Patents by Inventor Adrian James WHITE

Adrian James WHITE 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).

  • Turbine blade with tip overhang along suction side
    Patent number: 10641107
    Abstract: A turbine blade has a root portion, a platform and an aerofoil, the aerofoil is mounted on the platform and is formed by a pressure side wall and a suction side wall and has an outer surface, the pressure side wall and the suction side wall meet at a leading edge and a trailing edge, the aerofoil has an axial chord length, the suction side wall defines part of the radially outward surface of the aerofoil, the suction side wall defines an overhang, the overhang has a maximum overhang length that is between 5% and 20% of the axial chord length of the blade and is located between 5% and 50% of the suction surface length from the leading edge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2020
    Assignees: ROLLS-ROYCE plc, ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: John David Coull, Nicholas Robert Atkins, Howard Peter Hodson, Adrian James White, Knut Lehmann, Manuel Herm
  • TURBINE BLADE
    Publication number: 20140119920
    Abstract: A turbine blade has a root portion, a platform and an aerofoil, the aerofoil is mounted on the platform and is formed by a pressure side wall and a suction side wall and has an outer surface, the pressure side wall and the suction side wall meet at a leading edge and a trailing edge, the aerofoil has an axial chord length, the suction side wall defines part of the radially outward surface of the aerofoil, the suction side wall defines art overhang, the overhang has a maximum overhang length that is between 5% and 20% of the axial chord length of the blade and is located between 5% and 50% of the suction surface length from the leading edge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Inventors: John David COULL, Nicholas Robert ATKINS, Howard Peter HODSON, Adrian James WHITE