Patents by Inventor Patrick M. Lydon

Patrick M. Lydon 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).

  • Bifurcated air inlet housing for a miniature gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 10641172
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine has a nose cone with a nose cone upstream end and an inlet housing including a plurality of separate flow paths at a housing upstream end which is downstream of the nose cone upstream end. The inlet housing includes a mixing portion downstream of the housing upstream end which mixes airflow from the separate flow paths, such that the airflow is generally around 360 degrees of a rotational axis of the gas turbine engine. A rotor and a turbine drive a shaft to drive the rotor with the shaft including a bearing mounted at a location downstream of the nose cone upstream end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony C. Jones, Patrick M. Lydon, Nagamany Thayalakhandan, Eric J. Alexander
  • One-piece fuel nozzle for a thrust engine
    Patent number: 9803498
    Abstract: A nozzle formed of one piece for a jet engine includes a mixing tube, a fuel conduit integrally formed with the mixing tube, and an opening through the fuel conduit and directed radially into the mixing tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gordon F. Jewess, Patrick M. Lydon, Robert O. Barkley, Eric J. Alexander, Davis Bunone
  • BIFURCATED AIR INLET HOUSING FOR A MINIATURE GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20160025005
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine has a nose cone with a nose cone upstream end and an inlet housing including a plurality of separate flow paths at a housing upstream end which is downstream of the nose cone upstream end. The inlet housing includes a mixing portion downstream of the housing upstream end which mixes airflow from the separate flow paths, such that the airflow is generally around 360 degrees of a rotational axis of the gas turbine engine. A rotor and a turbine drive a shaft to drive the rotor with the shaft including a bearing mounted at a location downstream of the nose cone upstream end.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2014
    Publication date: January 28, 2016
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Anthony C. Jones, Patrick M. Lydon, Nagamany Thayalakhandan, Eric J. Alexander
  • ONE-PIECE FUEL NOZZLE FOR A THRUST ENGINE
    Publication number: 20140102112
    Abstract: A nozzle formed of one piece for a jet engine includes a mixing tube, a fuel conduit integrally formed with the mixing tube, and an opening through the fuel conduit and directed radially into the mixing tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 17, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Gordon F. Jewess, Patrick M. Lydon, Robert O. Barkley, Eric J. Alexander, Davis Bunone