Patents by Inventor Mark Edward Tuttle

Mark Edward Tuttle 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).

  • Crack resistant combustor
    Patent number: 9476591
    Abstract: A combustion chamber louver assembly includes an aft louver having a forward panel 24 that extends axially from a louver leading edge 26 to a corner 28, and a forward louver joined to the forward panel of the aft louver. A lip 48 defined by a portion of the forward louver that extends axially past the corner to a louver trailing edge 36 includes circumferentially distributed trailing edge slots 60 extending forwardly from the trailing edge a nominal distance equal to about 88% to 95% of the length L of the lip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Mark Edward Tuttle, Robert M. Sonntag, John H. Nixon
  • CRACK RESISTANT COMBUSTOR
    Publication number: 20090235666
    Abstract: A combustion chamber louver assembly includes an aft louver having a forward panel 24 that extends axially from a louver leading edge 26 to a corner 28, and a forward louver joined to the forward panel of the aft louver. A lip 48 defined by a portion of the forward louver that extends axially past the corner to a louver trailing edge 36 includes circumferentially distributed trailing edge slots 60 extending forwardly from the trailing edge a nominal distance equal to about 88% to 95% of the length L of the lip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2006
    Publication date: September 24, 2009
    Inventors: Mark Edward Tuttle, Robert M. Sonntag, John H. Nixon