Patents by Inventor Michael Todd Barton
Michael Todd Barton 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).
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Patent number: 11125158Abstract: A system for delivering a flow stream of a gas to a compressor. A shroud extends from an inlet to the compressor and defines a main inlet passage configured to direct the flow stream from the inlet to the compressor. A communication plenum is separated from the main inlet passage. A port system includes first and second port subsystems that each provide an opening between the main inlet passage and the communication plenum. The first port subsystem is disposed further from the compressor than the second port subsystem. The port system is configured so that a portion of the gas enters or exits the compressor through the second port subsystem, depending on operating conditions of the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: September 17, 2018Date of Patent: September 21, 2021Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Bruce Dan Bouldin, Derek Anthony Rice, Michael Todd Barton, Raymond Mccage, Yates Wong, Kevin Sing
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Publication number: 20200088097Abstract: A system for delivering a flow stream of a gas to a compressor. A shroud extends from an inlet to the compressor and defines a main inlet passage configured to direct the flow stream from the inlet to the compressor. A communication plenum is separated from the main inlet passage. A port system includes first and second port subsystems that each provide an opening between the main inlet passage and the communication plenum. The first port subsystem is disposed further from the compressor than the second port subsystem. The port system is configured so that a portion of the gas enters or exits the compressor through the second port subsystem, depending on operating conditions of the compressor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2018Publication date: March 19, 2020Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Bruce Dan Bouldin, Derek Anthony Rice, Michael Todd Barton, Raymond Mccage, Yates Wong, Kevin Sing
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Patent number: 10359051Abstract: Embodiments of an impeller shroud support for disposition around an impeller are provided, as are embodiments of gas turbine engine including impeller shroud supports. In one embodiment, the impeller shroud support includes a shroud body, a support arm joined to and extending around the shroud body, and a plurality of Mid-Impeller Bleed (MIB) flow passages. Each MIB flow passage includes, in turn, an inlet formed in the shroud body and configured to receive bleed air extracted from the impeller, a throat portion, an outlet formed in the support arm and through which the bleed air is discharged, and a curved intermediate section between the inlet and the outlet. During usage of the impeller shroud support, the curved intermediate section turns the bleed air flowing through the MIB passage in a radially outward direction prior to discharge from the outlet of the MIB flow passage.Type: GrantFiled: January 26, 2016Date of Patent: July 23, 2019Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Raymond Gage, Bruce David Reynolds, Jeffrey D. Harrison, Michael Todd Barton, Mahmoud Mansour, Kent L. Kime
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Patent number: 10330121Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for a compressor. The compressor includes a first stage having a first rotor and a first stator, and a second stage downstream from the first stage in a direction of a fluid flow. The compressor also includes a secondary flow system that directs fluid from the second stage into the first stator to improve at least one of a performance and a stability of the compressor.Type: GrantFiled: February 26, 2015Date of Patent: June 25, 2019Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Bruce David Reynolds, David Richard Hanson, John Repp, Michael Todd Barton, John A. Gunaraj
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Patent number: 9970452Abstract: Embodiments of a forward-swept impeller are provide, as are embodiments of a gas turbine engine containing a forward-swept impeller. In one embodiment, the gas turbine engine includes a shaft and a forward-swept impeller mounted to the shaft. The forward-swept impeller includes, in turn, an inboard impeller section, an outboard impeller section circumscribing the inboard impeller section, and a plurality of hub flow paths extending over the forward-swept impeller from the inboard impeller section to the outboard impeller section. The plurality of hub flow paths each have a flow path exit that is tilted in a forward direction, as taken along a line tangent to the flow path exit.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2015Date of Patent: May 15, 2018Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Richard David Conner, Michael Todd Barton, Yoseph Gebre-Giorgis, Harry Lester Kington, John Repp
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Publication number: 20170211586Abstract: Embodiments of an impeller shroud support for disposition around an impeller are provided, as are embodiments of gas turbine engine including impeller shroud supports. In one embodiment, the impeller shroud support includes a shroud body, a support arm joined to and extending around the shroud body, and a plurality of Mid-Impeller Bleed (MIB) flow passages. Each MIB flow passage includes, in turn, an inlet formed in the shroud body and configured to receive bleed air extracted from the impeller, a throat portion, an outlet formed in the support arm and through which the bleed air is discharged, and a curved intermediate section between the inlet and the outlet. During usage of the impeller shroud support, the curved intermediate section turns the bleed air flowing through the MIB passage in a radially outward direction prior to discharge from the outlet of the MIB flow passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 26, 2016Publication date: July 27, 2017Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Raymond Gage, Bruce David Reynolds, Jeffrey D. Harrison, Michael Todd Barton, Mahmoud Mansour, Kent L. Kime
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Patent number: 9650916Abstract: Embodiments of a turbomachine, having a longitudinal axis and a flowpath are provided. The turbomachine includes an impeller circumferentially disposed around the longitudinal axis, and an impeller shroud that surrounds a portion of the impeller. At least one opening formed through the impeller shroud surface provides fluid communication between the flowpath and a dead-headed plenum.Type: GrantFiled: April 9, 2014Date of Patent: May 16, 2017Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Michael Todd Barton, John Schugardt
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Publication number: 20160252098Abstract: Methods and apparatuses are provided for a compressor. The compressor includes a first stage having a first rotor and a first stator, and a second stage downstream from the first stage in a direction of a fluid flow. The compressor also includes a secondary flow system that directs fluid from the second stage into the first stator to improve at least one of a performance and a stability of the compressor.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 26, 2015Publication date: September 1, 2016Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Bruce David Reynolds, David Richard Hanson, John Repp, Michael Todd Barton, John A. Gunaraj
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Publication number: 20160238018Abstract: Embodiments of a forward-swept impeller are provide, as are embodiments of a gas turbine engine containing a forward-swept impeller. In one embodiment, the gas turbine engine includes a shaft and a forward-swept impeller mounted to the shaft. The forward-swept impeller includes, in turn, an inboard impeller section, an outboard impeller section circumscribing the inboard impeller section, and a plurality of hub flow paths extending over the forward-swept impeller from the inboard impeller section to the outboard impeller section. The plurality of hub flow paths each have a flow path exit that is tilted in a forward direction, as taken along a line tangent to the flow path exit.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 17, 2015Publication date: August 18, 2016Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Richard David Conner, Michael Todd Barton, Yoseph Gebre-Giorgis, Harry Lester Kington, John Repp
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Publication number: 20150292355Abstract: Embodiments of a turbomachine, having a longitudinal axis and a flowpath are provided. The turbomachine includes an impeller circumferentially disposed around the longitudinal axis, and an impeller shroud that surrounds a portion of the impeller. At least one opening formed through the impeller shroud surface provides fluid communication between the flowpath and a dead-headed plenum.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2014Publication date: October 15, 2015Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Michael Todd Barton, John Schugardt