Patents by Inventor Tom Haslam-Jones

Tom Haslam-Jones 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).

  • Lubrication system with porous element
    Patent number: 8752673
    Abstract: A lubrication system for a gas turbine engine including at least one porous element located in a cavity containing at least one rotating component receiving a flow of the lubricant, the porous element being located across a path taken by a portion of the lubricant expelled from the at least one respective rotating component such that the portion of the lubricant circulates therethrough, the at least one porous element being made of a material resistant to a temperature of the lubricant, the at least one porous element reducing a velocity of the portion of the lubricant circulating therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Patrick Thivierge, Mélanie Papillon, Pierre Gauvin, Patrick Arkinson, Robert Scandella, Tom Haslam-Jones, Ritchie Domingo
  • LUBRICATION SYSTEM WITH POROUS ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20110048856
    Abstract: A lubrication system for a gas turbine engine including at least one porous element located in a cavity containing at least one rotating component receiving a flow of the lubricant, the porous element being located across a path taken by a portion of the lubricant expelled from the at least one respective rotating component such that the portion of the lubricant circulates therethrough, the at least one porous element being made of a material resistant to a temperature of the lubricant, the at least one porous element reducing a velocity of the portion of the lubricant circulating therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2009
    Publication date: March 3, 2011
    Inventors: Patrick Thivierge, Mélanie Papilton, Pierre Gauvin, Patrick Arkinson, Robert Scandella, Tom Haslam-Jones, Ritchie Domingo