Patents by Inventor Thet Kwan

Thet Kwan 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).

  • Split fairing for a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 8152451
    Abstract: A fairing for a structural strut in a gas turbine engine includes: (a) an inner band; (b) an outer band; (c) a hollow, airfoil-shaped vane extending between the inner and outer bands; (d) wherein the fairing is split along a generally transverse plane passing through the inner band, outer band and vane, so as to define a nose piece and a tail piece; and (e) complementary structures carried by the nose piece and the tail piece adapted to secure the nose piece and the tail piece to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2008
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: John Alan Manteiga, Wilhelm Hernandez, Thet Kwan, Patrick Murphy
  • SPLIT FAIRING FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20100135777
    Abstract: A fairing for a structural strut in a gas turbine engine includes: (a) an inner band; (b) an outer band; (c) a hollow, airfoil-shaped vane extending between the inner and outer bands; (d) wherein the fairing is split along a generally transverse plane passing through the inner band, outer band and vane, so as to define a nose piece and a tail piece; and (e) complementary structures carried by the nose piece and the tail piece adapted to secure the nose piece and the tail piece to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2008
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: John Alan Manteiga, Wilhelm Hernandez, Thet Kwan, Patrick Murphy