Patents by Inventor Phillip Creed

Phillip Creed 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 containment structures
    Patent number: 10557358
    Abstract: A containment structure for a gas turbine engine includes a stator shroud with a wall. The stator shroud wall extends axially between a shroud inlet aperture and the shroud outlet aperture. The wall includes a stainless steel alloy material having less than 44% nickel by mass to provide containment protection for an impeller rotateably disposed within an interior of the stator shroud.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 11, 2020
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Phillip Creed, Jesus A. Garcia, Nagendra N. Kedlaya, Sean G. Breadmore, Emmanuel Medel
  • Plastic variable inlet guide vane
    Patent number: 10233941
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of variable geometry guide vanes for gas turbine engines. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a plastic variable inlet guide vane for a gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shihming Jan, Nagendra Narasimha Kedlaya, Jang Y. Jo, William D. Sherman, Daniel J. Deen, Phillip Creed
  • GAS TURBINE ENGINE CONTAINMENT STRUCTURES
    Publication number: 20160230578
    Abstract: A containment structure for a gas turbine engine includes a stator shroud with a wall. The stator shroud wall extends axially between a shroud inlet aperture and the shroud outlet aperture. The wall includes a stainless steel alloy material having less than 44% nickel by mass to provide containment protection for an impeller rotateably disposed within an interior of the stator shroud.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Phillip Creed, Jesus A. Garcia, Nagendra N. Kedlaya, Sean G. Breadmore, Emmanuel Medel
  • PLASTIC VARIABLE INLET GUIDE VANE
    Publication number: 20160169246
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates generally to the field of variable geometry guide vanes for gas turbine engines. More specifically, the present disclosure relates to a plastic variable inlet guide vane for a gas turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2014
    Publication date: June 16, 2016
    Inventors: Shihming JAN, Nagendra Narasimha Kedlaya, Jang Y. Jo, William D. Sherman, Daniel J. Deen, Phillip Creed
  • FRICTION WELDED TURBINE DISK AND SHAFT
    Publication number: 20130323074
    Abstract: An assembly for use in a turbine of a gas turbine engine includes a turbine disk and a shaft. The turbine disk comprises a superalloy. The shaft is friction welded to the turbine disk at a shaft interface substantially adjacent the turbine disk.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2012
    Publication date: December 5, 2013
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: John E. Matz, Timothy M. Hollman, Xinwen Xiao, Phillip Creed