Patents by Inventor Robert White

Robert White 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).

  • Patent number: 11649732
    Abstract: An assembly includes first and second core gaspath walls. Each of the core gaspath walls defines a core gas path side and a non-core gas path side. The first and second core gaspath walls are arranged next to each other and define a gap therebetween. There is a seal arranged on the non-core gas path side that bridges over the gap to seal the gap. A spring device has a plurality of spring elements. The spring elements bias the seal against the non-core gas path sides of the first and second core gaspath walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Robert A. White, III
  • Publication number: 20230123500
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides on-demand agent dispensing patches, kits and related methods. A flexible patch is configured to provide on-demand dispensing of the agent via compression of the patch. The patch comprises: an adhesive layer to removably couple the patch to a surface; at least one reservoir layer overlying the adhesive layer configured to absorb and retain the agent therein; at least one dispenser layer overlying the at least one reservoir layer comprising a plurality of solid portions and an array of a plurality of openings configured to inhibit evaporation of the agent and control a flow of the agent therefrom upon the compression of the patch; and at least one backer layer between the adhesive layer and the at least one reservoir layer being substantially impervious to the agent. The at least one reservoir layer may be void of the agent, which may be provided in a container.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2022
    Publication date: April 20, 2023
    Applicant: ROXILLA LLC
    Inventors: Danielle Evin GERBER, Rock POSITANO, Robert WHITE
  • Patent number: 11624441
    Abstract: A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first side plate and a backing plate that extend circumferentially about an assembly axis. The backing plate includes a main body and a first set of abutments that extend outwardly from the main body to abut the first side plate. A first set of pockets are established between adjacent abutments of the first set of abutments. A first brush seal is between the first side plate and the backing plate. Sections of the first brush seal received in respective pockets of the first set of pockets are dimensioned to join together to establish a first sealing relationship with a first gas turbine engine component. A method of assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Robert A. White, III
  • Patent number: 11619138
    Abstract: A seal assembly for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a first side plate, a second side plate and a backing plate that extend circumferentially about an assembly axis. A first brush seal and a second brush seal are positioned on opposite sides of the backing plate such that the first brush seal is between the first side plate and the backing plate and such that the second brush seal is between the second side plate and the backing plate. The first brush seal is dimensioned to establish a first sealing relationship with a first gas turbine engine component. The second brush seal is dimensioned to establish a second sealing relationship with a second gas turbine engine component. A method of assembly is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 4, 2023
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Robert A. White, III
  • Patent number: 11612191
    Abstract: The embarrassment of passing gas in public is ubiquitous. One solution is to wear a filter underwear that is generally constructed with a single ply of underwear side panels that are separated by an activated carbon center panel. The activated carbon center panel is attached to an elastic waistband at the underwear back and where the activated carbon center panel traverses between two leg openings to the waistband at the underwear front. The center panel is constructed with a five-ply activated carbon fabric that is sandwiched between cotton fabric, which is sandwiched between bamboo fabric. The five-ply center panel is greater than 1 mm thick to provide filtering capabilities to sufficiently reduce the odor of flatulence to an acceptable level that is not readily detected by a person close by.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2023
    Assignee: Stitches Medical, Inc.
