Patents by Inventor Sean R. Jackson

Sean R. Jackson 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: 11543133
    Abstract: A combustor may comprise an outer wall defining, at least, a portion of a combustion chamber. A dilution chute may extend from an interior surface of the outer wall. A support structure may extend between the dilution chute and the interior surface of the outer wall. A spall plate may extend from the interior surface of the outer wall. The spall plate may be located between the support structure and an outlet of the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Sean R. Jackson, Evan J. Butcher
  • Publication number: 20220349320
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine with a lubrication system includes a ball bearing assembly and a rotor circumscribing a rotational axis and journaled within the ball bearing assembly. The gas turbine engine also includes a lubrication system located radially outward from a rotational axis and radially outward and adjacent to the ball bearing assembly, which includes a lubrication channel having an inlet and an outlet and a dispersion cone adjacent to the outlet of the lubrication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 1, 2022
    Publication date: November 3, 2022
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Leslie F. Guzman, Sean R. Jackson, Evan J. Butcher
  • 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: 20220307694
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for an engine. This engine assembly includes an engine structure and a fuel injector. The engine structure includes an injector aperture and a fuel supply passage. The injector aperture extends longitudinally through the engine structure along a centerline. The fuel supply passage extends laterally within the engine structure to the injector aperture. The fuel injector is mated with the injector aperture. The fuel injector includes a nozzle passage and a nozzle orifice. The nozzle passage extends longitudinally along the centerline within the fuel injector to the nozzle orifice. The nozzle passage is fluidly coupled with the fuel supply passage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Sean R. Jackson, Jose R. Paulino, Anthony Van, Timothy S. Snyder
  • Patent number: 11441451
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a turbine engine case, a first transceiver and a second transceiver. The turbine engine case includes a case wall and a waveguide. The waveguide is formed integral with the case wall. The waveguide includes a waveguide channel. The second transceiver is configured to be in signal communication with the first transceiver through the waveguide channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Sean R. Jackson
  • Patent number: 11377977
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine with a lubrication system includes a ball bearing assembly and a rotor circumscribing a rotational axis and journaled within the ball bearing assembly. The gas turbine engine also includes a lubrication system located radially outward from a rotational axis and radially outward and adjacent to the ball bearing assembly, which includes a lubrication channel having an inlet and an outlet and a dispersion cone adjacent to the outlet of the lubrication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Leslie F. Guzman, Sean R. Jackson, Evan J. Butcher
  • Patent number: 11359543
    Abstract: A turbine engine has: a compressor; a combustor; a turbine, a gas flowpath passing consecutively through the compressor, combustor, and turbine; and inlet member along the gas flowpath upstream of the compressor. The inlet member includes the unitarily-formed single piece combination of: a three dimensional (3D) lattice portion; and a nose cap body surrounding the lattice portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Jesse R. Boyer, Evan J. Butcher, Michael Winter, Jesus A. Garcia, Sean R. Jackson
  • Patent number: 11352940
    Abstract: A method of controlling a fluid heater control system for a locomotive, the fluid heater control system including a heater assembly including a water pump and a heating element, the method including determining if a fuel pump of the locomotive is on, if the fuel pump is off, activating the heater assembly, running the water pump for a first predetermined period of time, determining if a temperature of the fluid is greater than a first predetermined threshold, and if the temperature of the fluid is greater than the first predetermined threshold, deactivating the water pump for a second predetermined time period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: Power Drives, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley Robert Gates, Sean R. Jackson, Kevin W. O'Neal
  • Patent number: 11320145
    Abstract: A method for forming a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes additively manufacturing a combustor wall of the combustor. The combustor wall includes a component, projecting from a surface of the combustor wall, and a support structure in communication with the component and the surface of the combustor wall. The support structure is a lattice structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Sean R. Jackson, Evan J. Butcher
  • Publication number: 20220107088
    Abstract: A combustor may comprise an outer wall defining, at least, a portion of a combustion chamber. A dilution chute may extend from an interior surface of the outer wall. A support structure may extend between the dilution chute and the interior surface of the outer wall. A spall plate may extend from the interior surface of the outer wall. The spall plate may be located between the support structure and an outlet of the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2021
    Publication date: April 7, 2022
    Applicant: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Sean R. Jackson, Evan J. Butcher
  • Publication number: 20220099001
