Patents by Inventor Jeff M. Carrico

Jeff M. Carrico 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: 10801336
    Abstract: An airfoil has pressure and suction sides spaced apart from one another in a thickness direction and joined to one another at leading and trailing edges. The airfoil extends in a radial direction a span that is in a range of 0.70-0.83 inch (17.8-21.1 mm). A chord length extends in a chordwise direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge at 50% span is in a range of 0.34-0.45 inch (8.5-11.5 mm). The airfoil element includes at least three of a first mode with a frequency of 3748±15% Hz, a second mode with a frequency of 6416±15% Hz, a third mode with a frequency of 14418±15% Hz, a fourth mode with a frequency of 17417±15% Hz, a fifth mode with a frequency of 19326±15% Hz and a sixth mode with a frequency of 26648±15% Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Charles P. Gendrich, Christopher St. Mary, Xuedong Zhou, Joseph Wieser, Zhen Wu, John Joseph Papalia, Kaliya Balamurugan, Joseph Steele, Jeff M. Carrico, Danoris Garcia-Chabrier
  • Patent number: 10794191
    Abstract: A turbomachine airfoil element includes an airfoil that has pressure and suction sides spaced apart from one another in a thickness direction and joined to one another at leading and trailing edges. The airfoil extends in a radial direction a span that is in a range of 0.78-0.91 inch (19.7-23.1 mm). A chord length extends in a chordwise direction from the leading edge to the trailing edge at 50% span and is in a range of 0.49-0.62 inch (12.5-15.6 mm). The airfoil element includes at least two of a first mode with a frequency of 3533±15% Hz, a second mode with a frequency of 8291±15% Hz, a third mode with a frequency of 17362±15% Hz and a fourth mode with a frequency of 23365±15% Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Charles H. Warner, Carl S. Richardson, Jeff M. Carrico, Robert W. Fessenden
  • Patent number: 10378360
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes an endwall with a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart, radially extending blades extending from the endwall. A first one of the blades defines a pressure surface of a flow channel, a second one of the blades defines a suction surface of the flow channel, and the endwall defines an inner surface of the flow channel. The endwall includes a radially raised portion that is raised proximate the suction surface, and a radially depressed portion downstream of the raised portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Jeff M. Carrico
  • Publication number: 20160230562
    Abstract: A turbomachine includes an endwall with a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart, radially extending blades extending from the endwall. A first one of the blades defines a pressure surface of a flow channel, a second one of the blades defines a suction surface of the flow channel, and the endwall defines an inner surface of the flow channel. The endwall includes a radially raised portion that is raised proximate the suction surface, and a radially depressed portion downstream of the raised portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2014
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventor: Jeff M. Carrico