Patents by Inventor Peter T. Schutte
Peter T. Schutte 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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Publication number: 20240175369Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a rotor that that has a seal surface, a shaft that has an annular seal channel that opens to the seal surface, and a seal disposed in the annular seal channel for sealing against the seal surface. The seal is made of a composite having carbon fibers disposed in a carbon matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2022Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Calvin Jay Winder, Fadi S. Maalouf, Matthew E. Bintz, Peter T. Schutte, Justin Roger DeLarm, Pieter Van Lieu, Hamidreza Mohseni
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Publication number: 20240175370Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a rotor that that has a seal surface, a shaft that has an annular seal channel that opens to the seal surface, and a seal disposed in the annular seal channel for sealing against the seal surface. The seal is made of a composite having carbon fibers disposed in a carbon matrix.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 25, 2022Publication date: May 30, 2024Inventors: Calvin Jay Winder, Fadi S. Maalouf, Matthew E. Bintz, Peter T. Schutte, Pieter Van Lieu, Justin Roger DeLarm, Anna Lauren Wright, Hamidreza Mohseni, David R. Lyders, Xiaomei Fang
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Patent number: 11306656Abstract: A gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a passageway configured to permit fluid to drain back into a bearing compartment. The passageway has an inlet outside the bearing compartment and an outlet inside the bearing compartment. The outlet is spaced-apart from a central rotational axis of a towershaft gear.Type: GrantFiled: October 24, 2019Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Todd A. Davis, Reade W. James, Peter T. Schutte, Juan Jimenez
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Patent number: 11073027Abstract: An airfoil bonding system may comprise a mold tool configured to support an airfoil assembly during a bonding process. The bonding process may include applying heat and pressure to the airfoil assembly. A surface of the mold tool may complement a preselected airfoil parameter. The mold tool may maintain the airfoil assembly in the preselected airfoil parameter during the application of heat and pressure to the airfoil assembly.Type: GrantFiled: May 17, 2018Date of Patent: July 27, 2021Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Thomas J. Robertson, Jr., Carney R. Anderson, Peter T. Schutte
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Publication number: 20210123386Abstract: A gas turbine engine according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a passageway configured to permit fluid to drain back into a bearing compartment. The passageway has an inlet outside the bearing compartment and an outlet inside the bearing compartment. The outlet is spaced-apart from a central rotational axis of a towershaft gear.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 24, 2019Publication date: April 29, 2021Inventors: Todd A. Davis, Reade W. James, Peter T. Schutte, Juan Jimenez
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Patent number: 10584598Abstract: A cantilevered airfoil includes, among other things, an airfoil having a body section and a tip, the body section extending in a first direction that is angled relative to a radial direction, the tip of the airfoil angled radially in a second direction relative to the body section.Type: GrantFiled: March 14, 2013Date of Patent: March 10, 2020Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Matthew E. Bintz, Peter T. Schutte, Brian J. Schuler, Anthony R. Bifulco
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Publication number: 20190353040Abstract: An airfoil bonding system may comprise a mold tool configured to support an airfoil assembly during a bonding process. The bonding process may include applying heat and pressure to the airfoil assembly. A surface of the mold tool may complement a preselected airfoil parameter. The mold tool may maintain the airfoil assembly in the preselected airfoil parameter during the application of heat and pressure to the airfoil assembly.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2018Publication date: November 21, 2019Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Thomas J. Robertson, JR., Carney R. Anderson, Peter T. Schutte
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Publication number: 20150218955Abstract: A cantilevered airfoil includes, among other things, an airfoil having a body section and a tip, the body section extending in a first direction that is angled relative to a radial direction, the tip of the airfoil angled radially in a second direction relative to the body section.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: August 6, 2015Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Matthew E. Bintz, Peter T. Schutte, Brian J. Schuler, Anthony R. Bifulco
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Patent number: 8540483Abstract: A gas turbine engine rotor drum includes spaced apart discs providing a cavity between the discs. The discs are configured to rotate in a rotational direction about an axis. An annular support is mounted on at least one of the discs and within the cavity. A cascade of relatively short anti-vortex members is mounted circumferentially on the annular support. The anti-vortex members include an outer end having a concave surface extending within the cavity radially outward from the annular support. The concave surface faces the rotational direction and promotes swirl as the rotor drum rotates.Type: GrantFiled: March 9, 2012Date of Patent: September 24, 2013Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Matthew E. Bintz, Peter T. Schutte, Anthony R. Bifulco, Eric W. Malmborg
