gary Schirtzinger, Joe Ott, Lyutsia Dautova