Patents by Inventor Peter Beardsley

Peter Beardsley 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: 9255547
    Abstract: A turbine engine includes an engine core bounded by a bypass duct, a first portion of the bypass duct defined by a fan casing having a radially inner wall and a radially outer wall, a second portion of the bypass duct defined by a radially inner wall and a radially outer wall, a third portion of the bypass duct provided as at least one access door comprising a flow guide structure; and a thrust reverser mechanism coupled to the fan casing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 9, 2016
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventor: Peter Beardsley
  • Patent number: 9090353
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for attaching a ducted fan gas turbine engine that includes an intake, a propulsive fan, a fan case surrounding the fan, and a core engine. The air intake is attached to the front of the fan case such that loads acting on the air intake are transmitted to the fan case. The mounting assembly includes: a support structure extending in an axial direction of the engine and having a rearward region adapted to attach to the aircraft; and a load distribution ring coaxial with and rearward of the fan case, adapted to join to the fan case, and joined to a forward region of the support structure. The support structure and the load distribution ring are adapted such that the primary load path for the loads transmitted to the fan case by the air intake is through the load distribution ring and the support structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 28, 2015
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: Dominic A. Waldron, Peter Beardsley
  • Publication number: 20130047580
    Abstract: A turbine engine includes an engine core bounded by a bypass duct, a first portion of the bypass duct defined by a fan casing having a radially inner wall and a radially outer wall, a second portion of the bypass duct defined by a radially inner wall and a radially outer wall, a third portion of the bypass duct provided as at least one access door comprising a flow guide structure; and a thrust reverser mechanism coupled to the fan casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventor: Peter BEARDSLEY
  • Publication number: 20120324907
    Abstract: A mounting assembly for attaching a ducted fan gas turbine engine that includes an intake, a propulsive fan, a fan case surrounding the fan, and a core engine. The air intake is attached to the front of the fan case such that loads acting on the air intake are transmitted to the fan case. The mounting assembly includes: a support structure extending in an axial direction of the engine and having a rearward region adapted to attach to the aircraft; and a load distribution ring coaxial with and rearward of the fan case, adapted to join to the fan case, and joined to a forward region of the support structure. The support structure and the load distribution ring are adapted such that the primary load path for the loads transmitted to the fan case by the air intake is through the load distribution ring and the support structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2012
    Publication date: December 27, 2012
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: Dominic A. WALDRON, Peter BEARDSLEY
  • Patent number: 7398641
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine comprising a nacelle having an intake, the intake defining a generally annular chamber, an engine accessory and a heat exchanger for cooling a fluid of the accessory. The chamber is closed and the heat exchanger is disposed within the chamber operable to provide heat to prevent ice forming on the intake during engine operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventors: Richard G Stretton, Peter Beardsley
  • Publication number: 20080072571
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine comprising a core engine a fan and a fan casing surrounding the fan and extending rearwardly to attach to an array of outlet guide vanes characterised in that a cascade is rigidly attached to the fan casing and is connected to the core engine via a second support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Peter Beardsley, Glenn Knight
  • Publication number: 20080073460
    Abstract: A pylon structure for mounting an engine to an aircraft, characterised in that the pylon structure is split into a mount beam and a stub pylon, the mount beam is a part of the and the stub pylon is part of the aircraft. The advantage of the present invention is to facilitate easier assembly and disassembly of the engine to the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 3, 2007
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Peter Beardsley, Glenn Knight
  • Publication number: 20060021323
    Abstract: A turbine engine arrangement incorporates an electrical machine combination which can act as a generator or motor. Thus, the combination during initial turbine engine arrangement start-up acts through this motor to drive shaft rotation. This shaft rotation creates core compressed air which is bled through a valve to an air turbine such that the electrical machine when acting as a motor or generator at low engine loads is appropriately cooled. The arrangement also includes a compressor fan which generates an airflow utilised by the air turbine in order to drive the electrical machine as a generator of electrical power when engine conditions dictate. A duct is provided to direct airflow exhausted from the air turbine to a heat exchanger arranged to exchange heat with a bypass flow from the compressor fan.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2005
    Publication date: February 2, 2006
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventor: Peter Beardsley
  • Publication number: 20050150204
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine comprising a nacelle having an intake, the intake defining a generally annular chamber, an engine accessory and a heat exchanger for cooling a fluid of the accessory. The chamber is closed and the heat exchanger is disposed within the chamber operable to provide heat to prevent ice forming on the intake during engine operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2004
    Publication date: July 14, 2005
    Inventors: Richard Stretton, Peter Beardsley
  • Publication number: 20050081531
    Abstract: A mounting assembly (10) for mounting a gas turbine engine on an aircraft. The assembly (10) comprising four equispaced hydraulic piston and cylinder thrust links (16) connecting between the engine fan case (12) and the air intake (14), which intake (14) is mounted to the airframe.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2004
    Publication date: April 21, 2005
    Inventors: Richard Stretton, Peter Beardsley, David Beaven