Patents by Inventor Thomas J. Ouellette

Thomas J. Ouellette 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: 9957840
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine has a propulsor including a fan and a liner positioned upstream of the fan. The liner has a backing plate, a cellular structure with cells extending from the backing plate, and a perforated sheet with a depth defined as a distance between the perforated sheet and the backing sheet. The depth is selected to achieve a desired ratio of the depth relative to a gap?. A depth to gap ratio is substantially in a range of 0.035 to 0.08. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 1, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: David A. Topol, Bruce L. Morin, Dilip Prasad, Thomas J. Ouellette
  • Publication number: 20150337684
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine has a propulsor including a fan and a liner positioned upstream of the fan. The liner has a backing plate, a cellular structure with cells extending from the backing plate, and a perforated sheet with a depth defined as a distance between the perforated sheet and the backing sheet. The depth is selected to achieve a desired ratio of the depth relative to a gap?. A depth to gap ratio is substantially in a range of 0.035 to 0.08. A method is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2014
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: David A. Topol, Bruce L. Morin, Dilip Prasad, Thomas J. Ouellette
  • Patent number: 6281649
    Abstract: A dual motor windshield wiper system and windshield washer system integrated together into a single assembly. The system includes two motors (22, 22′), a control circuit (12), a fluid reservoir (120), a pump (112), and at least one mounting member (108, 108′) that supports said motors. The reservoir can be located between the two motors and can be supported in place by the motors. The motors can be thermally coupled to the reservoir so that fluid within the reservoir acts as a heat sink for the motors. The positions of the wipers can be controlled to follow targeted positions that are determined in accordance with acceleration, velocity, and deceleration values that are calculated using a wiper speed setting selected by the vehicle driver.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 1999
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2001
    Assignee: McCord Winn Textron Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas J. Ouellette, William H. Prendergast, William E. Ziegler