    Inventors: Collin White, Robert White
  • Publication number: 20230080791
    Abstract: Described is an extraction device for extracting compounds from plant material and a method for using such an extraction device. The extraction device comprises an extraction tank receiving plant material and dissolving soluble compounds inside the plant material into a solvent to form a micelle. A series of fluidly connected separation chambers separate purified compounds from the micelle, resulting in purified compounds in each of the separation chambers and solvent. A heat exchanger and a chilled reservoir are used for cooling and storing the solvent. A pump is used for pumping and circulating the solvent into the extraction device. Finally, a control system automatically controls temperature and flow in the extraction device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: March 16, 2023
    Inventor: James Robert White
  • Patent number: 11599502
    Abstract: A method and associated system for matching and delivering digital work metadata to one or more digital service providers, including modifying one or more digital work metadata files to remove non-critical data or segment erroneous data from the one or more digital work metadata files; reformatting the one or more digital work metadata files for compatibility with a digital service provider usage report table; performing a first matching operation, in which the one or more digital work metadata files are compared to the digital service provider usage report table on the basis of one or more data points; performing a second matching operation, the second matching operation being an artificial intelligence (AI) matching operation on one or more unmatched digital work metadata files of the one or more digital work metadata files; and transmitting output data from the matching operations to the one or more digital service providers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2020
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Muserk, LLC
    Inventors: Paul David Goldman, Collin Robert White, Quentin Nicholas Bradley, Justin David Ahmanson
  • Publication number: 20230057881
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a ceramic wall for bounding an engine core gas path. The ceramic wall has a ceramic wall first side that faces the engine core gas path and a ceramic wall second side that faces away from the engine core gas path. There is a metallic wall adjacent the ceramic wall second side. The metallic wall has a metallic wall first side that faces the ceramic wall and a metallic wall second side that faces away from the ceramic wall. The metallic wall and the ceramic wall are spaced apart such that there is a channel there between. There is a seal on the ceramic wall second side, and the metallic wall has at least one cooling hole adjacent the seal for emitting cooling air to cool the seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 1, 2022
    Publication date: February 23, 2023
    Inventors: San Quach, Robert A. White, III, Tyler G. Vincent
  • Publication number: 20230019497
    Abstract: A seal system includes a ceramic component, a metallic component, a silicon-containing layer, and a barrier layer. The ceramic component has a first surface region that defines a first surface roughness. The metallic component is situated adjacent to the first surface region and has a second surface region facing the first surface region. The silicon-containing layer is on the first surface region of the ceramic component and has a contact surface that defines a second surface roughness which is less than the first surface roughness. The barrier layer is on the metallic component and in contact with the silicon-containing layer and serves to limit interaction between silicon of the silicon-containing layer and the metallic component. The barrier layer includes at least one of alumina or MCrAlY.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Raymond Surace, Brian T. Hazel, Robert A. White, III, Zhongfen (Vivian) Ding
  • Publication number: 20230015977
    Abstract: A seal system includes a ceramic component, a metallic component, a coating system. The ceramic component has a first surface region that defines a first surface roughness. The metallic component is situated adjacent to the first surface region and has a second surface region facing the first surface region. The coating system includes a silicon-containing layer on the surface region of the ceramic component and barrier layer on the silicon-containing layer. The silicon containing layer has a surface in contact with the barrier layer and the barrier layer has a surface in contact with the metallic component. The surface of the barrier layer has a second surface roughness that is less than the first surface roughness. The barrier layer serves to limit interaction between silicon of the silicon-containing layer and elements of the metallic component. The barrier layer includes at least one of mullite, zircon, or hafnon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Brian T. Hazel, Raymond Surace, Robert A. White, III, Zhongfen Ding
  • Publication number: 20230016448
    Abstract: Touch sensing performance can be improved using display noise correction. In some examples, a touch sensor panel in proximity to a display can capture first touch data at a first time interval and second touch data at a second time interval, different from the first-time interval. In some examples, third touch data can be generated by removing noise from the first touch data using at least a portion of the first touch data and at least a portion of the second touch data.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2022
    Publication date: January 19, 2023
    Inventors: Daniel GANJALI, Michael Robert WHITE
  • Patent number: 11555452
