Patents by Inventor John S. Tu

John S. Tu 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: 11698005
    Abstract: Flow diverters for installation in mid-turbine frame systems at a conduit outlet of gas turbine engines are described. The flow diverters include a diverter body having a connector portion defining a diverter inlet, a diverter extension at least partially defining a diverter outlet, and a curved portion arranged between the connector portion and the diverter extension, the curved portion configured to change a direction of flow from a first direction to a second direction that is about 90° from the first direction as the flow passes from the diverter inlet to the diverter outlet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John S. Tu, Robert Newman, Paul K. Sanchez, Jeffrey J. Lienau, John T. Ols, Prabaharan Manoharan, Venu Sambarapu, Rajendra Prasad Uppara Allabanda
  • Patent number: 11236677
    Abstract: A diffuser case support structure for a gas turbine engine includes a fairing disposed circumferentially about a longitudinal axis. The fairing defines a plurality of passages circumferentially spaced apart and forming at least a portion of a fluid path between a compressor and a combustor of the gas turbine engine. A diffuser frame includes a plurality of struts. Each of the plurality of struts is disposed between a pair of adjacent passages of the plurality of passages. The diffuser frame is configured to couple an inner diffuser case to an outer diffuser case. A sliding joint is formed between the fairing and the diffuser frame, the sliding joint comprising a fastener extending generally axially through an aperture disposed in the fairing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Andrew Hough, John S. Tu, Stephen C. Harmon, Paul F. Croteau, Russell B. Hanson, Joshua C. Rathgeb
  • Patent number: 11175041
    Abstract: A combustor panel of a combustor may include a combustion facing surface, a cooling surface opposite the combustion facing surface, and heat transfer pins extending from the cooling surface. A grouping of the heat transfer pins may include a metallic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 16, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: San Quach, John S. Tu, Robert M. Sonntag, Robert Selinsky, Jr., John J. Rup, Jr., Anthony Van
  • Publication number: 20210246832
    Abstract: Flow diverters for installation in mid-turbine frame systems at a conduit outlet of gas turbine engines are described. The flow diverters include a diverter body having a connector portion defining a diverter inlet, a diverter extension at least partially defining a diverter outlet, and a curved portion arranged between the connector portion and the diverter extension, the curved portion configured to change a direction of flow from a first direction to a second direction that is about 90° from the first direction as the flow passes from the diverter inlet to the diverter outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: John S. Tu, Robert Newman, Paul K. Sanchez, Jeffrey J. Lienau, John T. Ols, Prabaharan Manoharan, Venu Sambarapu, Rajendra Prasad Uppara Allabanda
  • Patent number: 11022144
    Abstract: A diffuser case assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a fairing disposed circumferentially about a longitudinal axis. The fairing defines a plurality of passages circumferentially spaced apart and forming at least a portion of a fluid path between a compressor and a combustor of the gas turbine engine. A diffuser frame includes a plurality of struts. Each of the plurality of struts is disposed between a pair of adjacent passages of the plurality of passages. The diffuser frame is configured to couple an inner diffuser case to an outer diffuser case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew Andrew Hough, John S. Tu, Stephen C. Harmon, Paul F. Croteau, Russell B. Hanson, Joshua C. Rathgeb
  • Patent number: 10941669
    Abstract: A diffuser case support structure for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The diffuser case support structure includes a fairing disposed circumferentially about a longitudinal axis. The fairing forms at least a portion of a fluid path between a compressor and a combustor of the gas turbine engine. The fairing defines a plurality of apertures extending through the fairing. At least one spoke extends through at least one respective aperture of the plurality of apertures. The at least one spoke is configured to couple an inner diffuser case and an outer diffuser case of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Matthew A. Hough, Russell B. Hanson, John S. Tu, Paul F. Croteau, Paul K. Sanchez, Stephen C. Harmon, Joshua C. Rathgeb
  • Publication number: 20200362762
    Abstract: A diffuser case support structure for a gas turbine engine includes a fairing disposed circumferentially about a longitudinal axis. The fairing defines a plurality of passages circumferentially spaced apart and forming at least a portion of a fluid path between a compressor and a combustor of the gas turbine engine. A diffuser frame includes a plurality of struts. Each of the plurality of struts is disposed between a pair of adjacent passages of the plurality of passages. The diffuser frame is configured to couple an inner diffuser case to an outer diffuser case. A sliding joint is formed between the fairing and the diffuser frame, the sliding joint comprising a fastener extending generally axially through an aperture disposed in the fairing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Matthew Andrew Hough, John S. Tu, Stephen C. Harmon, Paul F. Croteau, Russell B. Hanson, Joshua C. Rathgeb
