Patents by Inventor Kevin B. Tongeman

Kevin B. Tongeman 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 pressure drop radial inflow air-oil separating arrangement and separator employed therein
    Patent number: 5257903
    Abstract: An air-oil separating arrangement in a gas turbine engine having a sump with a rotatable annular wall structure includes an annular section of the sump wall structure having a plurality of circumferentially spaced air metering orifices defined therein, and an air-oil separator having a circular plate attached to the annular section of the sump wall structure and rotatable therewith. The circular plate has a pair of opposite faces and a plurality of separator fins attached to and extending from one face of the plate. The separator fins are circumferentially spaced from one another and extend radially from the center of the plate and define spaces therebetween which are in flow communication with the orifices through the annular section of the sump wall structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 13, 1992
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1993
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Barry L. Allmon, Kevin B. Tongeman
  • Low pressure drop radial inflow air-oil separating arrangement and separator employed therein
    Patent number: 5201845
    Abstract: An air-oil separating arrangement in a gas turbine engine having a sump with a rotatable annular wall structure includes an annular section of the sump wall structure having a plurality of circumferentially spaced air metering orifices defined therein, and an air-oil separator having a circular plate attached to the annular section of the sump wall structure and rotatable therewith. The circular plate has a pair of opposite faces and a plurality of separator fins attached to and extending from one face of the plate. The separator fins are circumferentially spaced from one another and extend radially from the center of the plate and define spaces therebetween which are in flow communication with the orifices through the annular section of the sump wall structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 1991
    Date of Patent: April 13, 1993
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Barry L. Allmon, Kevin B. Tongeman