Patents by Inventor Matthew A. Devore

Matthew A. Devore 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: 20180135439
    Abstract: An airfoil includes an airfoil body that has a geometrically segmented coating section. The geometrically segmented coating section includes a wall having an outer side. The outer side has an array of cells, and there is a coating disposed in the array of cells.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Matthew A. Devore, Adam P. Generale, Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley
  • Publication number: 20180135446
    Abstract: An airfoil includes an airfoil section that has radially inner and outer ends and defines an airfoil profile. The airfoil profile has a leading end, a trailing end, a suction side, and a pressure side. The airfoil section includes a ceramic airfoil piece that defines a portion of the airfoil profile. The ceramic airfoil piece includes an exterior wall that has an internal cooling circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Michael G. McCaffrey, Raymond Surace, Matthew A. Devore
  • Publication number: 20180135437
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a ceramic turbine engine article includes building a wall of the article from preceramic layers, wherein the building includes arranging the preceramic layers around one or more sacrificial core elements, converting the preceramic layers to ceramic, and removing the one or more sacrificial core elements to leave one or more cavities in the wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Michael G. McCaffrey, Raymond Surace, Matthew A. Devore
  • Publication number: 20180128115
    Abstract: An airfoil includes leading and trailing edges; first and second sides extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, each side having an exterior surface; a core passage located between the first and second sides and the leading and trailing edges; and a wall structure located between the core passage and the exterior surface of the first side. The wall structure includes a plurality of cooling fluid inlets communicating with the core passage for receiving cooling fluid from the core passage, a plurality of cooling fluid outlets on the exterior surface of the first side for expelling cooling fluid and forming a cooling film along the exterior surface of the first side, and a plurality of cooling passages communicating with the plurality of cooling fluid inlets and the plurality of cooling fluid outlets. At least a portion of one cooling passage extends between adjacent cooling fluid outlets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Eric A. Hudson, Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, San Quach, Matthew A. Devore
  • Patent number: 9957808
    Abstract: An airfoil according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first cooling hole with a first cooling passage arranged at a first angle relative to a chordwise axis and a second cooling hole with a second cooling passage arranged at a second different angle relative to the chordwise axis. A radial projection of the first cooling passage intersects a radial projection of the second cooling passage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas N. Slavens, Matthew A. Devore
  • Publication number: 20180038236
    Abstract: A method of flowing cooling fluid through a stator vane in a gas turbine engine includes the step of providing an airfoil that has an exterior wall that provides a cooling cavity. The exterior surface has an interior surface that has multiple pin fins that extend therefrom. A baffle is arranged in the cooling cavity and supported by the pin fins. A perimeter cavity is provided between the baffle and the exterior wall. The pin fins are arranged in the perimeter cavity. Cooling fluid flows through a region in the perimeter cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 13, 2017
    Publication date: February 8, 2018
    Inventors: Jaime G. Ghigliotty, Matthew A. Devore
  • Patent number: 9879546
    Abstract: An airfoil includes leading and trailing edges; first and second sides extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, each side having an exterior surface; a core passage located between the first and second sides and the leading and trailing edges; and a wall structure located between the core passage and the exterior surface of the first side. The wall structure includes a plurality of cooling fluid inlets communicating with the core passage for receiving cooling fluid from the core passage, a plurality of cooling fluid outlets on the exterior surface of the first side for expelling cooling fluid and forming a cooling film along the exterior surface of the first side, and a plurality of cooling passages communicating with the plurality of cooling fluid inlets and the plurality of cooling fluid outlets. At least a portion of one cooling passage extends between adjacent cooling fluid outlets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Eric A. Hudson, Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, San Quach, Matthew A. Devore
  • Publication number: 20170226893
    Abstract: A vane structure includes a baffle movably mounted within an aperture, the baffle movable to control a cooling flow between a first cooling cavity and a second cooling cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2017
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Thomas N. Slavens, Edward F. Pietraszkiewicz, Thomas J. Martin, Mark F. Zelesky, Steven B. Gautschi, Matthew A. Devore, Alexander Staroselsky
  • Publication number: 20170204731
    Abstract: A baffle insert for a component of a gas turbine engine is provided. The baffle insert having: a first fluid conduit having a first interior cavity extending therethrough; a second fluid conduit having a second interior cavity extending therethrough; and a member located between the first fluid conduit and the second fluid conduit, wherein the member fluidly couples the first interior cavity to an exterior of the second fluid conduit, and wherein the member fluidly couples the second interior cavity to an exterior of the first fluid conduit and wherein the first interior cavity is isolated from the second interior cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2016
    Publication date: July 20, 2017
    Inventors: Matthew A. Devore, Eleanor D. Kaufman
  • Publication number: 20170175539
    Abstract: A flowpath component for a gas turbine engine includes a leading edge, a trailing edge connected to the leading edge via a first surface and a second surface, an impingement cavity internal to the flowpath component, the impingement cavity being aligned with one of the leading edge and the trailing edge, a cooling passage extending at least partially through the flowpath component, and a plurality of crossover holes connecting the cooling passage to the impingement cavity. At least one of the crossover holes is aligned normal to an expected direction of fluid flow through the cooling passage and is unaligned with an axial line drawn perpendicular to a stacking line of the flowpath component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2015
    Publication date: June 22, 2017
    Inventors: Benjamin F. Hagan, Matthew A. Devore, Dominic J. Mongillo, Ryan Alan Waite
  • Patent number: 9670797
    Abstract: A vane structure includes a baffle movably mounted within an aperture, the baffle movable to control a cooling flow between a first cooling cavity and a second cooling cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas N. Slavens, Edward F. Pietraszkiewicz, Thomas J. Martin, Mark F. Zelesky, Steven B. Gautschi, Matthew A. Devore, Alexander Staroselsky
