Patents by Inventor Thomas G. Cunningham, JR.

Thomas G. Cunningham, JR. 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).

  • Variable area turbine nozzle and method
    Patent number: 11480111
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine with a compressor supplying compressed air. A combustor receives the compressed air and fuel and generates a flow of combusted gas. A turbine receives a core flow of the combusted gas to rotate a turbine rotor. A turbine inlet nozzle directs the combusted gas to the turbine rotor. Vanes are disposed in the turbine inlet nozzle and rotate to vary a flow area through which the core flow passes. The vanes adjust a pressure ratio of the gas turbine engine to compensate for changing operational requirements of the gas turbine engine by rotating to positions matching the changing operational requirements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: David K. Jan, Dietmar Giebert, Thomas G. Cunningham, Jr.
  • VARIABLE AREA TURBINE NOZZLE AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20200362768
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine with a compressor supplying compressed air. A combustor receives the compressed air and fuel and generates a flow of combusted gas. A turbine receives a core flow of the combusted gas to rotate a turbine rotor. A turbine inlet nozzle directs the combusted gas to the turbine rotor. Vanes are disposed in the turbine inlet nozzle and rotate to vary a flow area through which the core flow passes. The vanes adjust a pressure ratio of the gas turbine engine to compensate for changing operational requirements of the gas turbine engine by rotating to positions matching the changing operational requirements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2019
    Publication date: November 19, 2020
    Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: David K. Jan, Dietmar Giebert, Thomas G. Cunningham, JR.