Patents by Inventor Ryan C. Breneman
Ryan C. Breneman 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).
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Patent number: 11945025Abstract: A casting method includes passing a metallic spacer through respective apertures in at least two ceramic cores to an installed condition wherein the spacer defines a minimum local separation between the at least two cores. The spacer has a shank and at least one arm extending from the shank. A sacrificial pattern material is molded over the metallic spacer and the at least two ceramic cores and then shelled and fired. An alloy is cast in the shell the shell is removed from the cast alloy.Type: GrantFiled: April 6, 2023Date of Patent: April 2, 2024Assignee: RTX CorporationInventors: Ryan C. Breneman, Markian Stephan Blazejowskyj, Blake Matthew Wilmore
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Publication number: 20240075522Abstract: A casting method includes: forming a seed, the seed having a first end and a second end, the forming including bending a seed precursor; placing the seed second end in contact or spaced facing relation with a chill plate; contacting the first end with molten material; and cooling and solidifying the molten material so that a crystalline structure of the seed propagates into the solidifying material. The forming further included reducing a thickness of the seed proximate the first end relative to a thickness of the seed proximate the second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2023Publication date: March 7, 2024Applicant: RTX CorporationInventors: Dilip M. Shah, Shiela R. Woodard, Steven J. Bullied, Ryan C. Breneman
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Publication number: 20240060728Abstract: A cast part includes an outermost wall, at least one inner wall defining at least two internal passages and at least one cast cooling fin extending from an outer surface. The cast part including a cross-sectional circular area spanning at least a portion of each of four internal passages includes a ratio of interior empty space to inner wall space that improves heat transfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2023Publication date: February 22, 2024Inventors: Michael A. Disori, Steven J. Bullied, Ryan C. Breneman, John Marcin, David J. Hyland, William P. Stillman, Carl R. Verner
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Patent number: 11808529Abstract: A cast part includes an outermost wall, at least one inner wall defining at least two internal passages and at least one cast cooling fin extending from an outer surface. The cooling fin includes a ratio of fin height to an average fin thickness that is greater than 2.0 and no more than 18.0. A method is also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 8, 2019Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: RTX CORPORATIONInventors: Michael A. Disori, Steven J. Bullied, Ryan C. Breneman, John Marcin, David J. Hyland, William P. Stillman, Carl R. Verner
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Patent number: 11806780Abstract: A casting method includes: forming a seed, the seed having a first end and a second end, the forming including bending a seed precursor; placing the seed second end in contact or spaced facing relation with a chill plate; contacting the first end with molten material; and cooling and solidifying the molten material so that a crystalline structure of the seed propagates into the solidifying material. The forming further included reducing a thickness of the seed proximate the first end relative to a thickness of the seed proximate the second end.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2021Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: RTX CorporationInventors: Dilip M. Shah, Shiela R. Woodard, Steven J. Bullied, Ryan C. Breneman
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Publication number: 20220325434Abstract: A casting method includes forming a seed. The seed has a first end and a second end. The forming includes bending a seed precursor. The seed second end is placed in contact or spaced facing relation a chill plate. The first end is contacted with molten material. The molten material is cooled and solidifies so that a crystalline structure of the seed propagates into the solidifying material. The forming further includes inserting the bent seed precursor into a sleeve leaving the bent seed precursor protruding from a first end of the sleeve.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 21, 2022Publication date: October 13, 2022Applicant: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Ryan C. Breneman, Dilip M. Shah, Steven J. Bullied, Shiela R. Woodard
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Publication number: 20220288674Abstract: A casting method includes forming a seed. The seed has a first end and a second end and an inner diameter (ID) surface and an outer diameter (OD) surface. The seed second end is placed in contact or spaced facing relation with a chill plate. The first end is contacted with molten material. The molten material is cooled and solidified so that a crystalline structure of the seed propagates into the solidifying material. At least a portion of the seed contacted with the molten material has a solidus higher than a solidus of at least an initial pour portion of the molten material.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2022Publication date: September 15, 2022Applicant: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Dilip M. Shah, Steven J. Bullied, Ryan C. Breneman, Shiela R. Woodard, Carl R. Verner
