Patents by Inventor Vaughn Ray Kunze

Vaughn Ray Kunze 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).

  • Variable immersion lobe mixer for turbofan jet engine exhaust and method of fabricating the same
    Patent number: 9995245
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a mixer for a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes forming a forward end and an aft end of the mixer, and forming an annularly undulating contour that defines a plurality of core immersion lobes and a plurality of bypass immersion lobes between the forward end and the aft end. The plurality of bypass immersion lobes includes a first bypass immersion lobe and a second bypass immersion lobe. The first bypass immersion lobe has a first crown contour line extending from the forward end to the aft end of the mixer, and the second bypass immersion lobe has a second crown contour line extending from the forward end to the aft end of the mixer. The first crown contour line is different than the second crown contour line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 12, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mustafa Dindar, Vaughn Ray Kunze
  • VARIABLE IMMERSION LOBE MIXER FOR TURBOFAN JET ENGINE EXHAUST AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150107225
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a mixer for a gas turbine engine is provided. The method includes forming a forward end and an aft end of the mixer, and forming an annularly undulating contour that defines a plurality of core immersion lobes and a plurality of bypass immersion lobes between the forward end and the aft end. The plurality of bypass immersion lobes includes a first bypass immersion lobe and a second bypass immersion lobe. The first bypass immersion lobe has a first crown contour line extending from the forward end to the aft end of the mixer, and the second bypass immersion lobe has a second crown contour line extending from the forward end to the aft end of the mixer. The first crown contour line is different than the second crown contour line.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2013
    Publication date: April 23, 2015
    Inventors: Mustafa Dindar, Vaughn Ray Kunze