Patents by Inventor Yvan Schraenen

Yvan Schraenen 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).

  • Method for manufacturing a combustor heat shield
    Patent number: 8205336
    Abstract: A combustor heat shield comprises a heat shield member defining at least one opening for receiving a fuel nozzle. A louver is received in the opening. The louver has a flow diverting portion extending radially outwardly from the opening for directing air along the hot side of the heat shield member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 26, 2012
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Honza Stastny, Parthasarathy Sampath, Carol Desjardins, Kenneth Parkman, John Greer, Stephen Phillips, Eduardo Hawie, Yvan Schraenen
  • COMBUSTOR HEAT SHIELD
    Publication number: 20110010935
    Abstract: A combustor heat shield comprises a heat shield member defining at least one opening for receiving a fuel nozzle. A louver is received in the opening. The louver has a flow diverting portion extending radially outwardly from the opening for directing air along the hot side of the heat shield member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Inventors: Honza Stastny, Parthasarathy Sampath, Carol Desjardins, Kenneth Parkman, John Greer, Stephen Phillips, Eduardo Hawie, Yvan Schraenen
  • Combustor heat shield
    Patent number: 7827800
    Abstract: A combustor heat shield comprises a heat shield member defining at least one opening for receiving a fuel nozzle. A louver is received in the opening. The louver has a flow diverting portion extending radially outwardly from the opening for directing air along the hot side of the heat shield member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 9, 2010
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Honza Stastny, Parthasarathy Sampath, Carol Desjardins, Kenneth Parkman, John Greer, Stephen Phillips, Eduardo Hawie, Yvan Schraenen
  • COMBUSTOR HEAT SHIELD
    Publication number: 20080092546
    Abstract: A combustor heat shield comprises a heat shield member defining at least one opening for receiving a fuel nozzle. A louver is received in the opening. The louver has a flow diverting portion extending radially outwardly from the opening for directing air along the hot side of the heat shield member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 19, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Honza Stastny, Parthasarathy Sampath, Carol Desjardins, Kenneth Parkman, John Greer, Stephen Phillips, Eduardo Hawie, Yvan Schraenen
  • Cast on-board injection nozzle with adjustable flow area
    Patent number: 6183193
    Abstract: A Tangential On-Board Injection (TOBI) nozzle or a Radial On-Board Injection (ROBI) nozzle with adjustable flow area in a gas turbine engine for directing a cooling air flow into a rotor assembly of the turbine is disclosed. The TOBI or ROBI nozzle is a unitary cast structure including a plurality of tangentially angled cooling air passages, a number of the passages being cast-closed. After a flow test is conducted using the TOBI or ROBI nozzle, one or more of the cast-closed passages may be selectively machined open if the mass flow of the TOBI or ROBI nozzle does not satisfy the design point. Therefore, the structure of the TOBI or ROBI nozzle is easily fabricated using a casting process with low manufacturing costs while the optimum cooling air flow is achieved by adjusting the total flow area of the TOBI or ROBI nozzle before it is installed to the gas turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2001
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: David Frederick Glasspoole, Yvan Schraenen