Patents by Inventor John C. Calderbank

John C. Calderbank 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: 8439629
    Abstract: A turbine engine blade outer air seal segment has a body having a base portion. The base portion has a transversely concave ID face, a forward end, an aft end, and first and second circumferential edges. The body has at least one mounting hook. At least one cover plate is secured to the body to define at least one cavity. The cover plate has a plurality of feed holes. A plurality of outlet holes extend through the base portion to the ID face. At least one of the base portion and cover plate comprises a protruding portion protruding into the cavity to form a partial restriction separating forward and aft cavity portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2013
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Edward F. Pietraszkiewicz, John C. Calderbank, Joseph A. Peto, Lisa P. O'Neill, Michael J. Bruskotter
  • Patent number: 8123466
    Abstract: A turbine engine blade outer air seal segment has a body having a base portion. The base portion has a transversely concave ID face, a forward end, an aft end, and first and second circumferential edges. The body has at least one mounting hook. At least one cover plate is secured to the body to define at least one cavity. The cover plate has a plurality of feed holes. A plurality of outlet holes extend through the base portion to the ID face. At least one of the base portion and cover plate comprises a protruding portion protruding into the cavity to form a partial restriction separating circumferentially and fore-aft offset cavity portions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Edward F. Pietraszkiewicz, John C. Calderbank, Joseph A. Peto, Lisa P. O'Neill, Michael J. Bruskotter
  • Publication number: 20090067994
    Abstract: A turbine engine blade outer air seal segment has a body having a base portion. The base portion has a transversely concave ID face, a forward end, an aft end, and first and second circumferential edges. The body has at least one mounting hook. At least one cover plate is secured to the body to define at least one cavity. The cover plate has a plurality of feed holes. A plurality of outlet holes extend through the base portion to the ID face. At least one of the base portion and cover plate comprises a protruding portion protruding into the cavity to form a partial restriction separating forward and aft cavity portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: March 12, 2009
    Inventors: Edward F. Pietraszkiewicz, John C. Calderbank, Joseph A. Peto, Lisa P. O'Neill, Michael J. Bruskotter
  • Publication number: 20080211192
    Abstract: A turbine engine blade outer air seal segment has a body having a base portion. The base portion has a transversely concave ID face, a forward end, an aft end, and first and second circumferential edges. The body has at least one mounting hook. At least one cover plate is secured to the body to define at least one cavity. The cover plate has a plurality of feed holes. A plurality of outlet holes extend through the base portion to the ID face. At least one of the base portion and cover plate comprises a protruding portion protruding into the cavity to form a partial restriction separating circumferentially and fore-aft offset cavity portions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 1, 2007
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Edward F. Pietraszkiewicz, John C. Calderbank, Joseph A. Peto, Lisa P. O'Neill, Michael J. Bruskotter
  • Patent number: 7150601
    Abstract: An internally cooled gas turbine engine turbine vane has an outboard shroud and an airfoil extending from an outboard end at the shroud to an inboard end. A cooling passageway has an inlet in the shroud, a first turn at least partially within the airfoil, a first leg extending from the inlet inboard through the airfoil to the first turn, and a second leg extending from the first turn. A dividing wall is in the passageway and has an upstream end in an outboard half of a span of the airfoil and has a plurality of vents. The vane may be formed as a reengineering of a baseline configuration lacking the dividing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2006
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Edward F. Pietraszkiewicz, John C. Calderbank, Andrew D. Milliken, Jeffrey R. Levine
  • Patent number: 5413458
    Abstract: A turbine vane for a gas turbine engine includes a platform with a cavity along the trailing edge having a double feed arrangement for injecting cooling fluid into the cavity. Various construction details are developed that provide a cavity having improved heat transfer due to the elimination of dead zones. In a particular embodiment, a turbine vane includes a platform cavity having a first inlet located on the pressure side of the platform and forward of an attachment rail and a second inlet located on the suction side and forward of the attachment rail. The cavity includes a plurality of trip strips and a plurality of film cooling passages. The trip strips extend from the corners of the cavity and are angled to encourage cooling fluid to flow into the corners. The film cooling passages direct the exiting cooling fluid to form a film of cooling fluid over the platform flow surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 9, 1995
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: John C. Calderbank