Patents by Inventor Doug A. Finkhousen

Doug A. Finkhousen 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: 5310318
    Abstract: A rotor disk includes a rim with axially spaced apart forward and aft ends, with the aft end having a larger diameter than the forward end. The rim includes a plurality of straight dovetail slots defining dovetail posts therebetween. Each dovetail post includes a pair of lobes, a neck, and first and second pressure faces facing radially inwardly from the lobes. The first and second pressure faces vary in radial height therebetween from a first magnitude at the rim aft end to a second and smaller magnitude at the rim forward end to shift a portion of the bending loads from the dovetail post at the rim forward end to the dovetail post at the larger rim aft end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 10, 1994
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Andrew J. Lammas, Nicholas J. Kray, Doug A. Finkhousen