Patents by Inventor Mark F. Zelesky

Mark F. Zelesky 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: 10960460
    Abstract: A mold for manufacturing a casted workpiece is, at least in-part, manufactured utilizing an additive manufacturing process. The mold may have a core having non-line-of-sight features that are additively manufactured and in contact with an outer shell of a wax mold and/or an outer shell of a casting mold of the mold. The outer shell of either the wax or casting molds may also be additively manufactured, and the shell of the casting mold may be additively manufactured as one unitary piece to the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Brooks E. Snyder, Thomas N. Slavens, Mark F. Zelesky, James T. Auxier
  • Patent number: 10961854
    Abstract: A component for use in a gas turbine engine includes a channel configured to port a gas from an inlet along a flow path. The component further includes a wall defining an outlet configured to receive the gas, the wall forming an angle with the flow path that is between 60 degrees and 120 degrees, the outlet having a first portion with a first diameter and a second portion with a second diameter, the first portion configured to receive the gas before the second portion, and the first diameter being greater than the second diameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Timothy J. Jennings, Mark F. Zelesky
  • Patent number: 10935243
    Abstract: A liner panel for use in a combustor of a gas turbine engine, the liner panel including a liner panel with a perimeter rail and a multiple of intermediate rails. A combustor for a gas turbine engine including a support shell and a multiple of liner panels mounted to the support shell via a multiple of studs, each of the multiple of liner panels having a multiple of intermediate rails to form a multiple of circumferential cavities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Mark F. Zelesky, Randal G. McKinney
  • Publication number: 20210054749
    Abstract: An airfoil includes an airfoil wall that defines a leading end, a trailing end, and suction and pressure sides that join the leading end and the trailing end. The airfoil wall is formed of a silicon-containing ceramic. A first environmental barrier topcoat is disposed on the suction side of the airfoil wall, and a second, different environmental barrier topcoat is disposed on the pressure side of the airfoil wall. The first topcoat is vaporization-resistant and the second topcoat is resistant to calcium-magnesium-aluminosilicate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Richard Wesley Jackson, Adam P. Generale, Xuan Liu, Mark F. Zelesky
  • Patent number: 10815803
    Abstract: A vane according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a platform extending from an edge face and between spaced apart lateral faces and an airfoil extending outwardly from the platform. The platform includes at least one ejection port in the edge face and at least one passage connected to the at least one ejection port. A method of cooling a component is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Scott D. Lewis, Dominic J. Mongillo, Jr., Mark F. Zelesky, Bret M. Teller, Russell Deibel, Matthew S. Gleiner
  • Patent number: 10815814
    Abstract: A control system for a gas turbine engine comprises a case structure, a clearance control ring mounted for movement relative to the case structure, an outer air seal mounted to the clearance control ring and facing a first engine component, and a control and valve assembly that receives flow from a flow input source. The control and valve assembly is configured to direct flow into a first cavity positioned radially between the case structure and the outer air seal, and wherein the control and valve assembly is configured to direct flow into a second cavity positioned downstream of the first cavity to interact with a second engine component. A method of controlling flow between a compressor section and turbine section is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Mark F. Zelesky, Brian Merry, Gabriel L. Suciu
  • Patent number: 10815790
    Abstract: An airfoil according to an example includes, among other things, a suction sidewall and a pressure sidewall. A tip wall extends from a leading edge to a trailing edge and joins respective outer ends of the suction and pressure sidewalls. A tip rib extends along a pressure side of the tip wall. A tip leakage control channel is provided at the tip wall and has a floor that extends between a first control channel vane sidewall and a second control channel vane sidewall established by a corresponding tip leakage control vane. Each of the tip leakage control vanes is contiguous with and extending from a suction side surface of the tip rib. The tip leakage channel extends toward the trailing edge while extending toward the suction sidewall. One or more of an internal cavity, a channel cooling aperture, and a sidewall microcircuit may be provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Mark F. Zelesky, Andrew S. Aggarwala
  • Patent number: 10815817
