Patents by Inventor Gordon Tajiri

Gordon Tajiri 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: 20180202591
    Abstract: A turbine engine duct assembly including a joint assembly having an outer shroud, a bellows, a flared tube, a backing ring, and a kinematic ring. The joint assembly provides for dynamic movement of the duct assembly during operation of the engine. Such dynamic movement can be resultant of vibrational forces or thermal expansion of the engine. The joint assembly permits such dynamic movement without excessive system stiffness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: July 19, 2018
    Inventors: Gordon TAJIRI, Michael Thomas KENWORTHY, Douglas R. MILLWARD, Lonnie Ray STEWART, JR.
  • Publication number: 20180156369
    Abstract: A turbine engine duct assembly and joint assembly having an outer shroud at least partially defining an interior of the joint assembly, an inner shroud at least partially received within the outer shroud and forming an interface therewith and defining a remainder of the interior of the joint assembly and having a flexible portion for dynamic movement of the duct assembly during operation of the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2016
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Inventors: Gordon TAJIRI, Michael Thomas KENWORTHY, Douglas MILLWARD, Lonnie Ray STEWART, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20180058327
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooling a fluid within a turbine engine. A fan casing assembly for the turbine engine can include an annular fan casing with a peripheral wall having a flow path defined through the casing. A fan casing cooler includes a body to confront the peripheral wall with at least one conduit configured to carry a flow of heated fluid to convectively cool the heated fluid with a flow of air through the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2017
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Gordon Tajiri, Michael Thomas Kenworthy, Dennis Alan McQueen, Dattu GV Jonnalagadda
  • Publication number: 20180058472
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for cooling a fluid within a turbine engine. A fan casing assembly for the turbine engine can include an annular fan casing with a peripheral wall having a flow path defined through the casing. A fan casing cooler includes a body to confront the peripheral wall with at least one conduit configured to carry a flow of heated fluid to convectively cool the heated fluid with a flow of air through the flow path.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2016
    Publication date: March 1, 2018
    Inventors: Gordon Tajiri, Michael Thomas Kenworthy, Dennis Alan McQueen
  • Publication number: 20180023906
    Abstract: A valve and a heat exchanger apparatus for a gas turbine engine include a valve body having a valve seat and an actuation component including a plate formed from a set of metal layers and responsive to a change in at least one of a thermal condition and a pressure exerted thereon such that the plate moves and the valve moves between an opened and a closed position where a portion of the plate engages with the valve seat.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2016
    Publication date: January 25, 2018
    Inventors: Gordon Tajiri, Michael Thomas Kenworthy, Yanzhe Yang, Dattu GV Jonnalagadda