Patents by Inventor Timothy Gormley
Timothy Gormley 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).
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Publication number: 20240117781Abstract: An apparatus is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This apparatus includes a pivoting door thrust reverser system, and the pivoting door thrust reverser system includes a plurality of thrust reverser doors. Each of the thrust reverser doors is configured to pivot about a respective pivot axis between a stowed position and a deployed position. The thrust reverser doors include a first thrust reverser door and a second thrust reverser door. The second thrust reverser door is arranged to an opposing side of the pivoting door thrust reverser system from the first thrust reverser door. The pivot axis of the first thrust reverser door is angularly offset from a reference line by an acute angle. The reference line is coincident with and perpendicular to a centerline of the pivoting door thrust reverser system.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 7, 2022Publication date: April 11, 2024Inventor: Timothy Gormley
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Publication number: 20240092495Abstract: An assembly is provided for an aircraft. This assembly includes a variable area inlet for an aircraft propulsion system. The variable area inlet includes an inlet structure, an inlet door, an inner inlet passage and an outer inlet passage. The inlet door is configured to move outward from a closed position to an open position. The inlet door is configured to close the outer inlet passage when the inlet door is in the closed position. The inlet door is configured to open the outer inlet passage when the inlet door is in the open position. The inner inlet passage extends into the variable area inlet from a leading edge of the inlet structure. The outer inlet passage extends into the inlet structure to the inner inlet passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2023Publication date: March 21, 2024Inventors: Imad D. Ghandour, Timothy Gormley
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Patent number: 11927150Abstract: A nacelle may comprise a fixed structure and a translating structure configured to translate relative to the fixed structure. A first drive system may be operationally coupled to the translating structure. The drive system may comprise a primary actuator coupled to the fixed structure and including a primary rod and a primary gear rotationally coupled to the primary rod, a torque shaft rotationally coupled to the primary gear, and a secondary actuator operationally coupled to the primary actuator via the torque shaft.Type: GrantFiled: July 27, 2022Date of Patent: March 12, 2024Assignee: ROHR, INC.Inventor: Timothy Gormley
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Publication number: 20240077046Abstract: A centerbody assembly includes a center tube, a forward bulkhead, an aft bulkhead, at least one baffle, and an outer skin. The center tube extends circumferentially about an axial centerline. The center tube extends between and to a first axial tube end and a second axial tube end. The forward bulkhead is mounted to the center tube at the first axial tube end. The aft bulkhead is mounted to the center tube at the second axial tube end. The at least one baffle extends axially from the forward bulkhead to the aft bulkhead. At least the forward bulkhead, the aft bulkhead, or the at least one baffle include one or more thermal beads. The outer skin circumscribes the center tube, the forward bulkhead, the aft bulkhead, and the at least one baffle to form an acoustic cavity radially inside the outer skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 2, 2022Publication date: March 7, 2024Inventors: David Gaul, Aleksandar Ratajac, Victor A. Church, Charles L. Anderson, Stephen Erickson, Carlos A. Lopez, Jose S. Alonso-Miralles, Brian A. Sherman, Timothy Gormley, Christopher C. Koroly
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Patent number: 11913407Abstract: A thrust reverser includes a frame, a track disposed on the frame, a carrier operatively coupled to the track, and a first reverser door operatively coupled to the carrier. The first reverser door is movable relative to the frame. The first reverser door is configured to move to a first position in response to the carrier moving with respect to the track in a first direction, and move to a second position in response to the carrier moving with respect to the track in a second direction.Type: GrantFiled: May 2, 2022Date of Patent: February 27, 2024Assignee: ROHR, INC.Inventors: Timothy Gormley, Imad D. Ghandour
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Patent number: 11891966Abstract: A thrust reverser may include a frame, an actuation arrangement, a reverser door pivotally coupled to the frame, and a deployable fairing pivotally coupled to the frame, wherein the deployable fairing is configured to move away from a central axis of the thrust reverser to provide clearance for one of more thrust reverser pivot doors to rotate into a deployed position.Type: GrantFiled: March 8, 2022Date of Patent: February 6, 2024Assignee: ROHR, INC.Inventor: Timothy Gormley
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Patent number: 11873782Abstract: A method for deploying a thrust reverser includes translating a carrier along a track, transferring a first load between the carrier and a first reverser door in response to the carrier translating along the track, rotating the first reverser door between a closed position and an open position in response to the carrier translating along the track, transferring a second load between the carrier and a deployable fairing in response to the carrier translating along the track, and rotating the deployable fairing between a stowed position and a deployed position in response to the carrier translating along the track.Type: GrantFiled: April 14, 2022Date of Patent: January 16, 2024Assignee: ROHR, INC.Inventors: Timothy Gormley, Imad D Ghandour
