Patents by Inventor William Landram

William Landram 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: 9062884
    Abstract: A combustor is provided for a turbine engine. The combustor includes a first liner having a first hot side and a first cold side; a second liner having a second hot side and a second cold side, the second hot side and the first hot side forming a combustion chamber therebetween. The combustion chamber is configured to receive an air-fuel mixture for combustion therein. The combustor further includes an insert having a body portion extending through the first liner and terminating at a tip, the body portion configured to direct air flow into the combustion chamber. The insert further includes a cooling hole defined in the body portion and configured to direct a first portion of the air flow toward the tip as cooling air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2015
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Nagaraja S. Rudrapatna, Lowell Frye, William Landram
  • Patent number: 9038395
    Abstract: A combustor for a turbine engine is provided. The combustor includes a first liner and a second liner forming a combustion chamber with the first liner, the combustion chamber configured to receive an air-fuel mixture for combustion therein. The first liner defining an air admission hole for directing a first jet of pressurized air into the combustion chamber, and the air admission hole may have a non-circular shape. The combustor further includes an insert positioned within the air admission hole to guide the first jet through the air admission hole and into the combustion chamber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 26, 2015
    Assignee: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.
    Inventors: Nagaraja S. Rudrapatna, Philip Smalley, Lowell Frye, William Landram
  • Publication number: 20130255265
    Abstract: A combustor for a turbine engine is provided. The combustor includes a first liner and a second liner forming a combustion chamber with the first liner, the combustion chamber configured to receive an air-fuel mixture for combustion therein. The first liner defining an air admission hole for directing a first jet of pressurized air into the combustion chamber, and the air admission hole may have a non-circular shape. The combustor further includes an insert positioned within the air admission hole to guide the first jet through the air admission hole and into the combustion chamber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2012
    Publication date: October 3, 2013
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Nagaraja S. Rudrapatna, Philip Smalley, Lowell Frye, William Landram
  • Publication number: 20120297778
    Abstract: A combustor is provided for a turbine engine. The combustor includes a first liner having a first hot side and a first cold side; a second liner having a second hot side and a second cold side, the second hot side and the first hot side forming a combustion chamber therebetween. The combustion chamber is configured to receive an air-fuel mixture for combustion therein. The combustor further includes an insert having a body portion extending through the first liner and terminating at a tip, the body portion configured to direct air flow into the combustion chamber. The insert further includes a cooling hole defined in the body portion and configured to direct a first portion of the air flow toward the tip as cooling air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 26, 2011
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Applicant: Honeywell International Inc.
    Inventors: Nagaraja S. Rudrapatna, Lowell Frye, William Landram