Patents by Inventor Theodore C. Wright

Theodore C. Wright 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).

  • Publication number: 20250155049
    Abstract: In accordance with at least one aspect of this disclosure, a limiting system for defining a rotational limit of a valve disc of a butterfly valve can include, a crank configured to be disposed on a terminal end of a valve shaft and configured to connect to a drive linkage to drive the crank and rotation of the valve disc. The crank can include a crank arm extending radially outward from the shaft. The crank stop can be configured to contact a portion of the second connecting flange of the first valve to physically limit rotation of the crank and the valve disc within a predefined rotational quadrant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: May 15, 2025
    Applicant: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventors: Francis P. Marocchini, Theodore C. Wright
  • Patent number: 10487848
    Abstract: A fan inlet diffuser housing includes a housing body of composite material and includes a heat exchanger interface portion positioned between an ejector housing portion and a bypass housing portion. A first transition region is formed between the heat exchanger interface portion and the ejector housing portion including an air cycle machine end reinforcement patch proximate to a heat exchanger interface. The air cycle machine end reinforcement patch includes a first patch thickness and a second patch thickness, and a ratio of the first patch thickness to the second patch thickness is between 2.02 and 3.11. An ejector is formed having an ejector gap width between a nozzle portion and a diffuser portion within the ejector housing portion of the housing body. The diffuser portion has a downstream ejector gap width, and a ratio of the downstream ejector gap width to the ejector gap width is between 4.62 and 5.01.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric Chrabascz, Theodore C. Wright
  • Publication number: 20180291925
    Abstract: A fan inlet diffuser housing includes a housing body of composite material and includes a heat exchanger interface portion positioned between an ejector housing portion and a bypass housing portion. A first transition region is formed between the heat exchanger interface portion and the ejector housing portion including an air cycle machine end reinforcement patch proximate to a heat exchanger interface. The air cycle machine end reinforcement patch includes a first patch thickness and a second patch thickness, and a ratio of the first patch thickness to the second patch thickness is between 2.02 and 3.11. An ejector is formed having an ejector gap width between a nozzle portion and a diffuser portion within the ejector housing portion of the housing body. The diffuser portion has a downstream ejector gap width, and a ratio of the downstream ejector gap width to the ejector gap width is between 4.62 and 5.01.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Eric Chrabascz, Theodore C. Wright
  • Patent number: 9909822
    Abstract: A channel guide distributor of a heat exchanger including a flanged body, a nozzle fluidly connected to the flanged body, a diffuser fluidly connected to the nozzle, a pin operably connected to the nozzle, a cone operably connected to the nozzle and a post removably connected to the flanged body and configured to receive the diffuser. The post having a tubular portion, an open end, a closed end, an inner surface, an outer surface, a post longitudinal axis, and twenty-four apertures in the tubular portion. The apertures are aligned linearly along the post longitudinal axis and equidistantly spaced. A diameter of the outer surface of the tubular portion is about 1.156±0.003 inches (2.936±0.01 centimeters).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 6, 2018
    Assignee: HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION
    Inventors: Richard Rusich, Theodore C. Wright, James N. Streeter
  • Publication number: 20170227303
    Abstract: A channel guide distributor of a heat exchanger including a flanged body, a nozzle fluidly connected to the flanged body, a diffuser fluidly connected to the nozzle, a pin operably connected to the nozzle, a cone operably connected to the nozzle and a post removably connected to the flanged body and configured to receive the diffuser. The post having a tubular portion, an open end, a closed end, an inner surface, an outer surface, a post longitudinal axis, and twenty-four apertures in the tubular portion. The apertures are aligned linearly along the post longitudinal axis and equidistantly spaced. A diameter of the outer surface of the tubular portion is about 1.156±0.003 inches (2.936±0.01 centimeters).
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2016
    Publication date: August 10, 2017
    Inventors: Richard Rusich, Theodore C. Wright, James N. Streeter