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Publication number: 20220266333Abstract: A solution is provided and includes a strong base, a corrosion inhibitor, wherein the strong base is an alkali metal hydroxide, wherein the corrosion inhibitor is at least one of an organic acid having a-COOH functional group or an alkali metal salt of one of an organic acid having a-COOH functional group.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 5, 2022Publication date: August 25, 2022Applicant: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Lei Jin, Ryan C. Breneman, David Brayshaw
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Patent number: 11383295Abstract: A casting method includes forming a seed. The seed has a first end and a second end and an inner diameter (ID) surface and an outer diameter (OD) surface. The seed second end is placed in contact or spaced facing relation with a chill plate. The first end is contacted with molten material. The molten material is cooled and solidified so that a crystalline structure of the seed propagates into the solidifying material. At least a portion of the seed contacted with the molten material has a solidus higher than a solidus of at least an initial pour portion of the molten material.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: July 12, 2022Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Dilip M. Shah, Steven J. Bullied, Ryan C. Breneman, Shiela R. Woodard, Carl R. Verner
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Patent number: 11377753Abstract: A casting method includes forming a seed. The seed has a first end and a second end. The forming includes bending a seed precursor. The seed second end is placed in contact or spaced facing relation a chill plate. The first end is contacted with molten material. The molten material is cooled and solidifies so that a crystalline structure of the seed propagates into the solidifying material. The forming further includes inserting the bent seed precursor into a sleeve leaving the bent seed precursor protruding from a first end of the sleeve.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Ryan C. Breneman, Dilip M. Shah, Steven J. Bullied, Shiela R. Woodard
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Patent number: 11370021Abstract: A solution is provided includes a strong base, a corrosion inhibitor, wherein the strong base is an alkali metal hydroxide, wherein the corrosion inhibitor is at least one of an organic acid having a-COOH functional group or an alkali metal salt of one of an organic acid having a-COOH functional group.Type: GrantFiled: November 22, 2019Date of Patent: June 28, 2022Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Lei Jin, Ryan C. Breneman, David Brayshaw
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Publication number: 20220016697Abstract: A casting method includes: forming a seed, the seed having a first end and a second end, the forming including bending a seed precursor; placing the seed second end in contact or spaced facing relation with a chill plate; contacting the first end with molten material; and cooling and solidifying the molten material so that a crystalline structure of the seed propagates into the solidifying material. The forming further included reducing a thickness of the seed proximate the first end relative to a thickness of the seed proximate the second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 30, 2021Publication date: January 20, 2022Applicant: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Dilip M. Shah, Shiela R. Woodard, Steven J. Bullied, Ryan C. Breneman
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Patent number: 11198175Abstract: A casting method includes: forming a seed, the seed having a first end and a second end, the forming including bending a seed precursor; placing the seed second end in contact or spaced facing relation with a chill plate; contacting the first end with molten material; and cooling and solidifying the molten material so that a crystalline structure of the seed propagates into the solidifying material. The forming further included reducing a thickness of the seed proximate the first end relative to a thickness of the seed proximate the second end.Type: GrantFiled: October 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 14, 2021Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Dilip M. Shah, Shiela R. Woodard, Steven J. Bullied, Ryan C. Breneman
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Publication number: 20210154733Abstract: A solution is provided comprising a strong base, a corrosion inhibitor, wherein the strong base is an alkali metal hydroxide, wherein the corrosion inhibitor is at least one of an organic acid having a-COOH functional group or an alkali metal salt one of an organic acid having a-COOH functional groups.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 22, 2019Publication date: May 27, 2021Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Lei Jin, Ryan C. Breneman, David Brayshaw
