Patents by Inventor Robert L. Kearns

Robert L. Kearns 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).

  • Method and apparatus for masking a surface of a blade member
    Patent number: 4530861
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for masking from treatment selected surfaces of a turbine blade. The blade is positioned in an apparatus which includes a holder enclosing the airfoil section of the blade and a distinct spaced apart mask member elastically secured to the holder and having a deformable surface covering a surface of the blade spaced from the airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 23, 1985
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David F. Sippel, Robert L. Kearns