Patents by Inventor Terrel Kuhn

Terrel Kuhn 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: 9400110
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine is provided. The combustor includes an annular inner liner; an annular outer liner circumscribing the annular inner liner; and a combustor dome having a first edge coupled to the annular inner liner and a second edge coupled to the annular outer liner, the combustor dome forming a combustion chamber with the annular inner liner and the annular outer liner. The combustion chamber accommodates fluid flow through the annular inner and annular outer liners. The combustion chamber converges in the direction of the air flow to reduce a diameter of the combustion chamber. The combustor dome is configured to bifurcate the air flow at the combustor dome into a first stream directed to the annular inner liner and a second stream directed to the annular outer liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2016
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Rodolphe Dudebout, Terrel Kuhn, Vinayender Kuchana, Veeraraghava Raju Hasti, Raymond Gage, Sunil James
  • Patent number: 9080770
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine is provided. The combustor includes an inner liner; an outer liner circumscribing the inner liner; and a combustor dome having a first edge coupled to the inner liner and a second edge coupled to the outer liner. The combustor dome forms a combustion chamber with the inner liner and the outer liner. The combustion chamber receives air flow through the inner and outer liners, and the combustor dome is configured to bifurcate the air flow at the combustor dome into a first stream directed to the inner liner and a second stream directed to the outer liner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Rodolphe Dudebout, Veeraraghave Raju Hasti, Terrel Kuhn, Sunil James, Mario Scaini
  • Publication number: 20140109581
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine is provided. The combustor includes an annular inner liner; an annular outer liner circumscribing the annular inner liner; and a combustor dome having a first edge coupled to the annular inner liner and a second edge coupled to the annular outer liner, the combustor dome forming a combustion chamber with the annular inner liner and the annular outer liner. The combustion chamber accommodates fluid flow through the annular inner and annular outer liners. The combustion chamber converges in the direction of the air flow to reduce a diameter of the combustion chamber. The combustor dome is configured to bifurcate the air flow at the combustor dome into a first stream directed to the annular inner liner and a second stream directed to the annular outer liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2012
    Publication date: April 24, 2014
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Rodolphe Dudebout, Terrel Kuhn, Vinayender Kuchana, Veeraraghava Raju Hasti, Raymond Gage, Sunil James
  • Patent number: 8534076
    Abstract: A combustor-turbine seal interface is provided for deployment within a gas turbine engine. In one embodiment, the combustor-turbine assembly a combustor, a turbine nozzle downstream of the combustor, and a first compliant dual seal assembly. The first compliant dual seal assembly includes a compliant seal wall sealingly coupled between the combustor and the turbine nozzle, a first compression seal sealingly disposed between the compliant seal wall and the turbine nozzle, and a first bearing seal generally defined by the compliant seal wall and the turbine nozzle. The first bearing seal is sealingly disposed in series with the first compression seal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Honeywell Internationl Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory O. Woodcock, Bradley Reed Tucker, Jason Smoke, Stony Kujala, Terrel Kuhn
  • Publication number: 20120304647
    Abstract: A combustor for a gas turbine engine is provided. The combustor includes an inner liner; an outer liner circumscribing the inner liner; and a combustor dome having a first edge coupled to the inner liner and a second edge coupled to the outer liner. The combustor dome forms a combustion chamber with the inner liner and the outer liner. The combustion chamber receives air flow through the inner and outer liners, and the combustor dome is configured to bifurcate the air flow at the combustor dome into a first stream directed to the inner liner and a second stream directed to the outer liner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2011
    Publication date: December 6, 2012
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Rodolphe Dudebout, Veeraraghava Raju Hasti, Terrel Kuhn, Sunil James, Mario Scaini
  • Publication number: 20100307166
    Abstract: A combustor-turbine seal interface is provided for deployment within a gas turbine engine. In one embodiment, the combustor-turbine assembly a combustor, a turbine nozzle downstream of the combustor, and a first compliant dual seal assembly. The first compliant dual seal assembly includes a compliant seal wall sealingly coupled between the combustor and the turbine nozzle, a first compression seal sealingly disposed between the compliant seal wall and the turbine nozzle, and a first bearing seal generally defined by the compliant seal wall and the turbine nozzle. The first bearing seal is sealingly disposed in series with the first compression seal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Gregory O. Woodcock, Bradley Reed Tucker, Jason Smoke, Stony Kujala, Terrel Kuhn
  • Publication number: 20060207095
    Abstract: A method for controlling combustor liner carbon formation on repaired combustors includes making modular effusion panel subassemblies remote from the combustor liner; removing a non-effusion or damaged panel from the combustor liner; and replacing the non-effusion or damaged panel with the modular effusion panel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2004
    Publication date: September 21, 2006
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Terrel Kuhn, William Freeman, Francis Maszk, Douglas Freiberg, Kenneth Struzek, Lawrence Kobold
  • Publication number: 20050247065
    Abstract: A premix chamber for a combustor of a gas turbine engine comprises a cylindrical chamber having a premix chamber wall, the cylindrical chamber having a chamber inlet end longitudinally separated from a chamber outlet end along a central axis, a chamber inlet plate in communication with the premix chamber wall at the chamber inlet end, the chamber inlet plate having a fuel nozzle inlet hole disposed through the chamber inlet plate, the chamber inlet plate further comprising a plurality of swirler passages disposed through the chamber inlet plate, and the chamber outlet end being open. A method of producing turbine gas is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Publication date: November 10, 2005
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Rodolphe Dudebout, Terrel Kuhn, Paul Yankowich, Frank Zupanc