Patents by Inventor Monica Pacheco-Tougas

Monica Pacheco-Tougas 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: 11287132
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbine engine includes a combustor wall. The combustor wall includes a shell, a heat shield and an annular land. The heat shield is attached to the shell. The land extends vertically between the shell and the heat shield. The land extends laterally between a land outer surface and an inner surface, which at least partially defines a quench aperture in the combustor wall. A lateral distance between the land outer surface and the inner surface varies around the quench aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 29, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis M. Moura, Jonathan J. Eastwood, Lee E. Bouldin, Monica Pacheco-Tougas
  • Patent number: 10830448
    Abstract: A liner panel for use in a combustor of a gas turbine engine, including a multiple of heat transfer augmentors located in at least one discrete area of the liner panel. A wall assembly within a gas turbine engine including a support shell, a liner panel mounted to the support shell via a multiple of studs and a multiple of heat transfer augmentors located in at least one discrete area on a cold side of the liner panel, each of the multiple of heat transfer augmentors define a height that extends about half the distance between a cold surface of the liner panel and the support shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Monica Pacheco-Tougas, Kevin Zacchera, Jonathan Jeffery Eastwood
  • Patent number: 10808928
    Abstract: A combustor for use in a gas turbine engine has a combustor outer shell. A panel has an inner face which will face hot products of combustion, and a boss surrounding a feature, with the boss extending to an outer end. A spacing surface is spaced from the boss, and is at an outer position that is inward of the outer end of the boss. The spacing surface spaces the panel from the outer shell. A trough is intermediate the boss and the spacing surface. The trough extends to an outer end which is inward of the outer position of the spacing surface. A gas turbine engine is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lee Edward Bouldin, Monica Pacheco-Tougas, Dennis M. Moura, Jonathan Jeffery Eastwood
  • Publication number: 20200292172
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbine engine includes a combustor wall. The combustor wall includes a shell, a heat shield and an annular land. The heat shield is attached to the shell. The land extends vertically between the shell and the heat shield. The land extends laterally between a land outer surface and an inner surface, which at least partially defines a quench aperture in the combustor wall. A lateral distance between the land outer surface and the inner surface varies around the quench aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Dennis M. Moura, Jonathan J. Eastwood, Lee E. Bouldin, Monica Pacheco-Tougas
  • Patent number: 10731858
    Abstract: A combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a multiple of liner panels mounted to the support shell, at least one of the multiple of liner panels includes a first impingement cavity that operates at a first pressure and a second impingement cavity that operates at a second pressure different than the first pressure. A method of cooling a wall assembly within a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes directing air through a support shell and a liner panel that defines a first impingement cavity and a second impingement cavity. The first impingement cavity operates at a first pressure and the second impingement cavity operates at a second pressure that is different than the first pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 4, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lee E. Bouldin, Jonathan J. Eastwood, Dennis M. Moura, Monica Pacheco-Tougas
  • Patent number: 10690348
    Abstract: A combustor wall is provided for a turbine engine. The combustor wall includes a shell and a heat shield that is attacked to the shell. The heat shield includes a rail and a cooling element connected to the rail in a cavity. The cavity extends in a vertical direction between the shell and the heat shield. The cavity fluidly couples a plurality of apertures in the shell with a plurality of apertures in the heat shield.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis M. Moura, Monica Pacheco-Tougas, Jonathan J. Eastwood, Lee E. Bouldin
  • Patent number: 10655856
    Abstract: A liner panel is provided for use in a combustor of a gas turbine engine. The liner panel includes a major dilution passage having a lip and a first seal boss. The liner panel also includes a minor dilution passage having a second seal boss adjacent the first seal boss.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan J. Eastwood, Dennis M. Moura, Lee E. Bouldin, Monica Pacheco-Tougas
  • Patent number: 10648666
    Abstract: A wall assembly for use in a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a transverse structure with at least one effusion passage that extends at an angle ? therethrough. The effusion passage includes an inlet in an outer periphery of a wall. A wall assembly within a gas turbine engine include a liner panel generally parallel to a support shell and a transverse structure with at least one effusion passage that extends at an angle ? therethrough. The effusion passage includes an inlet in an outer periphery of a wall that is transverse to the liner panel and the support shell.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lee E. Bouldin, Dennis M. Moura, Jonathan J. Eastwood, Monica Pacheco-Tougas
  • Patent number: 10598382
    Abstract: A liner associated with an engine of an aircraft is described. The liner includes a panel and an array of projections configured to enhance a cooling of the panel and distributed on at least part of a first side of the panel that corresponds to a cold side of the panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John S. Tu, James B. Hoke, Monica Pacheco-Tougas, Alexander W. Williams
  • Patent number: 10571125
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbine engine includes a combustor wall. The combustor wall includes a shell, a heat shield and an annular land. The heat shield is attached to the shell. The land extends vertically between the shell and the heat shield. The land extends laterally between a land outer surface and an inner surface, which at least partially defines a quench aperture in the combustor wall. A lateral distance between the land outer surface and the inner surface varies around the quench aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis M. Moura, Jonathan J. Eastwood, Lee E. Bouldin, Monica Pacheco-Tougas
  • Patent number: 10386067