    Abstract: A turbine section according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a component including a coating on a substrate, and at least one sensor positioned a distance from the component, the at least one sensor configured to detect radiation emitted from at least one localized region of the coating at a first wavelength and configured to detect radiation emitted from the substrate corresponding to the at least one localized region at a second, different wavelength. The first wavelength and the second wavelength are utilized to determine a heat flux relating to the at least one localized region. A method of measuring a gas turbine engine component is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shayan Ahmadian, Charles W. Haldeman, Mark F. Zelesky, Christopher T. Bergman, Sebastian Martinez
  • Patent number: 10794214
    Abstract: A clearance control system for a gas turbine engine comprises at least one case support associated with an engine case defining an engine center axis. A clearance control ring is positioned adjacent the at least one case support to form an internal cavity between the engine case and the clearance control ring. The clearance control ring includes a first mount feature. An outer air seal has a second mount feature cooperating with the first mount feature such that the clearance control ring can move independently of the engine case in response to changes in temperature. An injection source inject flow into the internal cavity to control a temperature of the clearance control ring to allow the outer air seal to move in a desired direction to maintain a desired clearance between the outer air seal and an engine component. A gas turbine engine and a method of controlling tip clearance in a gas turbine engine are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Gabriel L. Suciu, Mark F. Zelesky, Ioannis Alvanos, Brian Merry
  • Patent number: 10774659
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an airfoil having a tip wall that joins outer spanwise ends of a suction sidewall and a pressure sidewall and including a tip rib extending chordwise along a pressure side of said tip wall. The tip wall includes a tip shelf disposed at a junction between said pressure sidewall and said tip rib. A tip leakage control channel at an outer surface of said tip wall, wherein said tip leakage control channel is between first and second tip leakage control vanes contiguous with a suction side surface of said tip rib, said tip leakage control channel extending toward said trailing edge while extending toward said suction sidewall. An air seal is radially outward of said tip wall and positioned to minimize leakage at said tip wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Mark F. Zelesky, Andrew S. Aggarwala
  • Publication number: 20200276637
    Abstract: A method of method of making an airfoil includes making a refractory metal core that defines an interior of the airfoil by a tomo-lithographic process, making a mold that defines an exterior of the airfoil, inserting the refractory metal core into the mold, and pouring an airfoil material between the refractory metal core and the mold to cast the airfoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 3, 2020
    Inventors: John Joseph Marcin, Mark F. Zelesky, Joel H. Wagner, Theodore W. Hall, David A. Krause, Ben S. Reinert
  • Publication number: 20200271013
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a compressor section, a combustor section, a turbine section, and at least one rotatable shaft. The engine further includes a seal assembly including a seal plate mounted for rotation with the rotatable shaft and a face seal in contact with the seal plate at a contact area. The seal plate includes a cooling passageway having a circumferentially-extending section radially aligned with the contact area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2019
    Publication date: August 27, 2020
    Inventor: Mark F. Zelesky
  • Patent number: 10731855
    Abstract: Combustors and panels for use in combustor sections of gas turbine engines, the panels having a panel body having a first wall with a first sidewall and a second sidewall extending each extending from the first wall in the same direction at edges of the first wall and a plurality of cavity walls arranged between the first sidewall and the second sidewall and extending from the panel in the direction of the first and second sidewalls, wherein a plurality of cooling cavities are defined by the cavity walls, the first wall, and at least one of the first sidewall and the second sidewall, wherein each cooling cavity extends from an inlet hole to an outlet hole, wherein the outlet hole is formed in the first wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Mark F. Zelesky, Carey Clum
  • Patent number: 10690346
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine includes a combustor shell having a shell opening therethrough, a combustor panel having a stud attached thereto, the stud extending through the shell opening. The stud includes a standoff to define an intermediate passage between the combustor shell and the combustor panel. A retainer is attached to the stud. A washer surrounds the stud and is positioned between the retainer and the combustor shell. The washer at least partially defines a cooling flow passage configured to direct a cooling airflow through the shell opening to impinge the cooling flow on at least one of the stud or the standoff.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Mark F. Zelesky, Atul Kohli, Dustin W. Davis, Ricardo Trindade, Steven Bruce Gautschi, Brandon W. Spangler, Trevor Rudy, Benjamin Bellows, Dave J. Hyland, James B. Hoke, Stephen K. Kramer, Dennis M. Moura
