Patents by Inventor Kerry W. Quinn

Kerry W. Quinn 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).

  • Composite fan blade trailing edge reinforcement
    Patent number: 5785498
    Abstract: The present invention provides a composite airfoil, particularly useful as a wide chord fan blade having a high degree of twist in a large high bypass ratio turbofan engine. The composite airfoil of the present invention has a reinforced region of its airfoil that extends a portion of its span from its tip and a portion of its chord from its trailing edge. The region is covered by thin metallic sheathing bonded to trailing edge surfaces of the blade in a manner to reinforce that portion of the composite blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 29, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kerry W. Quinn, Bruce C. Busbey, Stephen J. Szpunar, Sidney B. Elston, III, James W. Tucker