Patents by Inventor Victor G. Filipenco

Victor G. Filipenco 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: 11125187
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a case assembly, a splitter, an upstream blade row, and a transition duct. The case assembly defines an outer flow path wall and an inner flow path wall. The splitter is disposed between the outer flow path wall and the inner flow path wall. The splitter has a first surface and a second surface disposed opposite the first surface. The transition duct is defined by the outer flow path and the inner flow path and extends between the upstream blade row and the leading edge of the splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Victor G. Filipenco
  • Publication number: 20200080432
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a fan section. A splitter is downstream of the fan section and at least partially defines a secondary flow path on a radially outer side and an inner flow path on a radially inner side. A variable pitch rotor blade assembly is located at an inlet to the inner flow path and includes a plurality of variable pitch rotor blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2018
    Publication date: March 12, 2020
    Inventor: Victor G. Filipenco
  • Publication number: 20200040847
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a case assembly, a splitter, an upstream blade row, and a transition duct. The case assembly defines an outer flow path wall and an inner flow path wall. The splitter is disposed between the outer flow path wall and the inner flow path wall. The splitter has a first surface and a second surface disposed opposite the first surface. The transition duct is defined by the outer flow path and the inner flow path and extends between the upstream blade row and the leading edge of the splitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 1, 2018
    Publication date: February 6, 2020
    Inventor: Victor G. Filipenco
  • Patent number: 10436050
    Abstract: An inlet section for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an outer case extending about a rotor that is rotatable about an engine axis. The rotor carries a plurality of airfoils. A plurality of guide vanes are operable to guide flow from an engine inlet toward the plurality of airfoils relative to the engine axis. A plurality of spokes are mechanically attached to the outer case. Each of the plurality of spokes is received in a respective one of the plurality of guide vanes, and at least one of the plurality of spokes define a fluid passage in flow communication with a bearing assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Victor G. Filipenco, Michael C. Firnhaber
  • Patent number: 10287904
    Abstract: A turbine engine is disclosed and includes an airflow passage including an inner surface defined by a main shroud and a shroud extension. A flow splitter is disposed radially outward of the inner surface and axially overlapping the shroud extension. The turbine engine further includes a rotor including a blade proximate the shroud extension and an annular gap defined between the shroud extension and the blade of a first axial length less than a second axial length between the blade and an end of the flow splitter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Victor G. Filipenco, Anthony R. Bifulco
  • Patent number: 10113561
    Abstract: A stage of a fan for a gas turbine engine may include a rotor blade and a stator vane disposed aft of the rotor blade. A baffle may be coupled to the stator vane. The baffle may define a secondary airflow path from aft of the stator vane to forward of the rotor blade. The baffle may further define the secondary airflow path from aft of the stator vane to forward of the stator vane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY
    Inventors: Victor G. Filipenco, Jordan T. Wall
  • Publication number: 20180291753
    Abstract: An inlet section for a gas turbine engine according to an example of the present disclosure includes, among other things, an outer case extending about a rotor that is rotatable about an engine axis. The rotor carries a plurality of airfoils. A plurality of guide vanes are operable to guide flow from an engine inlet toward the plurality of airfoils relative to the engine axis. A plurality of spokes are mechanically attached to the outer case. Each of the plurality of spokes is received in a respective one of the plurality of guide vanes, and at least one of the plurality of spokes define a fluid passage in flow communication with a bearing assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2017
    Publication date: October 11, 2018
    Inventors: Victor G. Filipenco, Michael C. Firnhaber
  • Publication number: 20170328378
    Abstract: A stage of a fan for a gas turbine engine may include a rotor blade and a stator vane disposed aft of the rotor blade. A baffle may be coupled to the stator vane. The baffle may define a secondary airflow path from aft of the stator vane to forward of the rotor blade. The baffle may further define the secondary airflow path from aft of the stator vane to forward of the stator vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2016
    Publication date: November 16, 2017
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Victor G. Filipenco, Jordan T. Wall
  • Publication number: 20160273373
    Abstract: A turbine engine is disclosed and includes an airflow passage including an inner surface defined by a main shroud and a shroud extension. A flow splitter is disposed radially outward of the inner surface and axially overlapping the shroud extension. The turbine engine further includes a rotor including a blade proximate the shroud extension and an annular gap defined between the shroud extension and the blade of a first axial length less than a second axial length between the blade and an end of the flow splitter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2014
    Publication date: September 22, 2016
    Inventors: Victor G. Filipenco, Anthony R. Bifulco
  • Publication number: 20160229543
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine is provided having a nose cone, wherein the nose cone is symmetrically disposed about an axis. The nose cone includes a leading edge and a base. A forward section is disposed between the leading edge and the base and has a radius at any axial location defined by a first equation. A transition section is disposed between the forward section and the base and has a radius at any axial location defined by a second equation. The first equation is different than the second equation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: James J. McPhail, Isaac Jon Hogate, Victor G. Filipenco
  • Patent number: 5472327
    Abstract: A rotary compressor having a housing with a pump cavity, an orbiting ring piston in the cavity, a cylindrical post carried by the housing within the orbiting ring, at least one pair of vanes engaging the orbiting ring to define pumping chambers in the cavity, a pair of primary fluid inlet passages communicating with the working pressure chamber during expansion of the pressure chamber, a pair of fluid outlet ports communicating with the working chambers as the volume of the working chambers contracts upon rotation of the orbiting ring piston, and a pair of secondary fluid inlet ports in parallel disposition with respect to the primary ports formed in a valve plate adjacent the orbiting ring piston whereby the orbiting ring piston registers with the ports and opens and closes the ports in synchronism with the opening end and closing of the main ports whereby the effective inlet flow capacity for the fluid into the expanding working chamber is increased.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 6, 1995
    Date of Patent: December 5, 1995
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Guntis V. Strikis, Vipen K. Khetarpal, Victor G. Filipenco