Patents by Inventor Ken F. Blaney

Ken F. Blaney 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).

  • LOW THERMAL MASS JOINT
    Publication number: 20150068214
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a tangential on-board injector (TOBI) fluidly connected to a compressor section. A diffuser case structurally supports a combustor section and the tangential on-board injector via at least one low thermal mass joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Publication date: March 12, 2015
    Inventors: Michael S. Stevens, Ken F. Blaney
  • GAS TURBINE ENGINE INCLUDING PNEUMATIC ACTUATOR SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20140298788
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine that includes a compressor section and a pneumatic actuator system is delivered. The pneumatic actuator system includes a bleed air duct that receives bleed air from the compressor section and delivers the bleed air through an accumulator and to an actuator. The accumulator includes a chamber that attenuates a fluctuation in a pressure of the bleed air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2014
    Publication date: October 9, 2014
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ken F. Blaney, Richard K. Hayford
  • MULTI-STAGE HIGH PRESSURE COMPRESSOR CASE
    Publication number: 20140083099
    Abstract: A compressor case assembly according to an exemplary embodiment of this disclosure, among other possible things, includes a case. A plurality of vane stages circumscribe an interior of the case. Each of the plurality of vane stages include a vane guide and at least one window for inserting a respective at least one vane there through. The at least one window is axially aligned with each of the vane guides The at least one window extends from an outer surface of the case into each of the vane guides.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2012
    Publication date: March 27, 2014
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ken F. Blaney, Neil L. Tatman
  • BLADE OUTER AIR SEAL WITH CORED PASSAGES
    Publication number: 20130323033
    Abstract: A blade outer air seal for a gas turbine engine includes a wall, a forward hook, and an aft hook. The wall extends between the forward hook and the aft hook, which are adapted to mount the blade outer air seal to a casing of the gas turbine engine. The wall includes a cored passage extending along at least a portion of the wall. The cored passage extends radially and axially through a portion of the aft hook to communicate with one or more apertures along a trailing edge of the aft hook.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Paul M. Lutjen, Shawn J. Gregg, Thurman Carlo Dabbs, Ken F. Blaney, Russell E. Keene, Bruce E. Chick
  • SURFACE AREA AUGMENTATION OF HOT-SECTION TURBOMACHINE COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20130216363
    Abstract: An example turbomachine hot-section component protrusion extends away from a base surface of a hot-section component along a longitudinal axis. A radial cross-section of the protrusion has a profile that is non-circular.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 17, 2012
    Publication date: August 22, 2013
    Inventors: Ken F. Blaney, Paul M. Lutjen
  • PLUG ASSEMBLY FOR BLADE OUTER AIR SEAL
    Publication number: 20120319360
    Abstract: A plug assembly includes a cup which defines a cup portion and a cup anti-liberation portion along an axis, a wedge is mountable within the cup portion to at least partially radially expand the cup anti-liberation portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2011
    Publication date: December 20, 2012
    Inventors: Ken F. Blaney, Paul M. Lutjen