Floating non-contact seal vertical lip

C Chuong, J Wong, R Wilson, CJ Peters - US Patent 10,415,413, 2019 - Google Patents
A seal assembly includes an annular base, a spring, a shoe, a first channel, a seal cover,
and a seal. The spring includes a beam and is connected to the annular base. The shoe is …

Multi-function boss for a turbine exhaust case

JA Scott - US Patent 10,329,956, 2019 - Google Patents
A turbine exhaust case frame (100) comprises an inner ring (104), an outer ring (102), and a
plurality of load-bearing struts (106). The inner ring is configured to carry load from inner …

Closed-loop geothermal energy collection system

DA McBay - US Patent 10,330,348, 2019 - Google Patents
Techniques are provided for extracting geothermal energy, by providing salt into a well shaft
that ends in a chamber in the Earth surrounded by a source of geothermal energy. The salt …

Geothermal energy collection system

DA McBay - US Patent 11,131,484, 2021 - Google Patents
The disclosed technology includes methods of extracting geothermal energy, generally
comprising the steps of: insertion of a thermal mass into a Heat Absorption Zone, absorbing …

Multi-piece fairing for monolithic turbine exhaust case

JD Liles, CT Ruby - US Patent 9,631,517, 2017 - Google Patents
A gas turbine engine component comprises a frame and a fairing. The frame comprises a
monolithic ring-Strut-ring structure. The fairing comprises a multi-segment ring-Strut ring …

Multi-ply finger seal

M Budnick - US Patent 10,138,742, 2018 - Google Patents
A multi-ply finger seal with a first ply that is subject to a first amount of deflection during
operation of the gas turbine engine and a second ply that is subject to a second amount of …

Frame junction cooling holes

JA Scott, W Yeager - US Patent 10,240,532, 2019 - Google Patents
ABSTRACT A module for a gas turbine engine comprises a frame and a frame cooling
system. The frame includes a circumferen tially distributed plurality of radially extending …

Turbine exhaust case multi-piece frame

JA Scott - US Patent 10,054,009, 2018 - Google Patents
A turbine exhaust case (28) comprises a one-piece fairing (120) defining an air-flow path
through the turbine exhaust case, and a multi-piece frame (100). The multi-piece frame is …

Mechanical linkage for segmented heat shield

M Budnick, C Chuong, JA Scott - US Patent 10,378,370, 2019 - Google Patents
A turbine exhaust case comprises a frame, a fairing, a heat shield and a mechanical linkage.
The frame comprises an outer ring, an inner ring, and a plurality of struts joining the outer …

Turbine exhaust case architecture

JA Scott, A Veninger - US Patent 10,006,306, 2018 - Google Patents
A turbine exhaust case (28) for a gas turbine engine (10) comprises a frame (100), a vane
fairing (108), a heat shield (124, 126, 128), and a serpentine cooling path. The frame has an …