Patents by Inventor Jed Fentem

Jed Fentem 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: 10436046
    Abstract: A method for assembling a stator stage of a gas turbine engine and an adjustment pin to perform the assembly method to lock a vane segment in a central section of the stator stage. The method includes inserting an adjustment pin into a through hole wherein the adjustment pin includes two end sections, inserting at least one wall segment of the vane segment into a slot of a central section, rotating the adjustment pin so that the central section is correctly positioned in the stator stage, deforming a deformable part of the adjustment pin so that the now deformed part establishes a force fit with at least one segment of a corresponding structure of the central section and thereby locking the adjustment pin and thus the central section in a fixed position in the stator stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jed Fentem, Paul Jenkinson
  • Publication number: 20170089209
    Abstract: A method for assembling a stator stage of a gas turbine engine and an adjustment pin to perform the assembly method to lock a vane segment in a central section of the stator stage. The method includes inserting an adjustment pin into a through hole wherein the adjustment pin includes two end sections, inserting at least one wall segment of the vane segment into a slot of a central section, rotating the adjustment pin so that the central section is correctly positioned in the stator stage, deforming a deformable part of the adjustment pin so that the now deformed part establishes a force fit with at least one segment of a corresponding structure of the central section and thereby locking the adjustment pin and thus the central section in a fixed position in the stator stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jed Fentem, Paul Jenkinson