Patents by Inventor Natalie A. Pelland

Natalie A. Pelland 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).

  • Turbine blade platform seal
    Patent number: 5924699
    Abstract: A seal for a turbine blade in a gas turbine engine has a sealing portion with two subportions, where the subportions are longitudinally offset from one another, so that the seal may provide sealing for adjacent turbine blades having longitudinally offset inner platform surfaces. The offset between the sealing subportions should correspond generally to the offset between the platform surfaces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1999
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: David Airey, Natalie A. Pelland, David P. Houston
  • Turbine blade damper and seal
    Patent number: 5785499
    Abstract: An integral damper and seal for a turbine blade in a gas turbine engine includes a damper portion which contacts the platform and at least one sealing portion, angled radially inward from the damper portion, which makes contact with and seals against the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 24, 1996
    Date of Patent: July 28, 1998
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: David P. Houston, Natalie A. Pelland, Michael Gonsor, David Airey