Patents by Inventor Mark Torrance

Mark Torrance 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).

  • Publication number: 20240007824
    Abstract: Aspects presented herein may enable a tracking device to disable its transmitter based on determining whether the wireless device is within the vicinity or a threshold distance of an airport and/or based on information or measurements obtained from its modem receiver. In one aspect, a wireless device detects whether the wireless device is within a threshold distance of a target location or whether the wireless device is airborne. The wireless device disables a transmitter of the wireless device based on detecting that the wireless device is within the threshold distance of the target location or that the wireless device is airborne.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 29, 2022
    Publication date: January 4, 2024
    Inventors: Vieri VANGHI, Jeffery Mark TORRANCE
  • Patent number: 9856748
    Abstract: A probe cooling system for a gas turbine engine includes a probe housing and a bushing disposed between an end of the probe housing and a gas path, the bushing extending from the end of the probe housing to form a cavity. The system also includes a first plenum defined within the probe housing and configured to direct air from an internal cooling air supply towards the cavity. The system also includes a second plenum defined between the bushing and the probe housing and configured to direct air from the internal cooling air supply towards the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Blaine M. Johnston, Mark A. Torrance, Steven G. Lemieux, Dmitriy A. Romanov
  • Publication number: 20160237851
    Abstract: A probe cooling system for a gas turbine engine includes a probe housing and a bushing disposed between an end of the probe housing and a gas path, the bushing extending from the end of the probe housing to form a cavity. The system also includes a first plenum defined within the probe housing and configured to direct air from an internal cooling air supply towards the cavity. The system also includes a second plenum defined between the bushing and the probe housing and configured to direct air from the internal cooling air supply towards the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2015
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Blaine M. Johnston, Mark A. Torrance, Steven G. Lemieux, Dmitriy A. Romanov
  • Patent number: 6901821
    Abstract: An assembly for preventing rotation of a damper in a stator system includes a slot in the damper and a block for engaging the slot to prevent rotation of the damper. The block is positioned within a groove located at a mid span portion of an inner air seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2005
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Mark A. Torrance, David P. Dube
  • Patent number: 6585479
    Abstract: A cast assembly for a gas turbine engine compressor, the compressor including a plurality of axial flow stators and a rotor having a plurality of axial flow blades, each of the blades having a tip section and a leading edge. The assembly comprises a stator outer platform, a boss, a passage, a blade outer shroud and a circumferential slot. A boss is formed in the platform and includes a passage. The passage includes an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is disposed in the circumferential slot. The outlet being disposed upstream of the leading edge of the blades. The passage circumferentially converges inward from the inlet to the outlet. The outer shroud joins with said outer platform during the assembly of the compressor such that the circumferential slot is formed downstream and proximate to the leading edge of the blades. The circumferential slot is in flow communication with the inlet and converges axially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 1, 2003
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Mark Torrance
  • Publication number: 20030094862
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an assembly for preventing rotation of a damper in a stator system. The rotation preventing assembly comprises a slot in the damper and a block for engaging the slot to prevent rotation of the damper. The block is positioned within a groove located at a mid span portion of an inner air seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2001
    Publication date: May 22, 2003
    Inventors: Mark A. Torrance, David P. Dube
  • Publication number: 20030035715
    Abstract: A cast assembly for a gas turbine engine compressor, the compressor including a plurality of axial flow stators and a rotor having a plurality of axial flow blades, each of the blades having a tip section and a leading edge. The assembly comprises a stator outer platform, a boss, a passage, a blade outer shroud and a circumferential slot. A boss is formed in the platform and includes a passage. The passage includes an inlet and an outlet. The inlet is disposed in the circumferential slot. The outlet being disposed upstream of the leading edge of the blades. The passage circumferentially converges inward from the inlet to the outlet. The outer shroud joins with said outer platform during the assembly of the compressor such that the circumferential slot is formed downstream and proximate to the leading edge of the blades. The circumferential slot is in flow communication with the inlet and converges axially.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2001
    Publication date: February 20, 2003
    Inventor: Mark Torrance