Patents by Inventor James B. Hoke

James B. Hoke 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: 20230228419
    Abstract: A combustor may comprise an outer combustor panel and an inner combustor panel radially inward of the outer combustor panel. A bulkhead panel may extend radially between the outer combustor panel and the inner combustor panel. An outer spacer may be located between an outer flange of the bulkhead panel and the outer combustor panel. An inner spacer may be located between an inner flange of the bulkhead panel and the inner combustor panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2022
    Publication date: July 20, 2023
    Applicant: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy S. Snyder, James B. Hoke
  • Patent number: 11525577
    Abstract: A combustor may comprise an outer combustor panel and an inner combustor panel radially inward of the outer combustor panel. A bulkhead panel may extend radially between the outer combustor panel and the inner combustor panel. An outer spacer may be located between an outer flange of the bulkhead panel and the outer combustor panel. An inner spacer may be located between an inner flange of the bulkhead panel and the inner combustor panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Timothy S. Snyder, James B. Hoke
  • Publication number: 20220364728
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine component includes a first surface and a second surface. The component further includes a dilution hole defined by the first surface and the second surface. The component further includes a first effusion hole and a second effusion hole each having an inlet defined by the second surface and an outlet defined by the first surface such that the outlet of the first effusion hole is located nearer to the dilution hole than the outlet of the second effusion hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Applicant: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fumitaka Ichihashi, James B. Hoke
  • Patent number: 11391460
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine component includes a first surface and a second surface. The component further includes a dilution hole defined by the first surface and the second surface. The component further includes a first effusion hole and a second effusion hole each having an inlet defined by the second surface and an outlet defined by the first surface such that the outlet of the first effusion hole is located nearer to the dilution hole than the outlet of the second effusion hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Fumitaka Ichihashi, James B. Hoke
  • Patent number: 11236906
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, a combustor is disclosed. The combustor may include a shell and a liner disposed within the shell. The combustor may further include a grommet at least partially defining a hole communicating through the shell and liner and a cooling channel communicating through the grommet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy S. Snyder, James B. Hoke
  • Patent number: 11199326
    Abstract: A liner assembly for use in a combustor of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. In various embodiments, the liner assembly includes a panel defining a left side and a right side and a hot side and a cold side, the panel having a dilution hole and a plurality of effusion holes extending between the hot side and the cold side. In various embodiments, the plurality of effusion holes includes a first subgrouping of effusion holes disposed downstream of the dilution hole and aligned in a generally left to right orientation toward a dividing line extending downstream of the dilution hole and a second subgrouping of effusion holes disposed downstream of the dilution hole and aligned in a generally right to left orientation toward the dividing line extending downstream of the dilution hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 14, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jason M. Gringhaus, James B. Hoke, Fumitaka Ichihashi
  • Publication number: 20210332979
    Abstract: A combustor may comprise an outer combustor panel and an inner combustor panel radially inward of the outer combustor panel. A bulkhead panel may extend radially between the outer combustor panel and the inner combustor panel. An outer spacer may be located between an outer flange of the bulkhead panel and the outer combustor panel. An inner spacer may be located between an inner flange of the bulkhead panel and the inner combustor panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Applicant: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy S. Snyder, James B. Hoke
  • Patent number: 11143407
    Abstract: A combustor a gas turbine engine includes an axial fuel injection system in communication with a combustion chamber, the axial fuel injection system operable to supply between about 10%-35% of a combustion airflow. A radial fuel injection system communicates with the combustion chamber downstream of the axial fuel injection system, where the radial fuel injection system is operable to supply between about 30%-60% of the combustion airflow. A multiple of dilution holes are in communication with a combustion chamber downstream of said radial fuel injection system, where the multiple of dilution holes are operable to supply between about 5%-20% of the combustion airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: James B. Hoke, Randal G. McKinney, Albert K. Cheung
  • Patent number: 11112115
    Abstract: A wall assembly for use in a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a support shell with a first inner periphery along an axis and a liner panel with a second inner periphery along the axis. The second inner periphery is smaller than the first inner periphery. Another wall assembly for use in a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes an annular grommet mounted between the support shell and the liner panel. The annular grommet defines a contoured inner wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Stanislav Kostka, Jr., Randal G. McKinney, James B. Hoke, Timothy S. Snyder, Frank J. Cunha
  • Publication number: 20210190317
    Abstract: A liner assembly for use in a combustor of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. In various embodiments, the liner assembly includes a panel defining a left side and a right side and a hot side and a cold side, the panel having a dilution hole and a plurality of effusion holes extending between the hot side and the cold side. In various embodiments, the plurality of effusion holes includes a first subgrouping of effusion holes disposed downstream of the dilution hole and aligned in a generally left to right orientation toward a dividing line extending downstream of the dilution hole and a second subgrouping of effusion holes disposed downstream of the dilution hole and aligned in a generally right to left orientation toward the dividing line extending downstream of the dilution hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 24, 2021
