Patents by Inventor Lawrence A Binek

Lawrence A Binek 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).

  • Gas turbine engine dilution chute geometry
    Patent number: 11543127
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a combustor liner and a dilution chute integral and conformal with the combustor liner to provide an outlet into the combustor for fuel, wherein the dilution chute has at least one wall with a tapered edge extending into an interior of the combustor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Brendan T. Gustafson
  • Spall plate for consumable combustor support structures
    Patent number: 11543133
    Abstract: A combustor may comprise an outer wall defining, at least, a portion of a combustion chamber. A dilution chute may extend from an interior surface of the outer wall. A support structure may extend between the dilution chute and the interior surface of the outer wall. A spall plate may extend from the interior surface of the outer wall. The spall plate may be located between the support structure and an outlet of the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Sean R. Jackson, Evan J. Butcher
  • Heat pipe for a turbine engine
    Patent number: 11525359
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a turbine engine airfoil and a heat pipe. The heat pipe is configured with the turbine engine airfoil. The heat pipe includes a closed-loop internal fluid circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, David W. Morganson
  • HEAT PIPE FOR A TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20220381146
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a turbine engine airfoil and a heat pipe. The heat pipe is configured with the turbine engine airfoil. The heat pipe includes a closed-loop internal fluid circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2021
    Publication date: December 1, 2022
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, David W. Morganson
  • Hybrid manufacturing process for heat exchanger
    Patent number: 11511346
    Abstract: A method of constructing a heat exchanger includes providing a base, and additively manufacturing a plurality of first walls substantially parallel and substantially vertical while being manufactured, wherein the plurality of first walls are spaced apart and attached to the base. The method also includes removing at least a portion of a build powder located between the plurality of first walls and attaching a parting sheet to the plurality of first walls. The method also includes additively manufacturing a plurality of second walls substantially parallel and substantially vertical while being manufactured and are spaced apart.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Ronald P. LaRose, Lawrence A. Binek
  • LUBRICATION SYSTEM FOR AN ATTRITABLE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20220349320
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine with a lubrication system includes a ball bearing assembly and a rotor circumscribing a rotational axis and journaled within the ball bearing assembly. The gas turbine engine also includes a lubrication system located radially outward from a rotational axis and radially outward and adjacent to the ball bearing assembly, which includes a lubrication channel having an inlet and an outlet and a dispersion cone adjacent to the outlet of the lubrication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Leslie F. Guzman, Sean R. Jackson, Evan J. Butcher
  • Double walled stator housing
    Patent number: 11466593
    Abstract: A double walled stator housing includes a first stator housing wall, a second stator housing wall located radially outward from the first stator housing wall, and an air gap located between the first and the second stator housing walls. The housing also includes at least one support structure attached to the first stator housing wall and the second stator housing wall, spanning the air gap and configured to minimize heat transfer between the first wall and the second wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Jesus A. Garcia, Faramarz M. Zarandi, Evan J. Butcher, Jesse R. Boyer
  • Fuel feed passages for an attritable engine
    Patent number: 11465247
    Abstract: An additively manufactured attritable engine includes a compressor section, a combustion section, a turbine section, and an engine case wall, which surrounds the compressor section, the combustion section, and the turbine section. The engine case wall includes a first cavity embedded in the engine case wall that defines an injector that is in fluid communication with the combustion section. The engine case wall includes a second cavity embedded within the engine case wall and defines a fuel feed passage that is in thermal communication through the exterior surface of the engine case wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, David W. Morganson
  • TURBINE ENGINE WITH SOARING AIR CONDUIT
    Publication number: 20220316408
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a case structure and an air conduit. The case structure extends circumferentially about and axially along an axis. The air conduit has a conduit centerline, a conduit first end and a conduit second end. The air conduit extends longitudinally along the conduit centerline between the conduit first end and the conduit second end. The conduit first end is connected to the case structure at a first location. The conduit second end is connected to the case structure at a second location. The air conduit is displaced from the case structure longitudinally between the conduit first end and the conduit second end. At least a majority of the conduit centerline follows a non-straight trajectory.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 31, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Matthew E. Lynch
  • TURBINE ENGINE FUEL INJECTOR WITH NON-CIRCULAR NOZZLE PASSAGE
    Publication number: 20220316400
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine apparatus includes a fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle includes a nozzle passage and a nozzle orifice. The nozzle passage extends longitudinally along a centerline within the fuel nozzle to the nozzle orifice. The nozzle passage has a solid polygonal cross-sectional geometry at the nozzle orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Sean R. Jackson, Timothy S. Snyder, Anthony Van, Randolph T. Lyda, Brandon P. Williams
  • MODULAR INJECTOR BOLT FOR AN ENGINE
    Publication number: 20220307694
