Patents by Inventor Randy Thomas Antelo

Randy Thomas Antelo 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: 20230383670
    Abstract: A turbine engine comprising an engine core having a rotor and a stator, and a floating seal assembly sealing at least portions of the rotor and the stator relative to a higher-pressure area and a lower-pressure area. The floating seal assembly can comprise a carriage assembly at least partially defining a seal cavity and a seal body floating within the seal cavity. The floating seal assembly can further include at least one of a seal located between the seal body and the carriage assembly, and a seal face located between the seal body and the carriage assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Publication date: November 30, 2023
    Inventors: Rahul Anil Bidkar, Steven Douglas Johnson, Uttara Vijay Kumar, Randy Thomas Antelo, Keith William Gary
  • Publication number: 20230304573
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method of retaining a bearing assembly having a bore to a shaft received within the bore, the method comprising physically limiting the axial movement of the bearing assembly on the shaft by a retainer mounted to an end of the shaft and having a portion extending radially beyond the shaft and into an axial path of the bearing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2023
    Publication date: September 28, 2023
    Inventors: William Howard Hasting, Donald Albert Bradley, Randy Thomas Antelo
  • Patent number: 11698129
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method of retaining a bearing assembly having a bore to a shaft received within the bore, the method comprising physically limiting the axial movement of the bearing assembly on the shaft by a retainer mounted to an end of the shaft and having a portion extending radially beyond the shaft and into an axial path of the bearing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: William Howard Hasting, Donald Albert Bradley, Randy Thomas Antelo
  • Publication number: 20210054923
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method of retaining a bearing assembly having a bore to a shaft received within the bore, the method comprising physically limiting the axial movement of the bearing assembly on the shaft by a retainer mounted to an end of the shaft and having a portion extending radially beyond the shaft and into an axial path of the bearing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: William Howard Hasting, Donald Albert Bradley, Randy Thomas Antelo
  • Patent number: 10816086
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method of retaining a bearing assembly having a bore to a shaft received within the bore, the method comprising physically limiting the axial movement of the bearing assembly on the shaft by a retainer mounted to an end of the shaft and having a portion extending radially beyond the shaft and into an axial path of the bearing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: William Howard Hasting, Donald Albert Bradley, Randy Thomas Antelo
  • Publication number: 20190048994
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method of retaining a bearing assembly having a bore to a shaft received within the bore, the method comprising physically limiting the axial movement of the bearing assembly on the shaft by a retainer mounted to an end of the shaft and having a portion extending radially beyond the shaft and into an axial path of the bearing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 14, 2017
    Publication date: February 14, 2019
    Inventors: William Howard Hasting, Donald Albert Bradley, Randy Thomas Antelo
  • Publication number: 20170096941
    Abstract: A gas turbine gearbox input shaft including a gear coupling engaged with an engine power gearbox and extending along a central engine axis thereof. The shaft may include a separable tuning segment coaxially joined to the gear coupling, and a spool coupling joined to the separable tuning segment opposite of the gear coupling, the spool coupling being engaged with an engine turbine spool. Methods of using the input shaft are also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventors: Randy Thomas Antelo, Gert J. van der Merwe, Ning Fang, Steve D. Miller
  • Publication number: 20160252176
    Abstract: A gearbox support apparatus includes a gearbox carrier having a central axis, the carrier configured to mount one or more rotating gears therein, the carrier including spaced-apart forward and aft walls, and a pin disposed between the forward and aft walls. The gearbox support apparatus includes an inner race connected to the pin as a single integral component incorporating two pairs of raised guides defining a forward raceway and an aft raceway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 13, 2016
    Publication date: September 1, 2016
    Inventors: Gert J. van der Merwe, Darren Lee Hallman, Osman F. Buyukisik, Donald Albert Bradley, Randy Thomas Antelo, William Howard Hasting, Kenneth Lee Fisher, Joseph Robert Dickman