Patents by Inventor Joshua E. Kinnaman

Joshua E. Kinnaman 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: 11493205
    Abstract: A combustor liner for a gas turbine engine includes at least one liner segment that has an external wall dimensioned to bound a combustion chamber. The external wall extends between leading and trailing edges in an axial direction and extends between opposed mate faces in a circumferential direction. A cooling circuit is defined by the external wall. A plurality of heat transfer features are distributed in the cooling circuit to define first and second prioritized flow regions on opposed sides of a first restricted flow region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Laengheng Khoun, Edward F. Pietraszkiewicz, Joshua E. Kinnaman
  • Publication number: 20210388988
    Abstract: A combustor liner for a gas turbine engine includes at least one liner segment that has an external wall dimensioned to bound a combustion chamber. The external wall extends between leading and trailing edges in an axial direction and extends between opposed mate faces in a circumferential direction. A cooling circuit is defined by the external wall. A plurality of heat transfer features are distributed in the cooling circuit to define first and second prioritized flow regions on opposed sides of a first restricted flow region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2021
    Publication date: December 16, 2021
    Inventors: Laengheng Khoun, Edward F. Pietraszkiewicz, Joshua E. Kinnaman
  • Patent number: 11125434
    Abstract: A combustor liner for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, at least one liner segment that has an external wall dimensioned to bound a combustion chamber. The external wall extends between leading and trailing edges in an axial direction and extends between opposed mate faces in a circumferential direction. A cooling circuit is defined by the external wall. A plurality of heat transfer features are distributed in the cooling circuit to define a first restricted flow region that tapers from the leading edge to the trailing edge and to define at least one prioritized flow region that extends substantially from the leading edge to the trailing edge such that the at least one prioritized flow region is bounded by a perimeter of the first restricted flow region, and the at least one prioritized flow region has a lesser concentration of the plurality of heat transfer features than the first restricted flow region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Laengheng Khoun, Edward F. Pietraszkiewicz, Joshua E. Kinnaman
  • Publication number: 20200182464
    Abstract: A combustor liner for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, at least one liner segment that has an external wall dimensioned to bound a combustion chamber. The external wall extends between leading and trailing edges in an axial direction and extends between opposed mate faces in a circumferential direction. A cooling circuit is defined by the external wall. A plurality of heat transfer features are distributed in the cooling circuit to define a first restricted flow region that tapers from the leading edge to the trailing edge and to define at least one prioritized flow region that extends substantially from the leading edge to the trailing edge such that the at least one prioritized flow region is bounded by a perimeter of the first restricted flow region, and the at least one prioritized flow region has a lesser concentration of the plurality of heat transfer features than the first restricted flow region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2018
    Publication date: June 11, 2020
    Inventors: Laengheng Khoun, Edward F. Pietraszkiewicz, Joshua E. Kinnaman