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Patent number: 11867136Abstract: A variable area nozzle assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a fixed structure including a first fixed ring and a second fixed ring. The second fixed ring is spaced axially aft from the first fixed ring to define a first portion of an ejector passage therebetween. A nozzle defines an inner radial exhaust flow path surface. The nozzle includes a forward ejector door and an aft ejector door. The forward ejector door and the aft ejector door define a first surface portion of the inner radial exhaust flow path surface. Each of the forward ejector door and the aft ejector door are pivotable between respective closed positions and respective open positions. A translating ejector sleeve is mounted within the fixed structure and configured to axially translate within the fixed structure between a first axial position and a second axial position.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: January 9, 2024Assignee: ROHR, INC.Inventor: Timothy Gormley
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Patent number: 11859545Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft includes a variable area inlet for an aircraft propulsion system. The variable area inlet extends along a longitudinal centerline. The variable area inlet includes an inlet structure, an inlet door, an inner inlet passage, and an outer inlet passage. The inlet door is configured to axially translate from a closed position to an open position along the longitudinal centerline. The inlet door is configured to close the outer inlet passage when the inlet door is in the closed position. The inlet door is configured to open the outer inlet passage when the inlet door is in the open position. The inner inlet passage extends into the variable area inlet from a leading edge of the inlet structure. The outer inlet passage extends through the inlet structure to the inner inlet passage.Type: GrantFiled: January 27, 2023Date of Patent: January 2, 2024Assignee: Rohr, Inc.Inventors: Imad D. Ghandour, Jihad I. Ramlaoui, Timothy Gormley
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Patent number: 11835015Abstract: An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes a fixed structure, a translating structure, a blocker door and a folding linkage. The translating structure is configured to move between a stowed position and a deployed position. The blocker door is pivotally attached to the translating structure at a first pivot joint. The folding linkage links the blocker door to the fixed structure. The folding linkage includes a member pivotally attached to the blocker door at a second pivot joint that is radially outboard of a skin of the blocker door when the translating structure is in the stowed position. The second pivot joint is radially outboard of the first pivot joint when the translating structure is in the stowed position.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2020Date of Patent: December 5, 2023Assignee: ROHR, INC.Inventor: Timothy Gormley
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Patent number: 11781502Abstract: An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes a first actuator, a second actuator and a linkage system. The linkage system is configured to transfer torque between the first actuator and the second actuator. The linkage system includes a first linkage shaft, a second linkage shaft and a gearbox. The first linkage shaft has a first centerline. The second linkage shaft has a second centerline offset from the first centerline. The gearbox is coupled to and is between the first linkage shaft and the second linkage shaft.Type: GrantFiled: May 4, 2021Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: ROHR, INC.Inventor: Timothy Gormley
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Patent number: 11767806Abstract: A variable area nozzle assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a fixed structure surrounding an exhaust duct extending along a nozzle centerline. The fixed structure includes an upper side and a lower side opposite the upper side. The variable area nozzle assembly further includes a nozzle disposed about the nozzle centerline. The nozzle includes a nozzle throat cross-sectional area and a nozzle outlet cross-sectional area downstream of the nozzle throat cross-sectional area. The nozzle includes an upper panel and a lower panel. The upper panel includes an upper downstream end and the lower panel including a lower downstream end. The upper downstream end and the lower downstream end define a portion of the nozzle throat cross-sectional area. The variable area nozzle assembly further includes a nozzle actuation system including an upper shaft connected to the upper panel and a lower shaft connected to the lower panel.Type: GrantFiled: March 7, 2022Date of Patent: September 26, 2023Assignee: Rohr, Inc.Inventor: Timothy Gormley
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Patent number: 11760498Abstract: A system for mounting a gas turbine engine to a pylon and for detecting a failure within the system, the gas turbine engine comprising a first case, is disclosed. In various embodiments, the system includes a first mount connecting the first case to the pylon; and a first sensor configured to detect a first relative motion between the first case and the first mount.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2020Date of Patent: September 19, 2023Assignee: ROHR, INC.Inventors: Timothy Gormley, Jihad Ramlaoui
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Patent number: 11754018Abstract: An apparatus is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This apparatus includes an exhaust nozzle. The exhaust nozzle includes a flowpath, a passage, an outer door, an inner door and an actuator configured to move the outer door and the inner door between an open arrangement and a closed arrangement. The flowpath extends axially along a centerline through the exhaust nozzle. The passage extends laterally into the exhaust nozzle to the flowpath when the outer door and the inner door are in the open arrangement. The outer door is configured to pivot inwards towards the centerline when the outer door moves from the closed arrangement to the open arrangement. The inner door is configured to pivot outwards away from the centerline when the inner door moves from the closed arrangement to the open arrangement.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2021Date of Patent: September 12, 2023Assignee: Rohr, Inc.Inventor: Timothy Gormley
