Patents by Inventor Peter Van Lieu

Peter Van Lieu 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).

  • GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH CARBON/CARBON COMPOSITE PISTON SEAL
    Publication number: 20240175369
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: Calvin Jay Winder, Fadi S. Maalouf, Matthew E. Bintz, Peter T. Schutte, Justin Roger DeLarm, Pieter Van Lieu, Hamidreza Mohseni
  • GAS TURBINE ENGINE WITH CARBON/CARBON COMPOSITE PISTON SEAL
    Publication number: 20240175370
    Abstract: 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: Application
    Filed: November 25, 2022
    Publication date: May 30, 2024
    Inventors: 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
  • Flight deck tap off for mixer
    Patent number: 9862494
    Abstract: A tap off for use in a mixer comprises a pair of cylindrical portions, with a first cylindrical portion extending in a direction that will be inward toward a mixer when the tap off is mounted on a mixer. The first cylindrical portion defines a first port inlet and communicates into a second cylindrical portion. The second cylindrical portion defines a second inlet port and an outlet port for combining air from both the first inlet and the second inlet port. The first and second cylindrical portions are fixed together. A pair of diverter plates have a face for deflecting air from the second inlet port in the inward direction, and further have a leg extending from the face into the first cylindrical portion. Tabs on the face and legs of both diverter plates extend into slots in the second cylindrical portion. The tabs extends into slots in the first cylindrical portion. A mixer, and an ECS pack are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Van Lieu, Matthew William Miller, Charles J. McColgan, John Perella
  • FLIGHT DECK TAP OFF FOR MIXER
    Publication number: 20160090183
    Abstract: A tap off for use in a mixer comprises a pair of cylindrical portions, with a first cylindrical portion extending in a direction that will be inward toward a mixer when the tap off is mounted on a mixer. The first cylindrical portion defines a first port inlet and communicates into a second cylindrical portion. The second cylindrical portion defines a second inlet port and an outlet port for combining air from both the first inlet and the second inlet port. The first and second cylindrical portions are fixed together. A pair of diverter plates have a face for deflecting air from the second inlet port in the inward direction, and further have a leg extending from the face into the first cylindrical portion. Tabs on the face and legs of both diverter plates extend into slots in the second cylindrical portion. The tabs extends into slots in the first cylindrical portion. A mixer, an air pack and a method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Peter Van Lieu, Matthew William Miller, Charles J. McColgan, John Perella