  • Publication number: 20200300103
    Abstract: A diffuser case assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a fairing disposed circumferentially about a longitudinal axis. The fairing defines a plurality of passages circumferentially spaced apart and forming at least a portion of a fluid path between a compressor and a combustor of the gas turbine engine. A diffuser frame includes a plurality of struts. Each of the plurality of struts is disposed between a pair of adjacent passages of the plurality of passages. The diffuser frame is configured to couple an inner diffuser case to an outer diffuser case.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2019
    Publication date: September 24, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew Andrew Hough, John S. Tu, Stephen C. Harmon, Paul F. Croteau, Russell B. Hanson, Joshua C. Rathgeb
  • Patent number: 10746403
    Abstract: A wall assembly that may be for a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a liner having a hot face that defines a combustion chamber, an opposite cold face, and a plurality of effusion holes. A shell of the assembly is spaced outward from the cold face and includes a plurality of impingement holes each having a centerline orientated substantially normal to the cold face. A plurality of cooling member arrays of the liner each include a first plurality of members that may be pins projecting outward from the cold face to conduct heat out of the liner. Each array is spaced between adjacent effusion holes and is symmetrically orientated about the respective centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John S. Tu, Steven W. Burd
  • Publication number: 20200200028
    Abstract: A diffuser case support structure for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The diffuser case support structure includes a fairing disposed circumferentially about a longitudinal axis. The fairing forms at least a portion of a fluid path between a compressor and a combustor of the gas turbine engine. The fairing defines a plurality of apertures extending through the fairing. At least one spoke extends through at least one respective aperture of the plurality of apertures. The at least one spoke is configured to couple an inner diffuser case and an outer diffuser case of the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2018
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Inventors: Matthew A. Hough, Russell B. Hanson, John S. Tu, Paul F. Croteau, Paul K. Sanchez, Stephen C. Harmon, Joshua C. Rathgeb
  • Patent number: 10684014
    Abstract: A heat shield panel for a gas turbine engine includes a substrate layer having a first substrate surface and a second substrate surface opposite the first substrate surface. The first substrate surface and the second substrate surface define a substrate layer thickness therebetween. One or more thermally protective coating layers are applied to the first substrate surface of the substrate layer. The one or more coating layers have a constant coating layer thickness and the substrate layer thickness tapers along an axial length of the heat shield panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 16, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: San Quach, Brian T. Hazel, Kaitlin M. Tomeo, Robert Selinsky, Jr., Aaron S. Butler, John S. Tu, William F. Werkheiser, Jessica L. Serra
  • Patent number: 10598382
    Abstract: A liner associated with an engine of an aircraft is described. The liner includes a panel and an array of projections configured to enhance a cooling of the panel and distributed on at least part of a first side of the panel that corresponds to a cold side of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John S. Tu, James B. Hoke, Monica Pacheco-Tougas, Alexander W. Williams
  • Publication number: 20200041125
    Abstract: A combustor panel of a combustor may include a combustion facing surface, a cooling surface opposite the combustion facing surface, and heat transfer pins extending from the cooling surface. A grouping of the heat transfer pins may include a metallic coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2019
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: SAN QUACH, JOHN S. TU, ROBERT M. SONNTAG, ROBERT SELINSKY, JR., JOHN J. RUP, JR., ANTHONY VAN
  • Patent number: 10502095
    Abstract: A turbine engine includes a compressor section, a combustor section in fluid communication with the compressor section, a high pressure turbine in fluid communication with the combustor, a low pressure turbine in fluid communication with the high pressure turbine, and a mid-turbine frame located axially between the high pressure turbine and the low pressure turbine. The mid-turbine frame includes an outer frame case, an inner frame case, and a plurality of hollow spokes that distribute loads from the inner frame case to the outer frame case. The spokes are hollow to allow cooling airflow to be supplied through the spokes to the inner frame case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Paul K. Sanchez, Kalpendu J. Parekh, William A. Daniels, John S. Tu