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for an engine. This engine assembly includes an engine structure and a fuel injector. The engine structure includes an injector aperture and a fuel supply passage. The injector aperture extends longitudinally through the engine structure along a centerline. The fuel supply passage extends laterally within the engine structure to the injector aperture. The fuel injector is mated with the injector aperture. The fuel injector includes a nozzle passage and a nozzle orifice. The nozzle passage extends longitudinally along the centerline within the fuel injector to the nozzle orifice. The nozzle passage is fluidly coupled with the fuel supply passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Sean R. Jackson, Jose R. Paulino, Anthony Van, Timothy S. Snyder
  • Turbine engine component with integrated waveguide
    Patent number: 11441451
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a turbine engine case, a first transceiver and a second transceiver. The turbine engine case includes a case wall and a waveguide. The waveguide is formed integral with the case wall. The waveguide includes a waveguide channel. The second transceiver is configured to be in signal communication with the first transceiver through the waveguide channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Sean R. Jackson
  • ENHANCED RECOATER EDGES
    Publication number: 20220266510
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing device includes a build platform. A recoater is operatively connected to the build platform to move relative to the build platform to coat unfused powder onto a build on the build platform. The recoater includes a recoater mount defining a length-wise receptacle therein, and a recoater blade seated in the receptacle. A blade reel system is operatively connected to the recoater to replace the recoater blade in the receptacle during a build on the build platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2022
    Publication date: August 25, 2022
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence Binek, David W. Morganson
  • Additive manufacturing cover gas shield
    Patent number: 11420263
    Abstract: A gas shield for an additive manufacturing system includes a bracket and a flexible curtain mounted to the bracket. A method of additively manufacturing includes removably mounting a gas shield to at least partially segregate a powder dispenser and a chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence Binek, Zachary Ryan Gibbons, Jesse R. Boyer
  • Fuel injector assembly with a helical swirler passage for a turbine engine
    Patent number: 11421883
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine apparatus includes a fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle includes an airflow inlet, a nozzle orifice, a fuel passage and a swirler passage. The fuel passage is fluidly coupled with the swirler passage through a first fuel aperture in a wall between the fuel passage and the swirler passage. The swirler passage extends along a helical trajectory away from the airflow inlet and towards the nozzle orifice.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 23, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Timothy S. Snyder
  • POWDER EVACUATION SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20220250325
    Abstract: An additive manufacturing system includes a build chamber housing a recoater and a sintering laser. A build plate is moveable within the build chamber to accommodate growth of a part formed by the recoater and the sintering laser. At least one powder evacuation cavity at least partially surrounds a build volume of the build chamber. The build volume of the build chamber is defined between the build plate and the recoater and is configured to hold a sintered part and unsintered powder during an additive manufacturing build in the build chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: August 11, 2022
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: David W. Morganson, Lawrence Binek
  • Modular lock mechanism
    Patent number: 11401732
    Abstract: A locking module for selectively coupling a first component and a second component of a lockable device includes a housing and a magnet arranged within said housing. A locking element is movable relative to said housing between an unlocked position and a locked position. An engagement member is operable to selectively decouple said locking element from said magnet to move said locking element between said unlocked position and said locked position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: CARRIER CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Zacchio, Nicholas Charles Soldner, Lawrence Binek
  • ROTATING RELATIVE RECOATER AND PART ORIENTATION
    Publication number: 20220234286
    Abstract: A system for additive manufacturing includes a build chamber including a sidewall and a build plate cooperating to define a build volume, wherein the build chamber is configured to house a part and unfused feedstock powder during a build. An energy source is mounted for movement relative to the build chamber, wherein the energy source is configured to selectively sinter the feedstock powder. A recoater is mounted for movement relative to the build chamber, wherein the recoater is configured to deposit successive layers of the feedstock powder for sintering to the part. A rotational actuator is in operable communication with the build chamber and the recoater configured to rotate the build chamber relative to the recoater.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2022
    Publication date: July 28, 2022
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence Binek, David W. Morganson
  • ENGINE ARTICLE WITH INTEGRAL LINER AND NOZZLE
    Publication number: 20220221151
    Abstract: A core engine article includes a combustor liner defining a combustion chamber therein and a turbine nozzle. The combustor liner includes a plurality of injector ports, and the plurality of injector ports have a shape that tapers to a corner on a forward side of the injector ports. The turbine nozzle includes a plurality of airfoils. The combustor liner and turbine nozzle are integral with one another. A method of making a core engine article is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 2, 2022
    Publication date: July 14, 2022
    Inventors: Lawrence Binek, Jesse R. Boyer, Dmytro Mykolayovych Voytovych
  • Lubrication network for an attritable engine
    Patent number: 11377977
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine with a lubrication system includes a ball bearing assembly and a rotor circumscribing a rotational axis and journaled within the ball bearing assembly. The gas turbine engine also includes a lubrication system located radially outward from a rotational axis and radially outward and adjacent to the ball bearing assembly, which includes a lubrication channel having an inlet and an outlet and a dispersion cone adjacent to the outlet of the lubrication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Leslie F. Guzman, Sean R. Jackson, Evan J. Butcher