Patents by Inventor Gulperi Aksel

Gulperi Aksel 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).

  • Functionally graded composite fan containment case
    Patent number: 10443617
    Abstract: A fan containment case for a gas turbine engine includes a first inner layer and a second layer outside the first inner layer, where the second layer is made of a first material having a first fabric architecture. The fan containment case also includes a third layer outside of the second layer, where the third layer is made of a second material having a second fabric architecture, and at least one of the first material and the first fabric architecture of the second layer is different from the second material and the second architecture, respectively, of the third layer. A fourth outer layer is located outside of the third layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Peter Finnigan, Sreenivasa R. Voleti, Larry Foster, Darin S. Lussier, Gulperi Aksel
  • FUNCTIONALLY GRADED COMPOSITE FAN CONTAINMENT CASE
    Publication number: 20160281738
    Abstract: A fan containment case for a gas turbine engine includes a first inner layer and a second layer outside the first inner layer, where the second layer is made of a first material having a first fabric architecture. The fan containment case also includes a third layer outside of the second layer, where the third layer is made of a second material having a second fabric architecture, and at least one of the first material and the first fabric architecture of the second layer is different from the second material and the second architecture, respectively, of the third layer. A fourth outer layer is located outside of the third layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2016
    Publication date: September 29, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Finnigan, Sreenivasa R. Voleti, Larry Foster, Darin S. Lussier, Gulperi Aksel
  • FUNCTIONALLY GRADED COMPOSITE FAN CONTAINMENT CASE
    Publication number: 20140003923
    Abstract: A fan containment case for a gas turbine engine includes a first inner layer and a second layer outside the first inner layer, where the second layer is made of a first material having a first fabric architecture. The fan containment case also includes a third layer outside of the second layer, where the third layer is made of a second material having a second fabric architecture, and at least one of the first material and the first fabric architecture of the second layer is different from the second material and the second architecture, respectively, of the third layer. A fourth outer layer is located outside of the third layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2012
    Publication date: January 2, 2014
    Inventors: Peter Finnigan, Sreenivasa R. Voleti, Larry Foster, Darin S. Lussier, Gulperi Aksel