  • Patent number: 10670273
    Abstract: A combustor panel may include an attachment feature. Because conventional attachment features of conventional combustor panels may be insufficiently cooled, the present disclosure provides various combustor configurations for reducing hotspots in the vicinity of attachment features and/or for providing cooling airflow to and in the vicinity of attachment features.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tracy A Propheter-Hinckley, Benjamin D Bellows, Brandon W Spangler, David J Hyland, Dennis M Moura, Dustin W Davis, Mark F Zelesky, Ricardo Trindade, Steven Bruce Gautschi, Trevor Rudy
  • Patent number: 10662781
    Abstract: A component according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things a wall and a vascular engineered lattice structure formed inside of the wall. The vascular engineered lattice structure defines a hollow vascular structure configured to communicate a fluid through the vascular engineered lattice structure. The vascular engineered lattice structure has at least one inlet hole and at least one outlet hole that communicates the fluid into and out of the hollow vascular structure. A method for producing a component is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Dominic J. Mongillo, Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Mark F. Zelesky, Joel H. Wagner, Thomas N. Slavens
  • Publication number: 20200141244
    Abstract: An airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil with pressure and suction sides that are joined at leading and trailing edges. The airfoil extends a span from a support to an end in a radial direction. 0% span and 100% span positions respectively correspond to the airfoil at the support and at the end. The leading and trailing edges are spaced apart from one another an axial chord in an axial direction. A cross-section of the airfoil at a span location has a diameter tangent to the pressure and suction sides. The diameter corresponds to the largest circle fitting within the cross-section. A ratio of the diameter to the axial chord is at least 0.4 between 50% and 95% span location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 18, 2019
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Wolfgang Balzer, Thomas J. Praisner, Atul Kohli, Mark F. Zelesky, Dominic J. Mongillo, JR.
  • Patent number: 10641100
    Abstract: A component for a gas turbine engine includes an exterior surface that provides pressure and suction sides. A cooling passage in the component includes a serpentine passageway that has first and second passes respectively configured to provide fluid flow in opposite directions from one another. The first pass includes first and second portions nested relative to one another and overlapping in a thickness direction. The first and second portions are adjacent to one another by sharing a common wall. The first portion is provided on the suction side. The second portion is provided on the pressure side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: James T. Auxier, Parth Jariwala, Mark F. Zelesky, Bret M. Teller
  • Publication number: 20200131997
    Abstract: An aspect includes a system for a gas turbine engine. The system includes one or more bleeds of the gas turbine engine and a control system configured to check one or more activation conditions of a dirt rejection mode in the gas turbine engine. A bleed control schedule of the gas turbine engine is adjusted to extend a time to hold the one or more bleeds of the gas turbine engine partially open at a power setting above a threshold based on the one or more activation conditions. One or more deactivation conditions of the dirt rejection mode in the gas turbine engine are checked. The dirt rejection mode is deactivated to fully close the one or more bleeds based on the one or more deactivation conditions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hanlon, James F. Krenzer, Becky E. Rose, Mark F. Zelesky
  • Publication number: 20200131996
    Abstract: An aspect includes a dirt mitigation system for a gas turbine engine. The dirt mitigation system includes a plurality of bleeds of the gas turbine engine and a control system configured to determine a particulate ingestion estimate indicative of dirt ingested in the gas turbine engine. The control system is further configured to determine one or more operating parameters of the gas turbine engine and alter a bleed control schedule of the gas turbine engine to purge at least a portion of the dirt ingested in the gas turbine engine through one or more of the bleeds of the gas turbine engine based on the particulate ingestion estimate and the one or more operating parameters.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Publication date: April 30, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher J. Hanlon, James F. Krenzer, Becky E. Rose, Mark F. Zelesky