Patents by Inventor Thomas K. Yim

Thomas K. Yim 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).

  • Gas turbine engine with offset shroud
    Patent number: 6571563
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine having a housing and an axially extending shaft journaled to the housing by two axially spaced apart bearings. The bearings are located along the shaft so as to define an overhung shaft portion. A rotating component such as a turbine wheel or compressor wheel is mounted on the overhung shaft portion and is concentric about the centerline (50) of the engine. An annular shroud (40) that is part of the housing is disposed about the rotating component, the annular shroud (40) being concentric about a centerline (60) radially offset from the engine (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2003
    Assignee: Honeywell Power Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas K. Yim, Robert A. Nims, Mike Masoudipour
  • Gas turbine engine with offset shroud
    Publication number: 20020073714
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine having a housing and an axially extending shaft journaled to the housing by two axially spaced apart bearings. The bearings are located along the shaft so as to define an overhung shaft portion. A rotating component such as a turbine wheel or compressor wheel is mounted on the overhung shaft portion and is concentric about the centerline of the engine. An annular shroud that is part of the housing is disposed about the rotating component, the annular shroud being concentric about a centerline radially offset from the engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2000
    Publication date: June 20, 2002
    Inventors: Thomas K. Yim, Robert A. Nims, Mike Masoudipour