Patents by Inventor Meirion WATKIN

Meirion WATKIN 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).

  • Carriers for turbine components
    Patent number: 10316674
    Abstract: A carrier segment for forming a carrier section for one or more gas turbine engine components, the carrier segment including a carrier wall extending between front and rear carrier ends and having a circumferential profile, the carrier segment being configured for defining radially inwardly thereof a chamber for receiving cooling air from an outboard feed source via the front end, wherein the circumferential profile of the carrier wall is undulating, e.g. with a simple waveform configuration or a more complex arrangement of interleaved series of oppositely oriented part-conical surface formations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2019
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Meirion Watkin
  • CARRIERS FOR TURBINE COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20160090840
    Abstract: A carrier segment for forming a carrier section for one or more gas turbine engine components, the carrier segment including a carrier wall extending between front and rear carrier ends and having a circumferential profile, the carrier segment being configured for defining radially inwardly thereof a chamber for receiving cooling air from an outboard feed source via the front end, wherein the circumferential profile of the carrier wall is undulating, e.g. with a simple waveform configuration or a more complex arrangement of interleaved series of oppositely oriented part-conical surface formations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2015
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventor: Meirion WATKIN