Patents by Inventor James S. Elder

James S. Elder 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).

  • Patent number: 8814498
    Abstract: A bleed valve for an air plenum includes a valve body which defines a valve seat. A poppet is movable relative to the valve seat between an open position and a closed position. A spring biases the poppet to the open position and toward the air plenum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Goodman, Michael M. Kuhns, James S. Elder
  • Patent number: 8784047
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a gas turbine engine includes first and second opposing sides enclosing a cavity. A first set of fins is supported on the first side and arranged outside the cavity. The fins have leading and trailing edges respectively including first and second heights. The first height is less than the second height. In one application, the heat exchanger is arranged in a gas turbine engine. A core is supported relative to a fan case. The core includes a core nacelle and a fan case. A fan duct is provided between the core nacelle and the fan case. A heat exchanger includes fins arranged in a fan duct. The fins are oriented such that the shorter leading edge faces into the airflow.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2014
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: James S. Elder
  • Patent number: 8210800
    Abstract: An actuator module for a gas turbine engine includes a multiple of actuators mounted within a common actuator housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 3, 2012
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Gabriel L. Suciu, Brian D. Merry, Christopher M. Dye, James S. Elder
  • Publication number: 20120125594
    Abstract: A heat exchanger system is provided having a heat exchanger with a first inlet. A first outlet is fluidly coupled to the first inlet by a plurality of first channels. A second outlet is fluidly coupled to the first inlet by a second channel, the second channel having a first portion arranged transverse to the plurality of first channels. A bypass valve having a second inlet fluidly coupled to the first outlet and a third inlet fluidly coupled to the second outlet, and a third outlet selectively fluidly coupled to the second inlet and the third inlet, the third outlet being fluidly coupled to the first inlet. When in a bypass mode of operation, the thermal transfer medium flows through a channel in the heat exchanger to de-congeal the oil within the plurality of first channels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Applicant: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventor: James S. Elder
  • Publication number: 20120128470
    Abstract: A bleed valve for an air plenum includes a valve body which defines a valve seat. A poppet is movable relative to the valve seat between an open position and a closed position. A spring biases the poppet to the open position and toward the air plenum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2010
    Publication date: May 24, 2012
    Inventors: Robert Goodman, Michael M. Kuhns, James S. Elder
  • Publication number: 20120114468
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a gas turbine engine is provided by a structure including an enclosed fluid cavity. The structure has opposing sides, and a set of fins is supported on one of the sides and arranged outside the cavity. The set of fins includes rows of discrete chevron fins separated by periodic gaps. In one application, the heat exchanger is arranged in a gas turbine engine. A core is supported relative to a fan case by structure. A fan duct is provided between a core nacelle and a fan case. The core includes a compressor section and a bleed cavity is provided within the core and is in fluid communication with the compressor section. The heat exchanger includes first and second sides opposite one another. The second side includes the set of rows of fins with the periodic gaps exposed to the bleed cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventor: James S. Elder
  • Publication number: 20120114467
    Abstract: A heat exchanger for a gas turbine engine includes first and second opposing sides enclosing a cavity. A first set of fins is supported on the first side and arranged outside the cavity. The fins have leading and trailing edges respectively including first and second heights. The first height is less than the second height. In one application, the heat exchanger is arranged in a gas turbine engine. A core is supported relative to a fan case. The core includes a core nacelle and a fan case. A fan duct is provided between the core nacelle and the fan case. A heat exchanger includes fins arranged in a fan duct. The fins are oriented such that the shorter leading edge faces into the airflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2010
    Publication date: May 10, 2012
    Inventor: James S. Elder
  • Publication number: 20120087780
    Abstract: An actuator module for a gas turbine engine includes a multiple of actuators mounted within a common actuator housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: April 12, 2012
    Inventors: Gabriel L. SUCIU, Brian D. MERRY, Christopher M. DYE, James S. ELDER
  • Publication number: 20110309013
    Abstract: A filter for use with a fuel system having contaminants has a plurality of apices and a plurality of ridges, where each ridge attaches an apex to an adjacent apex. A plurality of ridges and adjoining apices define a first opening that is in register with a second opening wherein the second opening has less surface area than the first opening. A side attaches the first opening and the second opening and tapers inwardly from the first opening to the second opening to minimize stagnant areas along the ridges and apices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 18, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Inventor: James S. Elder
  • Patent number: 7878781
    Abstract: A gear pump for operating with reduced likelihood of cavitation occurrences in the fluid being pumped thereby, the pump having a pair of gears each supported on a corresponding one of a pair of gear with teeth provided in each gear that mesh with at least one tooth of the other when such teeth have been rotated into a meshing region in the gear plane, and with one of the gear shafts being rotatably connectable to a motor. Bearing structures rotatably support corresponding ones of each of the pair of gear shafts with the bearing structures having bearing surfaces adjacent those gear sides. A pressurized fluid passageway is provided in at least one of the bearing structures across from the meshing region and extending between surface openings at the bearing surface of that bearing structure that are positioned on opposite sides of an alignment axis in that bearing surface, the surface openings being separated from one another by at least the width of a tooth provided in the pair of gears.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2011
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: James S. Elder
  • Publication number: 20100242496
    Abstract: An engine accessory system for a gas turbine engine includes a first accessory component defined along an accessory axis and a second accessory component mounted to the first accessory component along the accessory axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2009
    Publication date: September 30, 2010
    Inventors: Michael F. Cass, James S. Elder, Brian D. Merry, Gabriel L. Suciu, Chritopher M. Dye
  • Publication number: 20090317229
    Abstract: An actuator module for a gas turbine engine includes a multiple of actuators mounted within a common actuator housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: December 24, 2009
    Inventors: Gabriel L. Suciu, Brian D. Merry, Christopher M. Dye, James S. Elder
  • Publication number: 20090148333
    Abstract: A gear pump for operating with reduced likelihood of cavitation occurrences in the fluid being pumped thereby, the pump having a pair of gears each supported on a corresponding one of a pair of gear with teeth provided in each gear that mesh with at least one tooth of the other when such teeth have been rotated into a meshing region in the gear plane, and with one of the gear shafts being rotatably connectable to a motor. Bearing structures rotatably support corresponding ones of each of the pair of gear shafts with the bearing structures having bearing surfaces adjacent those gear sides. A pressurized fluid passageway is provided in at least one of the bearing structures across from the meshing region and extending between surface openings at the bearing surface of that bearing structure that are positioned on opposite sides of an alignment axis in that bearing surface, the surface openings being separated from one another by at least the width of a tooth provided in the pair of gears.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 11, 2009
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: James S. Elder