Patents by Inventor ADAM F. KNAPP

ADAM F. KNAPP 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: 12318877
    Abstract: A method of determining a repair method for a defect in a bladed rotor can comprise comparing the defect in a three-dimensional model of an inspected integrally bladed rotor (IBR) to a plurality of known defects from a repair database; determining the defect is matching a known defect in the plurality of known defects in the repair database; and generating a repair process associated with the known defect in response to determining the defect is matching the known defect. A method can also comprise determining a potential repair process; performing a structural simulation of a finite element model for the inspected IBR with the potential repair; performing an aerodynamic simulation of an aerodynamic model for the inspected IBR with the potential repair; and generating the potential repair process for the defect in response to determining the inspected IBR with the potential repair meets structural and the aerodynamic criteria.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2025
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Nigel David Sawyers-Abbott, Ron I. Prihar, Garrett Kernozicky, Zhong Ouyang, Lawrence P Roberts, Adam F. Knapp
  • Publication number: 20230315948
    Abstract: An article of manufacture may include a tangible, non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having instructions stored thereon that, in response to execution by a processor, cause the processor to perform operations comprising: receiving, via the processor, one of a point cloud and a three-dimensional model for an inspected integrally bladed rotor (IBR) and a defect including a defect shape, a defect size, and a defect location; generating, via the processor, a first finite element model and a second finite element model based on the point cloud or the three-dimensional model, the first finite element model and the second finite element model; performing, via the processor, a structural analysis simulation with the first finite element model; performing, via the processor an aerodynamic analysis simulation with the second finite element model; iterating, via the processor, a repaired defect shape based on simulation data from the aerodynamic analysis simulation and the structural analysis simulation; an
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: LAWRENCE P. ROBERTS, ADAM F. KNAPP, WILLIAM D. OWEN, ROSS A. VANDENBOSCH
  • Publication number: 20230311252
    Abstract: A method of determining a repair method for a defect in a bladed rotor can comprise comparing the defect in a three-dimensional model of an inspected integrally bladed rotor (IBR) to a plurality of known defects from a repair database; determining the defect is matching a known defect in the plurality of known defects in the repair database; and generating a repair process associated with the known defect in response to determining the defect is matching the known defect. A method can also comprise determining a potential repair process; performing a structural simulation of a finite element model for the inspected IBR with the potential repair; performing an aerodynamic simulation of an aerodynamic model for the inspected IBR with the potential repair; and generating the potential repair process for the defect in response to determining the inspected IBR with the potential repair meets structural and the aerodynamic criteria.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2022
    Publication date: October 5, 2023
    Applicant: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: NIGEL DAVID SAWYERS-ABBOTT, RON I. PRIHAR, GARRETT KERNOZICKY, ZHONG OUYANG, LAWRENCE P. ROBERTS, ADAM F. KNAPP