    Abstract: A seal system includes a ceramic component, a metallic component, a coating system. The ceramic component has a first surface region that defines a first surface roughness. The metallic component is situated adjacent to the first surface region and has a second surface region facing the first surface region. The coating system includes a silicon-containing layer on the surface region of the ceramic component and barrier layer on the silicon-containing layer. The silicon containing layer has a surface in contact with the barrier layer and the barrier layer has a surface in contact with the metallic component. The surface of the barrier layer has a second surface roughness that is less than the first surface roughness. The barrier layer serves to limit interaction between silicon of the silicon-containing layer and elements of the metallic component. The barrier layer includes at least one of mullite, zircon, or hafnon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 17, 2023
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Brian T. Hazel, Raymond Surace, Robert A. White, III, Zhongfen Ding
  • Patent number: 11549385
    Abstract: An airfoil assembly includes an airfoil fairing, a spar, a seal plate, and a seal. The airfoil fairing has a fairing platform and a hollow airfoil section that extends from the fairing platform. The spar has a spar leg that extends in the hollow airfoil section. The spar leg defines a spar leg periphery. The seal plate is secured with the fairing platform. The seal plate has an opening, and the opening has an opening periphery that is complementary to the spar leg periphery. The spar leg extends through the opening. The seal is between the seal plate and the spar leg. The seal seals around the spar leg periphery.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert A. White, III, Bryan P. Dube
  • Patent number: 11512596
    Abstract: A vane arc segment includes an airfoil fairing that has a platform and an airfoil section that extends therefrom. The platform defines periphery edge faces, a gaspath face, and a non-gaspath face. The platform has a flange that projects radially from the non-gaspath face. The flange defines a forward flange face, an aft flange face, and a radial flange face. The flange has an end portion adjacent one of the periphery edges. The end portion includes a step that defines a radial step face that is radially intermediate the radial flange face and the non-gaspath face.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jon E. Sobanski, Robert A. White, III
  • Patent number: 11513215
    Abstract: Disclosed is a SONAR system operable to transmit a pair of pulses including an up-chirp signal and a down-chirp signal wherein the down-chirp signal is a time-reversed version of the up-chirp signal. Also disclosed is a related method of operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 30, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventors: Nikhil Mistry, Timothy Grant Leighton, Paul Robert White
  • Patent number: 11512604
    Abstract: A vane assembly includes a platform. A vane cover is arranged adjacent the platform. The vane cover has a protrusion that provides a spring land. The spring land is arranged at an angle relative to the vane cover. A spring assembly has a plunger. The plunger is in contact with the spring land.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Robert A. White, III
  • Patent number: 11506069
    Abstract: A vane arc segment includes an airfoil fairing that has an airfoil wall that defines a fairing platform and a hollow airfoil section. A spar has a spar platform adjacent the fairing platform and a spar leg that extends from the spar platform and through the hollow airfoil section. The spar leg is spaced from the airfoil wall in the hollow airfoil section such that there is a first gap. The spar platform is spaced from the fairing platform such that there is a second gap. A support platform is secured to the spar leg such that the airfoil fairing is trapped between the spar platform and the support platform. There is a spring seal between the spar platform and the fairing platform. The spring seal biases the airfoil fairing toward the support platform and seals the first gap from the second gap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 22, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Robert A. White, III, Benjamin B. Simpson
  • Patent number: 11499443
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a ceramic wall for bounding an engine core gas path. The ceramic wall has a ceramic wall first side that faces the engine core gas path and a ceramic wall second side that faces away from the engine core gas path. There is a metallic wall adjacent the ceramic wall second side. The metallic wall has a metallic wall first side that faces the ceramic wall and a metallic wall second side that faces away from the ceramic wall. The metallic wall and the ceramic wall are spaced apart such that there is a channel there between. There is a seal on the ceramic wall second side, and the metallic wall has at least one cooling hole adjacent the seal for emitting cooling air to cool the seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2022
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: San Quach, Robert A. White, III, Tyler G. Vincent
  • Publication number: 20220356808
    Abstract: An airfoil assembly includes an airfoil fairing, a spar, a seal plate, and a seal. The airfoil fairing has a fairing platform and a hollow airfoil section that extends from the fairing platform. The spar has a spar leg that extends in the hollow airfoil section. The spar leg defines a spar leg periphery. The seal plate is secured with the fairing platform. The seal plate has an opening, and the opening has an opening periphery that is complementary to the spar leg periphery. The spar leg extends through the opening. The seal is between the seal plate and the spar leg. The seal seals around the spar leg periphery.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventors: Robert A. White, III, Bryan P. Dube
  • Publication number: 20220356806
    Abstract: A vane assembly includes a platform. A vane cover is arranged adjacent the platform. The vane cover has a protrusion that provides a spring land. The spring land is arranged at an angle relative to the vane cover. A spring assembly has a plunger. The plunger is in contact with the spring land.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2021
    Publication date: November 10, 2022
    Inventor: Robert A. White, III