Steven D Conner

US Patent:

7506839, Mar 24, 2009

Filed:

Nov 30, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/291013

Inventors:

Steven L. Conner - Avon CT, US

Assignee:

United Technologies Corporation - Hartford CT

International Classification:

B64D 33/02

US Classification:

244 53B, 244 53 R

Abstract:

An aircraft fuselage intake duct seal dampens vibration in a compression seal member of an engine case inlet. The intake duct seal includes an inner leg that engages a stationary portion of the compression seal member and comprises a plurality of plenums for allowing inlet air to pass through the inner leg. The intake duct seal also includes an outer leg that engages a movable portion of the compression seal member and comprises a plurality of deflectors and a plurality of ligaments. The deflectors disengage the movable portion of the compression seal member at a threshold pressure such that inlet air bypasses entry into the engine case inlet. The ligaments remain in contact with and dampen vibration of the movable portion of the compression seal member at or above the threshold pressure.

US Patent:

20150275694, Oct 1, 2015

Filed:

Mar 12, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/433861

Inventors:

- Hartford CT, US
Paul Thomas Rembish - East Hampton CT, US
Steven L. Conner - Avon CT, US
Thomas B. Hyatt - Cromwell CT, US
Steven J. Feigleson - Falmouth ME, US
Carl Brian Klinetob - East Haddam CT, US

International Classification:

F01D 25/26
F01D 9/02

Abstract:

A turbofan engine structural guide vane is mounted to a forward bulkhead of a core engine case structure at an inner end and to a fan case at an outer end. A plurality of shear pins extend from the aft portion of the structural guide vane into a corresponding plurality of openings defined in the bulkhead for bearing circumferential loads.

US Patent:

20150252679, Sep 10, 2015

Filed:

Mar 4, 2013

Appl. No.:

14/427323

Inventors:

- Hartford CT, US
David J. Yudichak - Tolland CT, US
John P. Lucashu - Durham CT, US
Gregory E. Reinhardt - South Glastonbury CT, US
John C. Ditomasso - Glastonbury CT, US
Steven L. Conner - Avon CT, US
Carl Brian Klinetob - East Haddam CT, US
Jason Leroux - Kensington CT, US

International Classification:

F01D 9/02
F01D 1/02

Abstract:

A static guide vane for use in a fan section of a gas turbine engine includes an outer platform and an inner platform. The inner and outer platforms are connected by an airfoil. The airfoil have channels extending into a main body of the airfoil to reduce the weight of the vane. A cover closes off the channels with the cover providing a portion of the airfoil.