Patents by Inventor Martin Joseph Pierce

Martin Joseph Pierce 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for mounting a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 7093996
    Abstract: A method enables a thrust link including a clevis to be coupled to a mounting lug including a spherical bearing. The method comprises positioning the spherical bearing within the thrust link clevis, and coupling the thrust link to the mounting lug by inserting a fastener through the clevis such that the fastener extends from one side of the clevis through the spherical bearing to the other side of the clevis, and such that fuse element included with at least one of the fastener and the clevis is positioned within a structural load path defined between the clevis and the thrust link, wherein the fuse element is configured to fail when subjected to a predetermined load.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Tracy Wallace, Nelson Dirk Gibbens, Martin Joseph Pierce, Cornelius H. Dykhuizen
  • Methods and apparatus for mounting a gas turbine engine
    Publication number: 20040216461
    Abstract: A method enables a thrust link including a clevis to be coupled to a mounting lug including a spherical bearing. The method comprises positioning the spherical bearing within the thrust link clevis, and coupling the thrust link to the mounting lug by inserting a fastener through the clevis such that the fastener extends from one side of the clevis through the spherical bearing to the other side of the clevis, and such that fuse element included with at least one of the fastener and the clevis is positioned within a structural load path defined between the clevis and the thrust link, wherein the fuse element is configured to fail when subjected to a predetermined load.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2003
    Publication date: November 4, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Tracy Wallace, Nelson Dirk Gibbens, Martin Joseph Pierce, Cornelius H. Dykhuizen