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Publication number: 20210101205Abstract: A casting method includes forming a seed. The seed has a first end and a second end and an inner diameter (ID) surface and an outer diameter (OD) surface. The seed second end is placed in contact or spaced facing relation with a chill plate. The first end is contacted with molten material. The molten material is cooled and solidified so that a crystalline structure of the seed propagates into the solidifying material. At least a portion of the seed contacted with the molten material has a solidus higher than a solidus of at least an initial pour portion of the molten material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Dilip M. Shah, Steven J. Bullied, Ryan C. Breneman, Shiela R. Woodard, Carl R. Verner
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Publication number: 20210101206Abstract: A casting method includes: forming a seed, the seed having a first end and a second end, the forming including bending a seed precursor; placing the seed second end in contact or spaced facing relation with a chill plate; contacting the first end with molten material; and cooling and solidifying the molten material so that a crystalline structure of the seed propagates into the solidifying material. The forming further included reducing a thickness of the seed proximate the first end relative to a thickness of the seed proximate the second end.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Dilip M. Shah, Shiela R. Woodard, Steven J. Bullied, Ryan C. Breneman
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Publication number: 20210102310Abstract: A casting method includes forming a seed. The seed has a first end and a second end. The forming includes bending a seed precursor. The seed second end is placed in contact or spaced facing relation a chill plate. The first end is contacted with molten material. The molten material is cooled and solidifies so that a crystalline structure of the seed propagates into the solidifying material.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 2, 2020Publication date: April 8, 2021Applicant: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Ryan C. Breneman, Dilip M. Shah, Steven J. Bullied, Shiela R. Woodard
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Patent number: 10907269Abstract: An induction furnace assembly comprising a chamber having a mold; a primary inductive coil coupled to the chamber; a layered susceptor comprising at least two layers of magnetic field attenuating material surrounding the chamber between the primary inductive coil and the mold to nullify the electromagnetic field in the hot zone of the furnace chamber.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2020Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Joseph V. Mantese, Ryan C. Breneman, Thomas Anthony Rebbecchi, Andrew Boyne, John Joseph Marcin, Dustin W. Davis, David Ulrich Furrer, James Tilsley Auxier
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Patent number: 10907270Abstract: A process for directional solidification of a cast part comprises energizing a primary inductive coil coupled to a chamber having a mold containing a material; energizing a primary inductive coil within the chamber to heat the mold via radiation from a susceptor, wherein the resultant electromagnetic field partially leaks through the susceptor coupled to the chamber between the primary inductive coil and the mold; determining a magnetic flux profile of the electromagnetic field; sensing a magnetic flux leakage past the susceptor within the chamber; generating a control field from a secondary compensation coil coupled to the chamber, wherein the control field controls the magnetic flux experienced by the cast part; and casting the material within the mold under the controlled degree of flux leakage.Type: GrantFiled: August 10, 2020Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Joseph V. Mantese, Thomas Anthony Rebbecchi, Ryan C. Breneman, Andrew Boyne, John Joseph Marcin, Dustin W. Davis, David Ulrich Furrer, James Tilsley Auxier
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Patent number: 10906096Abstract: A process for directional solidification of a cast part comprises energizing a primary inductive coil coupled to a chamber having a mold containing a material; generating an electromagnetic field with the primary inductive coil within the chamber, wherein said electromagnetic field is partially attenuated by a susceptor coupled to said chamber between said primary inductive coil and said mold; determining a magnetic flux profile of the electromagnetic field after it passes through the susceptor; sensing a component of the magnetic flux in the interior of the susceptor proximate the mold; positioning a mobile secondary compensation coil within the chamber; generating a control field from a secondary compensation coil, wherein said control field controls said magnetic flux; and casting the material within the mold.Type: GrantFiled: February 4, 2020Date of Patent: February 2, 2021Assignee: Raytheon Technologies CorporationInventors: Thomas Anthony Rebbecchi, Joseph V. Mantese, Ryan C. Breneman, Andrew Boyne, John Joseph Marcin, Dustin W. Davis, David Ulrich Furrer, James Tilsley Auxier