Patents by Inventor Jordan J. Franklin

Jordan J. Franklin 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: 11268397
    Abstract: A fan blade platform seal includes a platform portion including a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The platform portion further includes a flow path surface extending between the first side and the second side and a bonding surface opposite the flow path surface. The fan blade platform seal further includes a first seal portion including a first bonding segment including a first outer surface, mounted to the platform portion on the first side of the platform portion, and a first inner surface opposite the first outer surface. The fan blade platform seal further includes a stiffening portion mounted to the first inner surface. The stiffening portion includes a first bonding layer bonded to the first inner surface and a stiffening layer bonded to the first bonding layer on a first layer side of the stiffening layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jordan J. Franklin, Peter Karkos, David R. Lyders, Chong H. Park, Matthew R. Zsunkan
  • Publication number: 20210246798
    Abstract: A fan blade platform seal includes a platform portion including a first side and a second side opposite the first side. The platform portion further includes a flow path surface extending between the first side and the second side and a bonding surface opposite the flow path surface. The fan blade platform seal further includes a first seal portion including a first bonding segment including a first outer surface, mounted to the platform portion on the first side of the platform portion, and a first inner surface opposite the first outer surface. The fan blade platform seal further includes a stiffening portion mounted to the first inner surface. The stiffening portion includes a first bonding layer bonded to the first inner surface and a stiffening layer bonded to the first bonding layer on a first layer side of the stiffening layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2020
    Publication date: August 12, 2021
    Inventors: Jordan J. Franklin, Peter Karkos, David R. Lyders, Chong H. Park, Matthew R. Zsunkan
  • Patent number: 10920613
    Abstract: A fire protection system for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. In various embodiments, the system includes a first fire blanket wall and a second fire blanket wall, the first fire blanket wall configured for attachment to a first fairing wall and the second fire blanket wall configured for attachment to a second fairing wall, and an attachment system configured to attach the first fire blanket wall to the first fairing wall and the second fire blanket wall to the second fairing wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jordan J. Franklin, Joshua W. Sampsell, Mahesh Gajanan Kavimandan, Chaitanya Mokkapati, Satyannarayana Chintapalli, Sai deepika Vemula, Vishnu Murthy Pendum, Naveen Prasad Babu Ramireddy Gari, Naga Pradeep Buddhavarapu
  • Patent number: 10760592
    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 17.2-18.2 inches (436-462 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 10.0-11.0 inches (255-281 mm). The airfoil element includes at least two of a first mode with a frequency of 51±10% Hz, a second mode with a frequency of 147±10% Hz, a third mode with a frequency of 267±10% Hz, a fourth mode with a frequency of 350±10% Hz, a fifth mode with a frequency of 454±10% Hz and a sixth mode with a frequency of 619±10% Hz.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Xuedong Zhou, Jordan J. Franklin, Michael A. Weisse, Lee Drozdenko, Mouhamadou Diop, Daniel W. Yebo, Linda S. Li
  • Publication number: 20200072080
    Abstract: A fire protection system for a gas turbine engine is disclosed. In various embodiments, the system includes a first fire blanket wall and a second fire blanket wall, the first fire blanket wall configured for attachment to a first fairing wall and the second fire blanket wall configured for attachment to a second fairing wall, and an attachment system configured to attach the first fire blanket wall to the first fairing wall and the second fire blanket wall to the second fairing wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Publication date: March 5, 2020
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jordan J. Franklin, Joshua W. Sampsell, Mahesh Gajanan Kavimandan, Chaitanya Mokkapati, Satyannarayana Chintapalli, Sai deepika Vemula, Vishnu Murthy Pendum, Naveen Prasad Babu Ramireddy Gari, Naga Pradeep Buddhavarapu
  • Publication number: 20170058916
    Abstract: A gas turbine fan fairing platform includes at least one body defining a surface and having an opening receptive to a blade, a protrusion extending outwardly from the surface in a direction that will position the protrusion along a leading edge near a root of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2015
    Publication date: March 2, 2017
    Inventors: Sean A. Whitehurst, Michael A. Weisse, Jordan J. Franklin, Patrick James McComb
  • Patent number: 9551230
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided related to manufacturing, repairing or otherwise providing an integrally bladed rotor. In one method, a set of preform rotor blades are arranged relative to a rotor disk. The preform rotor blades are concurrently bonded to the rotor disk.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Jordan J. Franklin
  • Publication number: 20160237834
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided related to manufacturing, repairing or otherwise providing an integrally bladed rotor. In one method, a set of preform rotor blades are arranged relative to a rotor disk. The preform rotor blades are concurrently bonded to the rotor disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 13, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventor: Jordan J. Franklin