Patents by Inventor Matthew Kenneth MacDonald

Matthew Kenneth MacDonald 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: 20250257694
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes: a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section having a high pressure compressor defining a high pressure compressor exit area (AHPCExit) in square inches; wherein the gas turbine engine defines a redline exhaust gas temperature (EGT) in degrees Celsius, a total sea level static thrust output (FnTotal) in pounds, and a corrected specific thrust, wherein the corrected specific thrust is greater than or equal to 42 and less than or equal to 90, the corrected specific determined as follows: FnTotal×EGT/(AHPCExit2×1000).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2025
    Publication date: August 14, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Alan Niergarth, Jeffrey Donald Clements, Jeffrey S. Spruill, Erich Alois Krammer, Matthew Kenneth MacDonald, Scott Alan Schimmels, Narayanan Payyoor
  • Publication number: 20250243812
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes: a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section having a high pressure compressor defining a high pressure compressor exit area (AHPCExit) in square inches; wherein the gas turbine engine defines a redline exhaust gas temperature (EGT) in degrees Celsius, a total sea level static thrust output (FnTotal) in pounds, and a corrected specific thrust, wherein the corrected specific thrust is greater than or equal to 42 and less than or equal to 90, the corrected specific determined as follows: FnTotal×EGT/(AHPCExit2×1000). The gas turbine engine further includes a blade effective acoustic length (BEAL), an acoustic spacing, and an acoustic spacing ratio (ASR). The ASR can be in a range from 1.5 to 16.0.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2025
    Publication date: July 31, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Alan NIERGARTH, Jeffrey Donald Clements, Jeffrey S. Spruil, Erich Alois KRAMMER, Matthew Kenneth MACDONALD, Scott Alan Schimmels, Brandon W. Miller
  • Publication number: 20250215823
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes: a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section having a high pressure compressor defining a high pressure compressor exit area (AHPCExit) in square inches; wherein the gas turbine engine defines a redline exhaust gas temperature (EGT) in degrees Celsius, a total sea level static thrust output (FnTotal) in pounds, and a corrected specific thrust, wherein the corrected specific thrust is greater than or equal to 42 and less than or equal to 90, the corrected specific determined as follows: FnTotal×EGT/(AHPCExit2×1000).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2025
    Publication date: July 3, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Alan Niergarth, Jeffrey Donald Clements, Jeffrey S. Spruill, Erich Alois Krammer, Matthew Kenneth MacDonald, Scott Alan Schimmels, Paul Hadley Vitt
  • Publication number: 20250198290
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes: a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section having a high pressure compressor defining a high pressure compressor exit area (AHPCExit) in square inches; wherein the gas turbine engine defines a redline exhaust gas temperature (EGT) in degrees Celsius, a total sea level static thrust output (FnTotal) in pounds, and a corrected specific thrust, wherein the corrected specific thrust is greater than or equal to 42 and less than or equal to 90, the corrected specific determined as follows: FnTotal×EGT/(AHPCExit2×1000).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Alan NIERGARTH, Jeffrey Donald CLEMENTS, Jeffrey S. SPRUILL, Erich Alois KRAMMER, Matthew Kenneth MACDONALD, Scott Alan Schimmels, William Joseph Solomon
  • Publication number: 20250198342
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes: a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section having a high pressure compressor defining a high pressure compressor exit area (AHPCExit) in square inches; wherein the gas turbine engine defines a redline exhaust gas temperature (EGT) in degrees Celsius, a total sea level static thrust output (FnTotal) in pounds, and a corrected specific thrust, wherein the corrected specific thrust is greater than or equal to 42 and less than or equal to 90, the corrected specific determined as follows: FnTotal×EGT/(AHPCExit2×1000). In some instances, a gas turbine engine also comprises a gearbox efficiency rating and/or an overall efficiency rating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2025
    Publication date: June 19, 2025
    Inventors: Pietro Molesini, Andrea Piazza, Fabio De Bellis, Daniel Alan Niergarth, Jeffrey Donald Clements, Jeffrey S. Spruill, Erich Alois Krammer, Matthew Kenneth MacDonald, Scott Alan Schimmels
  • Publication number: 20250188873
