JAMES CLEMENS NAPIER
Pilots at Cartulina Rd, San Diego, CA

4600414, Jul 15, 1986

Dec 20, 1984

6/684051

Arthur G. Metcalfe - National City CA
James C. Napier - San Diego CA
William A. Compton - San Diego CA

Solar Turbines Incorporated - San Diego CA

B01D 4508

55290

Methods of and apparatus for removing contaminants from heated gases by impact separation. The contaminants are collected by adhering them to a moving surface, and they are thereafter removed from that surface.

8371521, Feb 12, 2013

Mar 15, 2007

11/724644

James C. Napier - San Diego CA, US
Jay M. Francisco - Chula Vista CA, US

Pratt & Whitney - East Hartford CT

B64D 41/00, F02K 1/00, F02G 1/00

244 58, 60 395, 60770, 60 3915, 60 3912

An exhaust duct system for a gas turbine engine that mounts within a tail cone of an aircraft, comprises an exhaust exit that exits one side of the tail cone offset from the axial centerline of the tail cone and an exhaust duct that couples the engine to the offset exhaust exit, with a straight section of the exhaust duct extending from the exhaust exit for a length that corresponds to at least one diameter of the exhaust duct.

2012017, Jul 12, 2012

Jan 6, 2011

12/985537

Jay M. Francisco - Chula Vista CA, US
James C. Napier - San Diego CA, US

F02C 7/32, F02C 7/047

60779, 60 39093

An example auxiliary power unit air inlet assembly includes a noise attenuating component disposed within a conduit. The conduit is configured to communicate a first flow of fluid to an auxiliary power unit. A second flow of fluid is communicated to the noise attenuating component. The second flow of fluid limits formation of ice in the conduit. The first flow of fluid is different than the second flow of fluid.

8596568, Dec 3, 2013

Apr 26, 2011

13/094179

Jay M. Francisco - Chula Vista CA, US
James C. Napier - San Diego CA, US

Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation - Windsor Locks CT

B64C 1/40, B64C 23/00

244 1N, 244 58

An exhaust silencer assembly includes an exhaust duct and an exhaust silencer. The exhaust silencer is disposed about the exhaust duct and has a plurality of solid baffles and at least one perforated baffle The exhaust silencer assembly is disposed downstream of an auxiliary power unit and at least partially attenuates the downstream noise of the combustion gases that result from operation of the auxiliary power unit. In one embodiment, at least one of the plurality of solid baffles is disposed to extend axially between generally radially extending solid baffles, perforated baffle(s), or partially perforated baffles. The axially extending solid baffle allows for cavity depth variation in the silencer to optimize tuning of particular frequencies from the auxiliary power unit.

5491308, Feb 13, 1996

Apr 9, 1992

7/866142

James C. Napier - San Diego CA
Robert G. Thompson - San Diego CA

Sundstrand Corporation - Rockford IL

E04F 1704

181224

In order to reduce noise transmission through the air inlet duct (16) of a turbine engine (10), the air inlet duct (16) provides a non-linear path defined by a bend (24) for air from a source, and the turbine engine (10) includes a sound attenuation assembly (26) in the form of a splitter dissipative silencer disposed near the bend (24) in the air inlet duct (16). More specifically, the turbine engine (10) is such that the splitter dissipative silencer (26) can be formed as a modular assembly (42) removably securable near the bend (24) in the air inlet duct (16) upstream of a radial compressor (12) for removal and/or replacement or availability as an optional component of the turbine engine (10).

2012028, Nov 15, 2012

May 13, 2011

13/107374

Loc Quang Duong - San Diego CA, US
Xiaolan Hu - San Diego CA, US
Nagamany Thayalakhandan - San Diego CA, US
Bo Zheng - San Diego CA, US
Benjamin E. Fishler - San Diego CA, US
Gao Yang - San Diego CA, US
Anthony C. Jones - San Diego CA, US
James C. Napier - San Diego CA, US
Jay M. Francisco - Chula Vista CA, US

HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION - Windsor Locks CT

F01D 5/22

416185

A turbine apparatus comprises a rotor with a hub section defined about a rotational axis and a plurality of blades attached to the hub section. The plurality of blades comprises a first group having a first angular spacing in a first circumferential sector of the rotor, and a second group having a second angular spacing in a second circumferential sector of the rotor. The first angular spacing is different from the second angular spacing, and the rotor blades are asymmetric about the rotational axis.

6957569, Oct 25, 2005

Apr 15, 2004

10/826636

James C. Napier - San Diego CA, US
Wayne A. Johnson - La Jolla CA, US
Stanley C. Mickaelian - El Cajon CA, US

Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation - Windsor Locks CT

G01M015/00

73116

A method of measuring the presence of oil in turbine bleed air that uses an aerosol sampler/size classifier to do a comparative measurement of the engine bleed air to the ambient air entering the engine on a real time basis by comparing quantity and size distribution of suspended particles of engine inlet air with suspended particles in the bleed air throughout the normal operating schedule of the engine and determining the presence of oil in the bleed air when the quantity and size distribution of suspended particles in the bleed air exceeds the quantity and size distribution of suspended particles in the engine inlet air by a predetermined amount.

2012032, Dec 20, 2012

Jun 20, 2011

13/164092

Xinwen Xiao - San Diego CA, US
James C. Napier - San Diego CA, US
Gao Yang - SanDiego CA, US
Loc Quang Duong - San Diego CA, US
Steven R. Falconer - Escondido CA, US

Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation - Windsor Locks CT

F02C 7/12

415180

A cooling system for the rear bearing capsule of a turbine in a gas turbine engine supported by an exhaust cone attached to multiple exit guide vanes that extend radially from the exhaust cone to an exhaust housing, comprises: an inlet air flow path through each guide vane between a source of cool ambient air and the rear bearing capsule; and at least one discharge air flow path that receives air from the inlet air flow path through each guide vane and passes the air through the exhaust cone from the rear bearing capsule to a high velocity gas flow path in the exhaust housing.

2013017, Jul 11, 2013

Jan 10, 2012

13/347147

Stacey H. Light - San Diego CA, US
James C. Napier - San Diego CA, US

HAMILTON SUNDSTRAND CORPORATION - Windsor Locks CT

F02C 9/00

60773, 60 3924

A method of reducing engine noise for an engine under little or low load conditions includes the steps of: establishing an engine idle speed for the engine when the engine has less than a predetermined minimum level of load; measuring the level of load on the engine; measuring the speed of the engine; and reducing the speed of the engine to the engine idle speed if the measured level of load on the engine is less than the predetermined minimum level of load and the measured speed of the engine is greater than the engine idle speed.

4568365, Feb 4, 1986

Oct 13, 1982

6/434103

Arthur G. Metcalfe - National City CA
James C. Napier - San Diego CA
William A. Compton - San Diego CA

Solar Turbines Incorporated - San Diego CA

B01D 4508

55 96

Methods of and apparatus for removing contaminants from heated gases by impact separation. The contaminants are collected by adhering them to a moving surface, and they are thereafter removed from that surface.