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Publication number: 20120171029Abstract: A gas turbine engine rotor drum includes spaced apart discs providing a cavity between the discs. The discs are configured to rotate in a rotational direction about an axis. An annular support is mounted on at least one of the discs and within the cavity. A cascade of relatively short anti-vortex members is mounted circumferentially on the annular support. The anti-vortex members include an outer end having a concave surface extending within the cavity radially outward from the annular support. The concave surface faces the rotational direction and promotes swirl as the rotor drum rotates.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2012Publication date: July 5, 2012Inventors: Matthew E. Bintz, Peter T. Schutte, Anthony R. Bifulco, Eric W. Malmborg
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Patent number: 8177503Abstract: A gas turbine engine rotor drum includes spaced apart discs providing a cavity between the discs. The discs are configured to rotate in a rotational direction about an axis. An annular support is mounted on at least one of the discs and within the cavity. A cascade of relatively short anti-vortex members is mounted circumferentially on the annular support. The anti-vortex members include an outer end having a concave surface extending within the cavity radially outward from the annular support. The concave surface faces the rotational direction and promotes swirl as the rotor drum rotates.Type: GrantFiled: April 17, 2009Date of Patent: May 15, 2012Assignee: United Technologies CorporationInventors: Matthew E. Bintz, Peter T. Schutte, Anthony R. Bifulco, Eric W. Malmborg
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Publication number: 20100266401Abstract: A gas turbine engine rotor drum includes spaced apart discs providing a cavity between the discs. The discs are configured to rotate in a rotational direction about an axis. An annular support is mounted on at least one of the discs and within the cavity. A cascade of relatively short anti-vortex members is mounted circumferentially on the annular support. The anti-vortex members include an outer end having a concave surface extending within the cavity radially outward from the annular support. The concave surface faces the rotational direction and promotes swirl as the rotor drum rotates.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 17, 2009Publication date: October 21, 2010Inventors: Matthew E. Bintz, Peter T. Schutte, Anthony R. Bifulco, Eric W. Malmborg
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Patent number: 5975867Abstract: Rolling element bearings capable of both axial and radial restraint are readily removably mounted on the shaft of each screw rotor so as to allow a clearance type radial fit between the bearing and shaft. A washer engages the inner race of the bearing which also engages a shim. A bolt squeezes the inner race between the washer and shim to secure the bearing in place while the shim thickness/height determines the position of the rotor within the casing.Type: GrantFiled: October 17, 1997Date of Patent: November 2, 1999Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Stanley R. Grant, Peter T. Schutte
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Patent number: 5807081Abstract: Normally closed valve structure is located in a fluid path between the suction and discharge sides of a compressor. The valve structure opens upon a small pressure differential when the higher pressure is in the normal suction side which is indicative of reverse operation. Additionally, relief valve structure opens when the discharge pressure becomes excessive.Type: GrantFiled: January 6, 1997Date of Patent: September 15, 1998Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Peter T. Schutte, Stanley R. Grant, Michael G. Field
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Patent number: 5722163Abstract: Rolling element bearings capable of both axial and radial restraint are readily removably mounted on the shaft of each screw rotor so as to allow a clearance type radial fit between the bearing and shaft. A washer engages the inner race of the bearing which also engages a shim. A bolt squeezes the inner race between the washer and shim to secure the bearing in place while the shim thickness/height determines the position of the rotor within the casing.Type: GrantFiled: October 4, 1994Date of Patent: March 3, 1998Inventors: Stanley R. Grant, Peter T. Schutte
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Patent number: 5583325Abstract: An unbiased valve is located within a muffler. The valve is positioned by the pressure differential across the valve and is either in the full open or full closed position. A pressure equalization tube is provided between the downstream cavity of the muffler and the back of the valve such that flow pattern produced low pressure areas are avoided and the valve can react to actual pressure differentials in the flow.Type: GrantFiled: April 26, 1995Date of Patent: December 10, 1996Assignee: Carrier CorporationInventors: Peter T. Schutte, David M. Ebbing, Frederick L. Miller, Jr.