Patents by Inventor Steven L. Conner

Steven L. Conner 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).

  • Structural guide vane circumferential load bearing shear pin
    Patent number: 10167737
    Abstract: A turbofan engine structural guide vane is mounted to a forward bulkhead of a core engine case structure at an inner end and to a fan case at an outer end. A plurality of shear pins extend from the aft portion of the structural guide vane into a corresponding plurality of openings defined in the bulkhead for bearing circumferential loads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Gregory E. Reinhardt, Paul Thomas Rembish, Steven L. Conner, Thomas B. Hyatt, Steven J. Feigleson, Carl Brian Klinetob
  • STRUCTURAL GUIDE VANE CIRCUMFERENTIAL LOAD BEARING SHEAR PIN
    Publication number: 20150275694
    Abstract: A turbofan engine structural guide vane is mounted to a forward bulkhead of a core engine case structure at an inner end and to a fan case at an outer end. A plurality of shear pins extend from the aft portion of the structural guide vane into a corresponding plurality of openings defined in the bulkhead for bearing circumferential loads.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: October 1, 2015
    Inventors: Gregory E. Reinhardt, Paul Thomas Rembish, Steven L. Conner, Thomas B. Hyatt, Steven J. Feigleson, Carl Brian Klinetob
  • STATIC GUIDE VANE WITH INTERNAL HOLLOW CHANNELS
    Publication number: 20150252679
    Abstract: A static guide vane for use in a fan section of a gas turbine engine includes an outer platform and an inner platform. The inner and outer platforms are connected by an airfoil. The airfoil have channels extending into a main body of the airfoil to reduce the weight of the vane. A cover closes off the channels with the cover providing a portion of the airfoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 4, 2013
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Andrew Pope, David J. Yudichak, John P. Lucashu, Gregory E. Reinhardt, John C. Ditomasso, Steven L. Conner, Carl Brian Klinetob, Jason Leroux
  • Engine airframe J-seal damper
    Patent number: 7506839
    Abstract: An aircraft fuselage intake duct seal dampens vibration in a compression seal member of an engine case inlet. The intake duct seal includes an inner leg that engages a stationary portion of the compression seal member and comprises a plurality of plenums for allowing inlet air to pass through the inner leg. The intake duct seal also includes an outer leg that engages a movable portion of the compression seal member and comprises a plurality of deflectors and a plurality of ligaments. The deflectors disengage the movable portion of the compression seal member at a threshold pressure such that inlet air bypasses entry into the engine case inlet. The ligaments remain in contact with and dampen vibration of the movable portion of the compression seal member at or above the threshold pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Steven L. Conner