    Abstract: An assembly is provided for a turbine engine. This turbine engine assembly includes a turbine engine case, a first transceiver and a second transceiver. The turbine engine case includes a case wall and a waveguide. The waveguide is formed integral with the case wall. The waveguide includes a waveguide channel. The second transceiver is configured to be in signal communication with the first transceiver through the waveguide channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Sean R. Jackson
  • Patent number: 11262077
    Abstract: A combustor may comprise an outer wall defining, at least, a portion of a combustion chamber. A dilution chute may extend from an interior surface of the outer wall. A support structure may extend between the dilution chute and the interior surface of the outer wall. A spall plate may extend from the interior surface of the outer wall. The spall plate may be located between the support structure and an outlet of the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Sean R. Jackson, Evan J. Butcher
  • Publication number: 20210207495
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine with a lubrication system includes a ball bearing assembly and a rotor circumscribing a rotational axis and journaled within the ball bearing assembly. The gas turbine engine also includes a lubrication system located radially outward from a rotational axis and radially outward and adjacent to the ball bearing assembly, which includes a lubrication channel having an inlet and an outlet and a dispersion cone adjacent to the outlet of the lubrication channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2020
    Publication date: July 8, 2021
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Leslie F. Guzman, Sean R. Jackson, Evan J. Butcher
  • Publication number: 20210156563
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes an engine casing and a combustor liner enclosed within the engine casing. The engine includes a flow path for cooling the combustor liner with an air stream and located in between the engine casing and the combustor liner. The engine includes an inspection port penetrating the engine casing, the flow path, and the combustor liner and wherein the inspection port is positioned to allow an operator to view sacrificed zones of a sacrificial support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 22, 2019
    Publication date: May 27, 2021
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Evan J. Butcher, Sean R. Jackson
  • Patent number: 11014022
    Abstract: A fuel dehydrator, including a control panel, a fuel pump electrically connected to the control panel, the fuel pump including a first inlet fluidly connected to a fuel supply, and a first outlet, a fuel filter including a second inlet fluidly connected to the first outlet and a second outlet, a water separator, including a third inlet fluidly connected to the second outlet, a third outlet fluidly connected to a fuel return, and an automatic water drain valve fluidly connected to a water drain and electrically connected to the control panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2021
    Assignee: Power Drives, Inc.
    Inventors: Bradley R. Gates, Kevin W. O'Neal, Sean R. Jackson, Brandon Schwartz
  • Publication number: 20210087955
    Abstract: A lubrication system for an attritable engine includes a bearing chamber, a fluid filtering inlet configured to receive a fluid, and a fluid filtering outlet located downstream of the fluid filtering inlet and configured to deliver the fluid to the bearing chamber. The lubrication system also includes a lattice, integral and conformal with the attritable engine, configured to filter the fluid, and located between the fluid filtering inlet and the fluid filtering outlet. The lubrication system also includes a metering port, configured to meter the fluid and located downstream of the lattice and upstream of the fluid filtering outlet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Sean R. Jackson, Evan J. Butcher
  • Publication number: 20210088213
    Abstract: A method for forming a combustor of a gas turbine engine includes additively manufacturing a combustor wall of the combustor. The combustor wall includes a component, projecting from a surface of the combustor wall, and a support structure in communication with the component and the surface of the combustor wall. The support structure is a lattice structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Sean R. Jackson, Evan J. Butcher
  • Publication number: 20210088217
    Abstract: A combustor may comprise an outer wall defining, at least, a portion of a combustion chamber. A dilution chute may extend from an interior surface of the outer wall. A support structure may extend between the dilution chute and the interior surface of the outer wall. A spall plate may extend from the interior surface of the outer wall. The spall plate may be located between the support structure and an outlet of the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2019
    Publication date: March 25, 2021
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Sean R. Jackson, Evan J. Butcher
  • Publication number: 20200386160
    Abstract: A turbine engine has: a compressor; a combustor; a turbine, a gas flowpath passing consecutively through the compressor, combustor, and turbine; and inlet member along the gas flowpath upstream of the compressor. The inlet member includes the unitarily-formed single piece combination of: a three dimensional (3D) lattice portion; and a nose cap body surrounding the lattice portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Jesse R. Boyer, Evan J. Butcher, Michael Winter, Jesus A. Garcia, Sean R. Jackson
  • Publication number: 20200101959
    Abstract: A water separator assembly for an air braking system of a vehicle, including an inlet conduit, a water separator connected to the inlet conduit, an outlet conduit connected to the water separator, and an adjustable bracket operatively arranged to connect the water separator to a deck of the vehicle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2019
    Publication date: April 2, 2020
    Inventors: Bradley R. Gates, Kevin W. O'Neal, Sean R. Jackson, Brandon Schwartz