Patents by Inventor Mani Sadeghi

Mani Sadeghi 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: 11493135
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for rotational equipment. This assembly includes a stationary structure, a rotating structure rotatable about an axial centerline, and a non-contact seal assembly. The non-contact seal assembly is configured to substantially seal a gap between the stationary structure and the rotating structure. The non-contact seal assembly includes a seal shoe configured to sealingly engage the rotating structure axially along the axial centerline.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Brian F. Hilbert, Mani Sadeghi, Daniel L. Gysling, Kerwin R. Low
  • Publication number: 20210054938
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for rotational equipment. This assembly includes a stationary structure, a rotating structure rotatable about an axial centerline, and a non-contact seal assembly. The non-contact seal assembly is configured to substantially seal a gap between the stationary structure and the rotating structure. The non-contact seal assembly includes a seal shoe configured to sealingly engage the rotating structure axially along the axial centerline.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Brian F. Hilbert, Mani Sadeghi, Daniel L. Gysling, Kerwin R. Low
  • Patent number: 10519859
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flutter damper, including an acoustic liner having a perforated radial inner face sheet and a radial outer back sheet, the acoustic liner being configured for peak acoustical energy absorption at a frequency range that is greater than a frequency range associated with fan flutter, a chamber secured to the radial outer back sheet, the chamber being in fluid communication with the acoustic liner, and the chamber being configured for peak acoustical energy absorption at a frequency range that is associated with one or more fan flutter modes, and at least one stiffening structure connected to a top surface of the chamber that tunes the top surface out of the frequency range associated with one or more fan flutter modes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ian T. Marchaj, Bruce L. Morin, Mani Sadeghi, Daniel L. Gysling
  • Patent number: 10428685
    Abstract: Disclosed is flutter damper including a first cavity having a radially inner side in fluid communication with a flow path, and a second cavity having a radially inner side in fluid communication with a radially outer side of the first cavity, and the flutter damper having an impedance characteristic at one or more target frequencies defined as ftarget=fS,ND+?·ND wherein fS,ND is a resonance frequency corresponding to a structural mode of a rotating component, ND is a nodal diameter count of the structural mode, and ? is a rotational speed of the rotating component, and wherein the flutter damper has the following impedance characteristic at the one or more targeted frequencies R?2?c ?3?c?X??0.6?c wherein R is the real part of the impedance characteristic, X is the imaginary part of the impedance characteristic, ? is air density, and c is speed of sound.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bruce L. Morin, Daniel L. Gysling, Mani Sadeghi
  • Patent number: 10330111
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, an airfoil for a turbine engine includes an airfoil that has pressure and suction sides and extends in a radial direction from a 0% span position at an inner flow path location to a 100% span position at an airfoil tip. The airfoil has a curve that corresponds to a relationship between a leading edge dihedral and a span position. The leading edge dihedral has a portion of the curve with a change in dihedral in the range of 90% to 100% span position of greater than 10°. A positive dihedral corresponds to suction side-leaning. A negative dihedral corresponds to pressure side-leaning.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 25, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Scott C. Billings, Michael K. Gottschalk, William D. Owen, Edward J. Gallagher, Darryl Whitlow, Sue-Li Chuang, Mani Sadeghi
  • Publication number: 20180258853
    Abstract: Disclosed is a flutter damper, including an acoustic liner having a perforated radial inner face sheet and a radial outer back sheet, the acoustic liner being configured for peak acoustical energy absorption at a frequency range that is greater than a frequency range associated with fan flutter, a chamber secured to the radial outer back sheet, the chamber being in fluid communication with the acoustic liner, and the chamber being configured for peak acoustical energy absorption at a frequency range that is associated with one or more fan flutter modes, and at least one stiffening structure connected to a top surface of the chamber that tunes the top surface out of the frequency range associated with one or more fan flutter modes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Ian T. Marchaj, Bruce L. Morin, Mani Sadeghi, Daniel L. Gysling
  • Publication number: 20180258788
    Abstract: Disclosed is flutter damper including a first cavity having a radially inner side in fluid communication with a flow path, and a second cavity having a radially inner side in fluid communication with a radially outer side of the first cavity, and the flutter damper having an impedance characteristic at one or more target frequencies defined as ftarget=fS,ND+?·ND wherein fS,ND is a resonance frequency corresponding to a structural mode of a rotating component, ND is a nodal diameter count of the structural mode, and ? is a rotational speed of the rotating component, and wherein the flutter damper has the following impedance characteristic at the one or more targeted frequencies R?2?c ?3?c?X??0.6?c wherein R is the real part of the impedance characteristic, X is the imaginary part of the impedance characteristic, ? is air density, and c is speed of sound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 7, 2017
    Publication date: September 13, 2018
    Inventors: Bruce L. Morin, Daniel L. Gysling, Mani Sadeghi
  • Publication number: 20170122336
    Abstract: In one exemplary embodiment, an airfoil for a turbine engine includes an airfoil that has pressure and suction sides and extends in a radial direction from a 0% span position at an inner flow path location to a 100% span position at an airfoil tip. The airfoil has a curve that corresponds to a relationship between a leading edge dihedral and a span position. The leading edge dihedral has a portion of the curve with a change in dihedral in the range of 90% to 100% span position of greater than 10°. A positive dihedral corresponds to suction side-leaning. A negative dihedral corresponds to pressure side-leaning.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2015
    Publication date: May 4, 2017
    Inventors: Scott C. Billings, Michael K. Gottschalk, William D. Owen, Edward J. Gallagher, Darryl Whitlow, Sue-Li Chuang, Mani Sadeghi