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason M. Gringhaus, JAMES B. HOKE, FUMITAKA ICHIHASHI
  • Patent number: 11029027
    Abstract: A combustor panel may comprise a dilution hole, a plurality of film cooling holes each of the plurality comprising an inlet and an outlet, a first group of the plurality of film cooling holes arranged circumferentially about the dilution hole, wherein each of film cooling holes of the first group have a first outlet angle oriented radially toward the center of the dilution hole, and a second group of the plurality of film cooling holes arranged radially outward of the first group and relatively circumferentially between the first group.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Scott D. Lewis, James B. Hoke, Jeffrey Jay Lienau
  • Publication number: 20210018173
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine component includes a first surface and a second surface. The component further includes a dilution hole defined by the first surface and the second surface. The component further includes a first effusion hole and a second effusion hole each having an inlet defined by the second surface and an outlet defined by the first surface such that the outlet of the first effusion hole is located nearer to the dilution hole than the outlet of the second effusion hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2019
    Publication date: January 21, 2021
    Inventors: Fumitaka Ichihashi, James B. Hoke
  • Patent number: 10844790
    Abstract: A fuel system for a gas turbine engine includes a plurality of duplex nozzles arranged on each side of top dead center and a plurality of simplex nozzles. A primary manifold is operable to communicate fuel to a primary flow jet in each of the plurality of duplex nozzles and a secondary manifold is operable to communicate fuel to a secondary flow jet in each of the plurality of duplex nozzles and a secondary flow jet in each of the plurality of simplex nozzles. An equalizer valve that is in communication with both the primary manifold and the secondary manifold distributes fuel at various pressures to both the primary and secondary manifolds.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: James B. Hoke, Timothy S. Snyder, David Kwoka, Robert M. Sonntag
  • Patent number: 10816209
    Abstract: A fuel injection system may comprise a mixer and a fuel injector disposed within the mixer. The mixer may comprise an outer housing with an exit port and a bluff body extending across the exit port of the outer housing. A flared surface of the mixer may match a contour of the bluff body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Albert K. Cheung, James B. Hoke, Randal G. McKinney
  • Patent number: 10690346
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a combustor shell having a shell opening therethrough, a combustor panel having a stud attached thereto, the stud extending through the shell opening. The stud includes a standoff to define an intermediate passage between the combustor shell and the combustor panel. A retainer is attached to the stud. A washer surrounds the stud and is positioned between the retainer and the combustor shell. The washer at least partially defines a cooling flow passage configured to direct a cooling airflow through the shell opening to impinge the cooling flow on at least one of the stud or the standoff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Mark F. Zelesky, Atul Kohli, Dustin W. Davis, Ricardo Trindade, Steven Bruce Gautschi, Brandon W. Spangler, Trevor Rudy, Benjamin Bellows, Dave J. Hyland, James B. Hoke, Stephen K. Kramer, Dennis M. Moura
  • Publication number: 20200173660
    Abstract: In accordance with one aspect of the disclosure, a combustor is disclosed. The combustor may include a shell and a liner disposed within the shell. The combustor may further include a grommet at least partially defining a hole communicating through the shell and liner and a cooling channel communicating through the grommet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 25, 2019
    Publication date: June 4, 2020
    Inventors: Timothy S. Snyder, James B. Hoke
  • Patent number: 10670275
    Abstract: A combustor panel may include an attachment feature. Because conventional attachment features of conventional combustor panels may be insufficiently cooled, the present disclosure provides various combustor configurations for reducing hotspots in the vicinity of attachment features and/or for providing cooling airflow to and in the vicinity of attachment features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tracy A Propheter-Hinckley, Atul Kohli, Benjamin D Bellows, Dustin W Davis, James B Hoke, Stephen K Kramer, Trevor Rudy
  • Patent number: 10670274
    Abstract: A combustor panel may include an attachment feature. Because conventional attachment features of conventional combustor panels may be insufficiently cooled, the present disclosure provides various combustor configurations for reducing hotspots in the vicinity of attachment features and/or for providing cooling airflow to and in the vicinity of attachment features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Benjamin D Bellows, Brandon W Spangler, David J Hyland, James B Hoke, Ricardo Trindade, Steven Bruce Gautschi
  • Publication number: 20200109854
    Abstract: A combustor panel may comprise a dilution hole, a plurality of film cooling holes each of the plurality comprising an inlet and an outlet, a first group of the plurality of film cooling holes arranged circumferentially about the dilution hole, wherein each of film cooling holes of the first group have a first outlet angle oriented radially toward the center of the dilution hole, and a second group of the plurality of film cooling holes arranged radially outward of the first group and relatively circumferentially between the first group.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 3, 2018
    Publication date: April 9, 2020
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott D. Lewis, James B. Hoke, Jeffrey Jay Lienau
  • Patent number: 10605169
    Abstract: Combustor panels for use in gas turbine engine combustors having a panel body having a peripheral rail around a periphery of the panel body, a first boss formed on the panel body and surrounding a first aperture that passes through the panel body, and a first webbing that extends from the peripheral rail toward the first boss. A first annular channel is formed between the first webbing and the first boss and surrounds the first boss and a first web pocket is formed within the first webbing between the peripheral rail and the first boss and defines a local extension of the first annular channel extending from the first boss to the peripheral rail.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2020
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dennis M. Moura, James B. Hoke, Reza Rezvani