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine having an engine core including a high-pressure compressor, a combustion section, a high-pressure turbine, and a high-pressure shaft coupled to the high-pressure compressor and the high-pressure turbine. The engine core has a length (LCORE), and the high-pressure compressor has an exit stage diameter (DCORE). The high-pressure compressor defines a high-pressure compressor exit area (AHPCExit) in square inches. The gas turbine engine defines a redline exhaust gas temperature (EGT) in degrees Celsius, a total sea level static thrust output (FnTotal) in pounds, and a corrected specific thrust, wherein the corrected specific thrust is greater than or equal to 42 and less than or equal to 90, the corrected specific determined as follows: FnTotal×EGT/(AHPCExit2×1000). The high-pressure shaft is characterized by a high-speed shaft rating (HSR) from 1.5 to 6.2, and a ratio of LCORE/DCORE is from 2.1 to 4.3.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Alan NIERGARTH, Jeffrey Donald CLEMENTS, Jeffrey S. SPRUILL, Erich Alois KRAMMER, Matthew Kenneth MACDONALD, Scott Alan SCHIMMELS
  • Publication number: 20250188891
    Abstract: A turbine engine includes: a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section having a HPC defining a HPC exit area (AHPCExit) in square inches, the turbine section having a LPT; a fan; a gearbox; and a DECP 0.10-0.50, where DECP equals 10*D/GR/NLPT2/NHPC, D is the fan blade tip diameter, GR is the gear ratio of the gearbox, NLPT is the stage count of the LPT, and NHPC is the stage count of the HPC. The gas turbine engine defines a redline exhaust gas temperature (EGT) in degrees Celsius, a total sea level static thrust output (FnTotal) in pounds, and a corrected specific thrust, wherein the corrected specific thrust is greater than or equal to 42 and less than or equal to 90, the corrected specific determined as follows: FnTotal×EGT/(AHPCExit2×1000).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Jeffrey Donald Clements, Daniel Alan Niergarth, Jeffrey S. Spruill, Erich Alois Krammer, Matthew Kenneth MacDonald, Scott Alan Schimmels
  • Publication number: 20250188868
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes: a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section having a high pressure compressor defining a high pressure compressor exit area (AHPCExit) in square inches; a fan; a gearbox; and an engine correlation parameter of 0.17-0.83, where the engine correlation parameter equals D/N/GR, D is the blade tip diameter measured in feet, N is the stage count of the low-pressure turbine, and GR is the gear ratio of the gearbox. The gas turbine engine defines a redline exhaust gas temperature (EGT) in degrees Celsius, a total sea level static thrust output (FnTotal) in pounds, and a corrected specific thrust, wherein the corrected specific thrust is greater than or equal to 42 and less than or equal to 90, the corrected specific determined as follows: FnTotal×EGT/(AHPCExit2×1000).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2025
    Publication date: June 12, 2025
    Inventors: Timothy Richard DePuy, Trevor Goerig, Jeffrey Donald Clements, Syed Arif Khalid, Daniel Alan Niergarth, Jeffrey S. Sprull, Erich Alois Krammer, Matthew Kenneth MacDonald, Scott Alan Schimmels
  • Publication number: 20250179923
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes: a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section having a high pressure compressor defining a high pressure compressor exit area (AHPCExit) in square inches; wherein the gas turbine engine defines a redline exhaust gas temperature (EGT) in degrees Celsius, a total sea level static thrust output (FnTotal) in pounds, and a corrected specific thrust, wherein the corrected specific thrust is greater than or equal to 42 and less than or equal to 90, the corrected specific determined as follows: FnTotal×EGT/(AHPCExit2×1000).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2025
    Publication date: June 5, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Alan Niergarth, Jeffrey Donald Clements, Jeffrey S. Spruill, Erich Alois Krammer, Matthew Kenneth MacDonald, Scott Alan Schimmels, David P. Mourer
  • Publication number: 20250163868
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section, the compressor section having a high-pressure compressor defining a high-pressure compressor exit area (AHPCExit) in square inches. The high-pressure compressor includes a high-pressure compressor flowpath and a plurality of stages. A bleed system includes a plurality of bleed flowpaths that direct compressed air from the high-pressure compressor flowpath. At least two of the bleed flowpaths are at successive stages of the plurality of stages. The gas turbine engine defines a redline exhaust gas temperature (EGT) in degrees Celsius, a total sea level static thrust output (FnTotal) in pounds, and a corrected specific thrust, wherein the corrected specific thrust is greater than or equal to 42 and less than or equal to 90, the corrected specific determined as follows: FnTotal×EGT/(AHPCExit2×1000).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2025