  • Publication number: 20170089206
    Abstract: An airfoil for use in a gas turbine engine is provided. The airfoil having: a pressure surface and a suction surface each extending axially from a leading edge to a trailing edge of the airfoil, at least one of the pressure surface, the suction surface, the leading edge and the trailing edge terminating at an edge of a tip section of the airfoil; a plurality of internal cooling channels located within the airfoil; and at least one cooling hole in fluid communication with at least one of the plurality of internal cooling channels, wherein the at least one cooling hole is aligned with an opening or diffuser that extends directly from the at least one cooling hole and wherein the opening or diffuser is formed in and extends through the edge of the tip section of the airfoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Inventors: San Quach, Steven Bruce Gautschi, Matthew A. Devore, Scott D. Lewis, Matthew S. Gleiner, Christopher King, Christopher Corcoran, David Donald Chapdelaine
  • Publication number: 20170051623
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine component includes a wall portion and a leading edge cooling channel that extends through the wall portion. The leading edge cooling channel includes at least one first cooling passage separated from at least one serpentine cooling passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: February 23, 2017
    Inventors: Dmitriy A. Romanov, Dominic J. Mongillo, JR., Matthew A. Devore
  • Patent number: 9551228
    Abstract: An airfoil includes leading and trailing edges, a first exterior wall extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge and having inner and outer surfaces, a second exterior wall extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge generally opposite the first exterior wall and having inner and outer surfaces, and cavities within the airfoil. A first cavity extends along the inner surface of the first exterior wall and a first inner wall and has an upstream end and a downstream end, and a feed cavity is located between the first inner wall and the second exterior wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2017
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, San Quach, Matthew A. Devore
  • Publication number: 20170002662
    Abstract: An airfoil for a gas turbine engine includes a body that extends in a radial direction that provides an exterior airfoil surface. The body includes pressure and suction side walls that extend from a leading edge to a trailing edge in a chord-wise direction. A core cooling passage is provided between the pressure and suction side walls and extends in the radial direction. A skin passage is arranged in one of the pressure and suction side walls between the core cooling passage and the exterior airfoil surface. The skin passage includes a first passageway that extends in the radial direction. The first passageway turns to a second passageway that extends in the chord-wise direction to terminate at an exit arranged near the trailing edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Ryan Alan Waite, Matthew A. Devore, Benjamin F. Hagan
  • Publication number: 20160326883
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine component comprises an airfoil with a suction side and pressure side extending from a leading edge to a trailing edge. There are a plurality of cooling holes adjacent the leading edge, with the cooling holes having a non-circular shape, with a longer dimension and a smaller dimension. The airfoil defines a radial direction from a radially outer end to a radially inner end, and radially outer of the cooling holes spaced toward the radially outer end, which have the longer dimension extending closer to parallel to the radial direction. Radially inner cooling holes closer to the radially inner end having the longer dimension extend to be closer to perpendicular relative to the radial direction compared to the radially outer cooling holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2015
    Publication date: November 10, 2016
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lane Thornton, Matthew A. Devore, Dominic J. Mongillo, Steven Bruce Gautschi
  • Patent number: 9476307
    Abstract: The pattern has a pattern material and a casting core combination. The pattern material has an airfoil. The casting core combination is at least partially embedded in the pattern material. The casting core combination comprises a metallic casting core and at least one additional casting core. The metallic casting core has opposite first and second faces. The metallic core and at least one additional casting core extend spanwise into the airfoil of the pattern material. In at least a portion of the pattern material outside the airfoil of the pattern material, the metallic casting core is bent transverse to the spanwise direction so as to at least partially surround an adjacent portion of the at least one additional casting core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2016
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Tracy A. Propheter-Hinckley, Justin D. Piggush, Yongxiang D. Xue, Amarnath Ramlogan, Anthony P. Cherolis, Matthew A. Devore, Eric P. Letizia
  • Publication number: 20160251974
    Abstract: A disclosed turbine vane assembly for a gas turbine engine includes an airfoil including a pressure side and a suction side that extends from a leading edge toward a trailing edge. The airfoil is rotatable about an axis transverse to an engine longitudinal axis and includes a forward chamber within the airfoil and in communication with a cooling air source, a forward impingement baffle defining a pre-impingement cavity within the forward chamber. The pre-impingement cavity is split into a leading edge cavity, pressure side cavity and a suction side cavity defined between an inner surface of the forward chamber and an outer surface of the forward impingement baffle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2014
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas N. Slavens, Matthew A. Devore
  • Publication number: 20160208619
    Abstract: An airfoil is provided. The airfoil may comprise a cross over, an impingement chamber in fluid communication with the cross over, and a first trip strip disposed on a first surface of the impingement chamber. A cooling system is also provided. The cooling system may comprise an impingement chamber, a first trip strip on a first surface of the impingement chamber, and a second trip strip on a second surface of the impingement chamber. An internally cooled engine part is further provided. The internally cooled part may comprise a cross over and an impingement chamber in fluid communication with the cross over. The cross over may be configured to direct air towards a first surface of the impingement chamber. A first trip strip may be disposed on the first surface of the impingement chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: San Quach, Atul Kohli, Matthew A. Devore, Steven Bruce Gautschi
  • Publication number: 20160186576
    Abstract: A cooling hole for a component includes a meter section and a diffuser section. The diffuser section has a footprint region defined by five sides, a first side of the five sides extending along substantially an entire height of the diffuser section and second and third sides of the five sides meeting in an obtuse angle opposite the first side. A component having the cooling hole and a method of forming the cooling hole are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2015
    Publication date: June 30, 2016
    Inventors: Lane Thornton, Scott D. Lewis, Matthew A. Devore