Patents by Inventor Melanie BRILLANT

Melanie BRILLANT 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: 11674414
    Abstract: The gas turbine engine can have a casing, a rotor rotatable around a rotation axis relative the casing, the casing extending along and around the rotation axis, a first component mounted externally to the casing by a first mount, the first mount defining a torsion axis extending along a vertical radial orientation normal the rotation axis, the first component having a center of gravity located on a first side relative the torsion axis, a second component mounted externally to the casing on the second side, extending along the vertical radial orientation from a bottom portion to a top portion, a second mount structurally connecting the bottom portion to the casing, and a structure connecting the top portion to the first component on the second side relative the torsion axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Krzysztof Gajowniczek, Paul Weaver, Melanie Brillant
  • Patent number: 11674449
    Abstract: The relative position and orientation between an auxiliary gearbox and a casing of an aircraft engine can be set including engaging a localizing feature of the accessory gearbox with a localizing feature of the casing; and a load path between auxiliary gearbox can subsequently be defined including securing at least two brackets between the accessory gearbox and casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 13, 2023
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Paul Weaver, Krzysztof Gajowniczek, Mélanie Brillant
  • Publication number: 20220298930
    Abstract: The gas turbine engine can have a casing, a rotor rotatable around a rotation axis relative the casing, the casing extending along and around the rotation axis, a first component mounted externally to the casing by a first mount, the first mount defining a torsion axis extending along a vertical radial orientation normal the rotation axis, the first component having a center of gravity located on a first side relative the torsion axis, a second component mounted externally to the casing on the second side, extending along the vertical radial orientation from a bottom portion to a top portion, a second mount structurally connecting the bottom portion to the casing, and a structure connecting the top portion to the first component on the second side relative the torsion axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2021
    Publication date: September 22, 2022
    Inventors: Krzysztof GAJOWNICZEK, Paul WEAVER, Mélanie BRILLANT
  • Publication number: 20220290615
    Abstract: The relative position and orientation between an auxiliary gearbox and a casing of an aircraft engine can be set including engaging a localizing feature of the accessory gearbox with a localizing feature of the casing; and a load path between auxiliary gearbox can subsequently be defined including securing at least two brackets between the accessory gearbox and casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2021
    Publication date: September 15, 2022
    Inventors: Paul WEAVER, Krzysztof GAJOWNICZEK, Mélanie BRILLANT
  • Patent number: 11396823
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring a temperature of a gas turbine engine are described. The method comprises obtaining individual sensor readings from functioning temperature sensors of a sensor array, where a number of the functioning temperature sensors is less than a total number of temperature sensors in the sensor array; applying correction factors to the individual sensor readings of the functioning temperature sensors based on deviations of the individual sensor readings from a total average temperature of all the temperature sensors in the array, to obtain corrected individual sensor readings; and determining a corrected total average temperature as a sum of the corrected individual sensor readings divided by the number of functioning temperature sensors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Martin Drolet, Melanie Brillant
  • Publication number: 20210062673
    Abstract: A method and system for monitoring a temperature of a gas turbine engine are described. The method comprises obtaining individual sensor readings from functioning temperature sensors of a sensor array, where a number of the functioning temperature sensors is less than a total number of temperature sensors in the sensor array; applying correction factors to the individual sensor readings of the functioning temperature sensors based on deviations of the individual sensor readings from a total average temperature of all the temperature sensors in the array, to obtain corrected individual sensor readings; and determining a corrected total average temperature as a sum of the corrected individual sensor readings divided by the number of functioning temperature sensors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 26, 2019
    Publication date: March 4, 2021
    Inventors: Martin DROLET, Melanie BRILLANT
  • Publication number: 20180195407
    Abstract: The aircraft engine can have an engine casing housing the engine, the engine casing having a shaft aperture; a shaft rotatably mounted to the engine casing, the shaft protruding from the engine casing through the shaft aperture; and a seal assembly extending between the engine casing and the shaft adjacent the shaft aperture, the seal assembly defining an electrically conductive path between the engine casing and the shaft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Richard KUDRNA, Mélanie BRILLANT