Patents by Inventor Randolph T. Lyda

Randolph T. Lyda 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).

  • Publication number: 20230407767
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a gas turbine engine. This gas turbine engine assembly includes a split case structure. The split case structure includes a plurality of walls and a plurality of case segments. Each of the walls extends axially along and circumferentially about an axial centerline. The walls include a first wall and a second wall radially outboard of and axially overlapping the first wall. Each of the case segments is configured to form a respective portion of the first wall and a respective portion of the second wall. The case segments include a first case segment and a second case segment circumferentially adjacent and attached to the first case segment at a joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Randolph T. Lyda
  • Patent number: 11614002
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a gas turbine engine. This gas turbine engine assembly includes a split case structure. The split case structure includes a first wall, a second wall, a first case segment and a second case segment. The first wall extends axially along and circumferentially about an axial centerline. The second wall extends axially along and circumferentially about the axial centerline. The second wall is radially outboard of and axially overlaps the first wall. The first case segment is configured to form a first portion of the first wall and a first portion of the second wall. The second case segment is configured to form a second portion of the first wall and a second portion of the second wall. The second case segment is circumferentially adjacent and attached to the first case segment at a joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Randolph T. Lyda
  • Publication number: 20220316400
    Abstract: An apparatus is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine apparatus includes a fuel nozzle. The fuel nozzle includes a nozzle passage and a nozzle orifice. The nozzle passage extends longitudinally along a centerline within the fuel nozzle to the nozzle orifice. The nozzle passage has a solid polygonal cross-sectional geometry at the nozzle orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2021
    Publication date: October 6, 2022
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Sean R. Jackson, Timothy S. Snyder, Anthony Van, Randolph T. Lyda, Brandon P. Williams
  • Publication number: 20220178305
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a flowpath duct, a fuel injector assembly and a secondary duct. The flowpath duct includes a flowpath. The fuel injector assembly includes an inner flow passage. The fuel injector assembly is configured to mix fuel with first gas within the inner flow passage to provide a fuel-gas mixture. The fuel injector assembly is configured to direct a jet of the fuel-gas mixture into the flowpath. The secondary duct is configured to direct second gas into the flowpath about the jet of the fuel-gas mixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2020
    Publication date: June 9, 2022
    Inventors: Timothy S. Snyder, Randolph T. Lyda
  • Publication number: 20220136409
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a gas turbine engine. This gas turbine engine assembly includes a split case structure. The split case structure includes a first wall, a second wall, a first case segment and a second case segment. The first wall extends axially along and circumferentially about an axial centerline. The second wall extends axially along and circumferentially about the axial centerline. The second wall is radially outboard of and axially overlaps the first wall. The first case segment is configured to form a first portion of the first wall and a first portion of the second wall. The second case segment is configured to form a second portion of the first wall and a second portion of the second wall. The second case segment is circumferentially adjacent and attached to the first case segment at a joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2020
    Publication date: May 5, 2022
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Randolph T. Lyda
  • Patent number: 8904752
    Abstract: A cap for a liquid propellant injection assembly of a rocket engine includes a cap body and a valve assembly. The cap body extends between first and second ends. The cap body has a bore that fluidly connects one or more inlets to an outlet. The inlets are disposed in a tubular sidewall of the cap body. The outlet is disposed in the second end of the cap body. The valve assembly includes a valve cap disposed around the first end of the cap body. The valve assembly is adapted to selectively regulate flow of a propellant through the inlets in the cap body as a function of pressure exerted by the propellant against the valve assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 9, 2014
    Assignee: Aerojet Rocketdyne of DE, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley C. Johnson, Randolph T. Lyda, Ryan W. Brandt, Mark J. Ricciardo
  • Publication number: 20110219743
    Abstract: A cap for a liquid propellant injection assembly of a rocket engine includes a cap body and a valve assembly. The cap body extends between first and second ends. The cap body has a bore that fluidly connects one or more inlets to an outlet. The inlets are disposed in a tubular sidewall of the cap body. The outlet is disposed in the second end of the cap body. The valve assembly includes a valve cap disposed around the first end of the cap body. The valve assembly is adapted to selectively regulate flow of a propellant through the inlets in the cap body as a function of pressure exerted by the propellant against the valve assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2011
    Publication date: September 15, 2011
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Bradley C. Johnson, Randolph T. Lyda, Ryan W. Brandt, Mark J. Ricciardo