Patents by Inventor Tod Davis

Tod Davis 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 system for manufacturing a blade
    Patent number: 8123463
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a blade is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of first plies, each of the first plies sized to extend substantially the length of a span of the blade and providing a plurality of second plies, each of the second plies sized to extend only partially the length of the span of the blade. The method also includes layering the plurality of first plies and the plurality of second plies in a mold such that the plurality of second plies is interspersed throughout the plurality of first plies to spread apart the plurality of first plies to facilitate increasing a cross-sectional area of the blade and bonding the plurality of first plies to the plurality of second plies to facilitate forming a structural core of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph Kray, Tod Davis, Christopher Lee McAfee, Michael John Franks, Kevin Lee Kirkeng, David Crall
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MANUFACTURING A BLADE
    Publication number: 20100028594
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a blade is provided. The method includes providing a plurality of first plies, each of the first plies sized to extend substantially the length of a span of the blade and providing a plurality of second plies, each of the second plies sized to extend only partially the length of the span of the blade. The method also includes layering the plurality of first plies and the plurality of second plies in a mold such that the plurality of second plies is interspersed throughout the plurality of first plies to spread apart the plurality of first plies to facilitate increasing a cross-sectional area of the blade and bonding the plurality of first plies to the plurality of second plies to facilitate forming a structural core of the blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2008
    Publication date: February 4, 2010
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph Kray, Tod Davis, Christopher Lee McAfee, Michael John Franks, Kevin Lee Kirkeng, David Crall