    Abstract: A wall panel assembly includes a first liner panel and a coating. The first liner panel has an inner first liner panel surface and a first liner panel outer surface each axially extending between a first liner panel first end and a first liner panel second end. The coating is disposed on at least one of the first liner panel inner surface and the first liner panel outer surface. The coating has an overall thickness that varies axially between the first liner panel first end and the first liner panel second end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: San Quach, Scott A. Elliott, Robert M. Sonntag, John S. Tu, Anthony Van, Joseph J. Sedor, Robert Selinsky, Jr., John J. Rup, Jr., Neil B. Ridgeway, Gerard V. Cadieux, Jeffrey Leon, Monica Pacheco-Tougas, Lisa A. Jenkins, Lisa Tse, Andrew Cervoni, Frank J. Trzcinski
  • Patent number: 10215410
    Abstract: A combustor for a turbine engine is provided that includes a combustor wall. The combustor wall includes a shell and heat shield, which is attached to the shell. One or more cooling cavities are defined between the shell and the heat shield, and fluidly couple a plurality of apertures defined in the shell with a plurality of apertures defined in the heat shield. The apertures in the heat shield include a first aperture and a second aperture. An angle of incidence between the first aperture and a surface of the heat shield is different than an angle of incidence between the second aperture and the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis M. Moura, Monica Pacheco-Tougas, Jonathan J. Eastwood, Lee E. Bouldin
  • Patent number: 10107497
    Abstract: A liner for a combustor of a turbine engine includes a cooling feature which projects from a backside and one or more effusion holes that communicate(s) through the liner. The effusion hole(s) surround an opening through said liner. The cooling feature may include a trip strip or a pyramid pin fin (e.g., a three-side pyramid pin fin, a conical pyramid pin fin). The effusion hole(s) may penetrate said cooling feature. The effusion hole(s) may define an angle less than or equal to ninety (90) degrees with respect to a face of said liner. The effusion hole(s) may be proximate an opening through said liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: James P. Bangerter, Alexander W. Williams, Nicholas Mule, Monica Pacheco-Tougas
  • Patent number: 10088159
    Abstract: A liner assembly for a combustor of a gas turbine engine according to one disclosed non-limiting embodiment of the present disclosure includes a grommet with a multiple of grommet cooling passages.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Nurhak Erbas-Sen, James B. Hoke, John S. Tu, Monica Pacheco-Tougas
  • Patent number: 10077903
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a cooling design feature for inclusion in a liner of an aircraft, comprising: a plurality of angled holes, and at least one through hole separating all combinations of any two of the angled holes, wherein the at least one through hole is oriented at an angle that is substantially perpendicular to a surface of the liner, and wherein each of the plurality of angled holes are non-parallel to the at least one through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: John S. Tu, James B. Hoke, Monica Pacheco-Tougas, Timothy S. Snyder, Dennis M. Moura, Anthony Van
  • Publication number: 20180128485
    Abstract: A liner panel for use in a combustor of a gas turbine engine, the liner panel includes a stud free zone downstream of a combustor swirler. A combustor for a gas turbine engine, the combustor including a liner panel mounted to the support shell via a multiple of studs, the liner panel including a stud free zone downstream of each respective combustor swirler, the stud free zone including a multiple of film cooling holes. A method of directing airflow through a wall assembly within a combustor of a gas turbine engine including providing a stud free zone in a forward liner panel downstream of a combustor swirler, the stud free zone including a multiple of film cooling holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan Jeffery Eastwood, Monica Pacheco-Tougas, Kevin Zacchera
  • Publication number: 20180112878
    Abstract: A liner panel for use in a combustor of a gas turbine engine, including a multiple of heat transfer augmentors located in at least one discrete area of the liner panel. A wall assembly within a gas turbine engine including a support shell, a liner panel mounted to the support shell via a multiple of studs and a multiple of heat transfer augmentors located in at least one discrete area on a cold side of the liner panel, each of the multiple of heat transfer augmentors define a height that extends about half the distance between a cold surface of the liner panel and the support shell.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2016
    Publication date: April 26, 2018
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Monica Pacheco-Tougas, Kevin Zacchera, Jonathan Jeffery Eastwood
  • Publication number: 20180073737
    Abstract: A wall panel assembly includes a first liner panel and a coating. The first liner panel has an inner first liner panel surface and a first liner panel outer surface each axially extending between a first liner panel first end and a first liner panel second end. The coating is disposed on at least one of the first liner panel inner surface and the first liner panel outer surface. The coating has an overall thickness that varies axially between the first liner panel first end and the first liner panel second end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 15, 2016
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Inventors: San Quach, Scott A. Elliott, Robert M. Sonntag, John S. Tu, Anthony Van, Joseph J. Sedor, Robert selinsky, JR., John J. Rup, JR., Neil B. Ridgeway, Gerard V. Cadieux, Jeffrey Leon, Monica Pacheco-Tougas, Lisa A. Jenkins, Lisa Tse, Andrew Cervoni, Frank J. Trzcinski
  • Publication number: 20160356500
    Abstract: A combustor of a gas turbine engine includes a multiple of liner panels mounted to the support shell, at least one of the multiple of liner panels includes a first impingement cavity that operates at a first pressure and a second impingement cavity that operates at a second pressure different than the first pressure. A method of cooling a wall assembly within a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes directing air through a support shell and a liner panel that defines a first impingement cavity and a second impingement cavity. The first impingement cavity operates at a first pressure and the second impingement cavity operates at a second pressure that is different than the first pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 16, 2014
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Lee E. Bouldin, Jonathan J. Eastwood, Dennis M. Moura, Monica Pacheco-Tougas
  • Publication number: 20160334103
    Abstract: A liner panel is provided for use in a combustor of a gas turbine engine. The liner panel includes a major dilution passage having a lip and a first seal boss. The liner panel also includes a minor dilution passage having a second seal boss adjacent the first seal boss.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jonathan J. Eastwood, Dennis M. Moura, Lee E. Bouldin, Monica Pacheco-Tougas