  • Patent number: 10480788
    Abstract: A combustor panel of a combustor may include a combustion facing surface, a cooling surface opposite the combustion facing surface, and heat transfer pins extending from the cooling surface. A grouping of the heat transfer pins may include a metallic coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: San Quach, John S. Tu, Robert M. Sonntag, Robert Selinsky, Jr., John J. Rup, Jr., Anthony Van
  • Patent number: 10386067
    Abstract: A wall panel assembly includes a first liner panel and a coating. The first liner panel has an inner first liner panel surface and a first liner panel outer surface each axially extending between a first liner panel first end and a first liner panel second end. The coating is disposed on at least one of the first liner panel inner surface and the first liner panel outer surface. The coating has an overall thickness that varies axially between the first liner panel first end and the first liner panel second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: San Quach, Scott A. Elliott, Robert M. Sonntag, John S. Tu, Anthony Van, Joseph J. Sedor, Robert Selinsky, Jr., John J. Rup, Jr., Neil B. Ridgeway, Gerard V. Cadieux, Jeffrey Leon, Monica Pacheco-Tougas, Lisa A. Jenkins, Lisa Tse, Andrew Cervoni, Frank J. Trzcinski
  • Patent number: 10317080
    Abstract: A liner panel for use in a combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a forward region including a multiple of effusion passages each directed at an orientation consistent with a local swirl direction of combustion gases. Another liner panel for use in a combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a forward region forward of a dilution passage and an aft region aft of the forward region. The forward region includes a multiple of effusion passages each directed generally circumferentially. The aft region includes a multiple of effusion passages each directed at an orientation generally axially. A method of cooling a wall assembly within a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes orienting a multiple of effusion passages within a forward region consistent with a local swirl direction of combustion gases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John S. Tu, Jr., Timothy S. Snyder, James B. Hoke, James P. Bangerter, Dennis J. Duhamel, David A. Burns
  • Patent number: 10260750
    Abstract: A combustor of a gas turbine engine including a combustor shell having an interior surface defining a combustion chamber, a first panel mounted to the interior surface at a first position, the first panel having a first surface and a first rail extending from the first surface toward the combustor shell, the first rail configured at a first angle relative to the first surface, and a second panel mounted to the interior surface at a second position axially adjacent to the first panel, the second panel having a second surface and a second rail extending from the second surface toward the combustor shell, the second rail configured at a second angle relative to the second surface. The first and second rails are proximal to each other and define a circumferential gap there between and at least one of the first or second angles is an acute angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John S. Tu, James B. Hoke, Jonathan Jeffery Eastwood, Kevin Joseph Low, Sean D. Bradshaw
  • Patent number: 10215411
    Abstract: A combustor of a gas turbine engine including a combustor shell having an interior surface, a first panel mounted to the interior surface at a first position and a second panel mounted to the interior surface at a second position. The first panel has a first end, a first combustion chamber surface parallel with the interior surface, a first rail extending from the first combustion chamber surface toward the interior surface of the combustor shell, and a first extension extending axially from the first rail to the end of the first panel. The second panel has a second end, a second combustion chamber surface, and a second rail extending from the second combustion chamber surface toward the interior surface of the combustor shell. The first end and the second end are proximal to each other and define a circumferentially extending gap there between.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2016
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: John S. Tu, James B. Hoke, David Kwoka, Jonathan Jeffery Eastwood
  • Patent number: 10107120
    Abstract: A mid-turbine frame (MTF) for a gas turbine engine includes an inner manifold directing air to a turbine rotor of the gas turbine engine. The MTF includes an outer MTF case and an inner MTF case. The inner manifold of the MTF is located in the inner case of the MTF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Paul K. Sanchez, John S. Tu, Kalpendu J. Parekh, William A. Daniels