Patents by Inventor John Herman Young

John Herman Young 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).

  • High ratio actuation linkage
    Patent number: 3990809
    Abstract: In adjusting turbine vanes to control the nozzle area, the unison ring actuates a lever that has one end fixed to the vane casing ring and the vane actuating arm is connected to the lever at a point between the ends to reduce actuating forces required by the unison ring and to permit close tolerance control on the vane angle position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 1975
    Date of Patent: November 9, 1976
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John Herman Young, Charles Edward Salisbury
  • Variable area turbine
    Patent number: 3966352
    Abstract: Apparatus for varying the nozzle area in the turbine section of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. Nozzle guide vanes extend across the flow path for the working medium gases and are rotatable to alter the area of the nozzle. In one embodiment the rotatable vanes are cantilevered from the outer engine case and are opposed at their radially inner ends by a shroud which is affixed to the inner engine case. The outer engine case has a double wall type construction including a plurality of bearing cartridges disposed between the walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 29, 1976
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Loren Hawdon White, John Herman Young