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Alan NIERGARTH, Jeffrey Donald CLEMENTS, Jeffrey S. SPRUILL, Erich Alois KRAMMER, Matthew Kenneth MACDONALD, Scott Alan SCHIMMELS
  • Publication number: 20250163853
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes: a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section having a high pressure compressor defining a high pressure compressor exit area (AHPCExit) in square inches; wherein the gas turbine engine defines a redline exhaust gas temperature (EGT) in degrees Celsius, a total sea level static thrust output (FnTotal) in pounds, and a corrected specific thrust, wherein the corrected specific thrust is greater than or equal to 42 and less than or equal to 90, the corrected specific determined as follows: FnTotal×EGT/(AHPCExit2×1000).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2025
    Publication date: May 22, 2025
    Inventors: Daniel Alan Niergarth, Jeffrey Donald Clements, Jeffrey S. Spruill, Erich Alois Krammer, Matthew Kenneth MacDonald, Scott Alan Schimmels, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Arthur William Sibbach
  • Patent number: 12078107
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes: a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section having a high pressure compressor defining a high pressure compressor exit area (AHPCExit) in square inches; wherein the gas turbine engine defines a redline exhaust gas temperature (EGT) in degrees Celsius, a total sea level static thrust output (FnTotal) in pounds, and a corrected specific thrust, wherein the corrected specific thrust is greater than or equal to 42 and less than or equal to 90, the corrected specific determined as follows: FnTotal×EGT/(AHPCExit2×1000).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Daniel Alan Niergarth, Jeffrey Donald Clements, Jeffrey S. Spruill, Erich Alois Krammer, Matthew Kenneth MacDonald, Scott Alan Schimmels
  • Publication number: 20240254922
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes: a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section having a high pressure compressor defining a high pressure compressor exit area (AHPCExit) in square inches; wherein the gas turbine engine defines a redline exhaust gas temperature (EGT) in degrees Celsius, a total sea level static thrust output (FnTotal) in pounds, and a corrected specific thrust, wherein the corrected specific thrust is greater than or equal to 42 and less than or equal to 90, the corrected specific determined as follows: FnTotal×EGT/(AHPCExit2×1000).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2023
    Publication date: August 1, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Alan Niergarth, Jeffrey Donald Clements, Jeffrey S. Spruill, Daniel Endecott Osgood, Erich Alois Krammer, Matthew Kenneth MacDonald, Scott Alan Schimmels
  • Publication number: 20240218828
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes: a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section having a high pressure compressor defining a high pressure compressor exit area (AHPCExit) in square inches; wherein the gas turbine engine defines a redline exhaust gas temperature (EGT) in degrees Celsius, a total sea level static thrust output (FnTotal) in pounds, and a corrected specific thrust, wherein the corrected specific thrust is greater than or equal to 42 and less than or equal to 90, the corrected specific determined as follows: FnTotal×EGT/(AHPCExit2×1000).
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 5, 2023
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Alan NIERGARTH, Jeffrey Donald CLEMENTS, Jeffrey S. SPRUILL, Daniel Endecott OSGOOD, Erich Alois KRAMMER, Matthew Kenneth MACDONALD, Scott Alan SCHIMMELS
  • Publication number: 20240141835
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided. The gas turbine engine includes: a turbomachine having a compressor section, a combustion section, and a turbine section arranged in serial flow order, the compressor section having a high pressure compressor defining a high pressure compressor exit area (AHPCExit) in square inches; wherein the gas turbine engine defines a redline exhaust gas temperature (EGT) in degrees Celsius, a total sea level static thrust output (FnTotal) in pounds, and a corrected specific thrust, wherein the corrected specific thrust is greater than or equal to 42 and less than or equal to 90, the corrected specific determined as follows: FnTotal×EGT/(AHPCExit2×1000).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: May 2, 2024
    Inventors: Daniel Alan Niergarth, Jeffrey Donald Clements, Jeffrey S. Spruill, Daniel Endecott Osgood, Erich Alois Krammer, Matthew Kenneth MacDonald, Scott Alan Schimmels