Patents by Inventor Timothy A. Dunbar

Timothy A. Dunbar 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: 9879558
    Abstract: An interface within a gas turbine engine includes a multiple of segmented components, each with a segment flange with a multiple of apertures, at least one of the multiple of apertures a first slot aperture. A full ring component with a ring flange that defines a multiple ring of apertures, at least one of the multiple of ring apertures a second slot aperture, the second slot aperture transverse to the first slot aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Mark J Rogers, Mark Broomer, Craig R. McGarrah, Timothy M Davis, Anthony B Swift, Russell E Keene, Carson A. Roy Thill, Timothy A. Dunbar
  • Publication number: 20160010482
    Abstract: An interface within a gas turbine engine includes a multiple of segmented components, each with a segment flange with a multiple of apertures, at least one of the multiple of apertures a first slot aperture. A full ring component with a ring flange that defines a multiple ring of apertures, at least one of the multiple of ring apertures a second slot aperture, the second slot aperture transverse to the first slot aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2014
    Publication date: January 14, 2016
    Inventors: Mark J Rogers, Mark Broomer, Craig R McGarrah, Timothy M Davis, Anthony B Swift, Russell E Keene, Carson A. Roy Thill, Timothy A. Dunbar
  • Patent number: 8572817
    Abstract: A rigid U-shaped structure sized to be closely received on the tip end of the transfer hook. One side of the U-shape of the structure is closed. A padeye is rigidly attached to the end curved portion of the U-shape of the structure. Means for holding the U-shaped structure in position on the tip end of the hook is provided. The holding means may be threaded bores through one or both sides of the U-shaped structure that allow bolts to be threaded through the holes such that they create sufficient friction against the tip end of the transfer hook to hold the U-shaped structure in position. The holes through the U-shaped structure may be unthreaded with threaded nuts rigidly attached to the U-shaped structure such that the nuts are aligned with the holes to allow bolts to exert pressure against the tip end of the transfer hook in the same manner to hold the U-shaped structure in position on the transfer hook.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2013
    Assignee: J. Ray McDermott, S.A.
    Inventors: Timothy A. Dunbar, Carl J. Hebert
  • Patent number: 7614209
    Abstract: A mechanically releasable shackle pin arrangement that is readily operated by an ROV and is not affected by the hydrostatic pressures encountered at depth. A shackle body having two ends has a shackle pin received through bores at one end of the shackle body. A shackle nut threaded on the shackle pin secures the shackle pin in an installed position through the bores in the shackle body. An anti-rotation link plate is attached to the shackle body. The anti-rotation link plate extends to one end of the side plate. The shackle pin extends through bores at one end of the shackle body and the anti-rotation link plate and is secured in its installed position by a shackle nut threaded on the shackle pin. Means for preventing rotation of the shackle nut and loss of the shackle nut is provided on the anti-rotation link plate such that the shackle pin can be removed by a remotely operated tool on an ROV at depth to release a load without the need for hydraulics on the shackle assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2009
    Assignee: J. Ray McDermott, S.A.
    Inventors: Jack Darryl Payne, Tait James Landry, James L. Goljenboom, Richard Joseph Ordoyne, Timothy A. Dunbar