Patents by Inventor Alan B. Shattuck

Alan B. Shattuck 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).

  • Gas turbine access port plug electrostatic probe
    Patent number: 4591794
    Abstract: An electrostatic probe (27) includes seals (47, 54) adapted to engage sealing surfaces of a borescope access hole provided in the inner and outer walls (24, 25) of the fan duct (22) of a gas turbine engine. The probe includes a center conductor (60), the exposed proximal end of which (31) forms an electrode tip, insulated (35, 36) from an outer metallic wall structure (38, 66), the conductor and wall structure terminating in a coaxial connector 64. A latch means (34, 58) cooperates with a lock pin (76) in one of the fan duct walls.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 1982
    Date of Patent: May 27, 1986
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Alan B. Shattuck, Robert P. Couch