Patents by Inventor Peter Kevin BEARDSLEY

Peter Kevin 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).

  • Gas turbine cowl
    Patent number: 9776726
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine (30) comprising a rear cowl (38) defining an exhaust aperture (40) and a motive system. The rear cowl (38) comprises at least one panel (42) and the motive system is operable to selectively move the panel (42) between deployed and stowed configurations by rotation of the panel (42) about an axis substantially parallel to the main rotational axis of the engine (30). This alters the area of the exhaust aperture (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Peter Kevin Beardsley, Marc Pons Perez
  • GAS TURBINE COWL
    Publication number: 20150166193
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine (30) comprising a rear cowl (38) defining an exhaust aperture (40) and a motive system. The rear cowl (38) comprises at least one panel (42) and the motive system is operable to selectively move the panel (42) between deployed and stowed configurations by rotation of the panel (42) about an axis substantially parallel to the main rotational axis of the engine (30). This alters the area of the exhaust aperture (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Kevin BEARDSLEY, Marc PONS PEREZ