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Publication number: 20230279826Abstract: A variable area nozzle assembly for a gas turbine engine includes a fixed structure surrounding an exhaust duct extending along a nozzle centerline. The fixed structure includes an upper side and a lower side opposite the upper side. The variable area nozzle assembly further includes a nozzle disposed about the nozzle centerline. The nozzle includes a nozzle throat cross-sectional area and a nozzle outlet cross-sectional area downstream of the nozzle throat cross-sectional area. The nozzle includes an upper panel and a lower panel. The upper panel includes an upper downstream end and the lower panel including a lower downstream end. The upper downstream end and the lower downstream end define a portion of the nozzle throat cross-sectional area. The variable area nozzle assembly further includes a nozzle actuation system including an upper shaft connected to the upper panel and a lower shaft connected to the lower panel.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2022Publication date: September 7, 2023Inventor: Timothy Gormley
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Publication number: 20230265795Abstract: An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes a center body, a scarfed inlet structure and an inlet passage. The scarfed inlet structure extends circumferentially about the center body. The inlet passage is radially between and formed by at least the center body and the scarfed inlet structure. A first component of the assembly is configured to rotate about an axis relative to a second component of the assembly between: (A) a first position where a metering portion of the inlet passage has a first area; and (B) a second position where the metering portion has a second area. The first component is one of the center body or the scarfed inlet structure, and the second component is the other one of the center body or the scarfed inlet structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 1, 2023Publication date: August 24, 2023Inventor: Timothy Gormley
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Patent number: 11725581Abstract: An assembly for an aircraft propulsion system includes a variable area inlet with a fixed structure and a moveable structure. The variable area inlet is configured to open and close an airflow inlet passage into the aircraft propulsion system. The moveable structure is configured to move axially along a centerline between an aft position and a forward position. The moveable structure includes an inlet lip structure and a deflector. When the moveable structure is in the aft position, the airflow inlet passage is closed, and the deflector is at least partially recessed into the fixed structure. When the moveable structure is in the forward position, the airflow inlet passage is opened axially between an aft end of the inlet lip structure and a forward end of the fixed structure, and a forward end of the deflector is disposed axially at the forward end of the fixed structure.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2021Date of Patent: August 15, 2023Assignee: Rohr, Inc.Inventor: Timothy Gormley
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Patent number: 11718409Abstract: An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes a fixed structure and a nacelle. The nacelle includes a first fan cowl and a first thrust reverser section adjacent the first fan cowl. The first fan cowl is movably attached to and arranged on a first side of the fixed structure. The first fan cowl is configured to move between a first fan cowl closed position and a first fan cowl second position. The first thrust reverser section is movably attached to and arranged on the first side of the fixed structure. The first thrust reverser section is configured to move between a first thrust reverser section closed position and a first thrust reverser section open position when the first fan cowl is in the first fan cowl closed position.Type: GrantFiled: April 7, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Rohr, Inc.Inventors: Radhakrishna Chilukuri, Jihad Ramlaoui, Timothy Gormley
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Patent number: 11719190Abstract: An assembly is provided for an aircraft propulsion system. This assembly includes a thrust reverser system. The thrust reverser system includes a cavity, a sleeve and a turning door. The sleeve is configured to translate along a centerline between a sleeve stowed position and a sleeve deployed position. The turning door is configured to move between a turning door stowed position and a turning door deployed position. The turning door is disposed within the cavity when the sleeve is disposed in the sleeve stowed position. The turning door projects in a radial outward direction away from the sleeve and the centerline when the sleeve is in the sleeve deployed position.Type: GrantFiled: October 5, 2021Date of Patent: August 8, 2023Assignee: Rohr, Inc.Inventor: Timothy Gormley
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Patent number: 11713731Abstract: A variable area nozzle assembly includes a fixed structure surrounding an exhaust duct extending along a nozzle axis. The fixed structure defines an exhaust duct outlet of the exhaust duct. The fixed structure includes a first side beam and a second side beam. Each of the first side beam and the second side beam extend in a direction axially aft from the exhaust duct outlet. Each of an upper thrust reverser door and a lower thrust reverser door are pivotably mounted to the first side beam and the second side beam at a first axial position. An upper panel and a lower panel are pivotably mounted to the upper thrust reverser door and the lower thrust reverser door, respectively, at a second axial position located axially forward of the first axial position. The upper panel and the lower panel define a nozzle outlet cross-sectional area therebetween.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2021Date of Patent: August 1, 2023Assignee: Rohr, Inc.Inventor: Timothy Gormley