Patents by Inventor Joseph G. Colucci

Joseph G. Colucci 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: 11313471
    Abstract: A seal configuration for an aircraft engine includes a ring shaped sealing component defining an axis. A carrier is disposed radially outward of the ring shaped sealing component and supports the ring shaped sealing component. A housing includes a shroud portion. The shroud portion fully surrounds the carrier and is maintained in a static position relative to the carrier via a bellows spring and a plurality of rotation inhibiting features. Each rotation inhibiting feature in the plurality of rotation inhibiting features includes a tab protruding radially outward from the carrier and received in a slot intruding into the shroud portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph B. Phelps, Sean P. McGee, Joseph G. Colucci
  • Publication number: 20210348563
    Abstract: A seal configuration for an aircraft engine includes a ring shaped sealing component defining an axis. A carrier is disposed radially outward of the ring shaped sealing component and supports the ring shaped sealing component. A housing includes a shroud portion. The shroud portion fully surrounds the carrier and is maintained in a static position relative to the carrier via a bellows spring and a plurality of rotation inhibiting features. Each rotation inhibiting feature in the plurality of rotation inhibiting features includes a tab protruding radially outward from the carrier and received in a slot intruding into the shroud portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2020
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Joseph B. Phelps, Sean P. McGee, Joseph G. Colucci
  • Patent number: 11015527
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a rotatable shaft, and a plurality of bearings coupled to the rotatable shaft, where the plurality of bearings include a first bearing, a second bearing, and a third bearing, where the first bearing defines an axial first bearing centerline, where the second bearing defines an axial second bearing centerline, where the third bearing defines an axial third bearing centerline, and where the axial second bearing centerline is radially offset from the axial first bearing centerline and the axial third bearing centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Kevin Duffy, Ronnie K. Kovacik, Keven G. Van Duyn, Jonathan F. Zimmitti, Richard J. Rubendall, Michael M. Davis, Joseph G. Colucci, Steven M. Danley, Christopher J. Zuck, Tina Rezvani
  • Patent number: 10619742
    Abstract: A ring seal in a gas turbine engine includes a ring seal body, an axial sealing dam, a radial sealing dam, and at least one bleed slot. The ring seal body is annular in shape and has a first axial side, a second axial side, a radially outer side, and a radially inner side. The axial sealing dam is on the first axial side and is configured to provide a first sealing surface with a first component. The radial sealing dam is on the radially outer side and is configured to provide a second sealing surface with a second component radially outward from the radially outer side. The at least one bleed slot is on the second axial side and configured to allow fluid to pass through when the ring seal is incorrectly oriented such that the at least one bleed slot is adjacent to the first component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Logan Miller, Joseph G. Colucci, Colin D. Craig, Aneil S. Hegde, Michael M. Davis
  • Publication number: 20190153946
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a rotatable shaft, and a plurality of bearings coupled to the rotatable shaft, where the plurality of bearings include a first bearing, a second bearing, and a third bearing, where the first bearing defines an axial first bearing centerline, where the second bearing defines an axial second bearing centerline, where the third bearing defines an axial third bearing centerline, and where the axial second bearing centerline is radially offset from the axial first bearing centerline and the axial third bearing centerline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2017
    Publication date: May 23, 2019
    Inventors: Kevin Duffy, Ronnie K. Kovacik, Keven G. Van Duyn, Jonathan F. Zimmitti, Richard J. Rubendall, Michael M. Davis, Joseph G. Colucci, Steven M. Danley, Christopher J. Zuck, Tina Rezvani
  • Publication number: 20190017605
    Abstract: A ring seal in a gas turbine engine includes a ring seal body, an axial sealing dam, a radial sealing dam, and at least one bleed slot. The ring seal body is annular in shape and has a first axial side, a second axial side, a radially outer side, and a radially inner side. The axial sealing dam is on the first axial side and is configured to provide a first sealing surface with a first component. The radial sealing dam is on the radially outer side and is configured to provide a second sealing surface with a second component radially outward from the radially outer side. The at least one bleed slot is on the second axial side and configured to allow fluid to pass through when the ring seal is incorrectly oriented such that the at least one bleed slot is adjacent to the first component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Jonathan Logan Miller, Joseph G. Colucci, Colin D. Craig, Aneil S. Hegde, Michael M. Davis