Patents by Inventor Alan Philip Geary

Alan Philip Geary 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).

  • Component for attaching to a wall
    Patent number: 9903589
    Abstract: A tile for attaching to a wall of a gas turbine engine. The tile has a main body. The tile also has a bridging structure that projects outwardly from the main body and has a hole configured to receive an elongate fastener so that the tile can be attached to the wall of the gas turbine engine by passing the elongate fastener through a hole in the wall of the gas turbine engine and the hole in the bridging structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2018
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Paul Allan Hucker, Alan Philip Geary, Anthony John Moran, Jonathan Mark Gregory
  • COMPONENT FOR ATTACHING TO A WALL
    Publication number: 20150082798
    Abstract: A tile for attaching to a wall of a gas turbine engine. The tile has a main body. The tile also has a bridging structure that projects outwardly from the main body and has a hole configured to receive an elongate fastener so that the tile can be attached to the wall of the gas turbine engine by passing the elongate fastener through a hole in the wall of the gas turbine engine and the hole in the bridging structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2014
    Publication date: March 26, 2015
    Inventors: Paul Allan HUCKER, Alan Philip GEARY, Anthony John MORAN, Jonathan Mark GREGORY
  • Sealing arrangement
    Patent number: 7946119
    Abstract: An arrangement for sealing an opening formed in a wall for receiving a member. The arrangement comprises a sealing member with a passage, and the sealing member is moveably mounted on the wall adjacent to the opening such that the sealing member passage is substantially co-axial with the opening in the wall. Biasing means for biasing the sealing member towards the wall are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 24, 2011
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
    Inventor: Alan Philip Geary
  • Combustion chamber for gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 7076956
    Abstract: A combustion chamber suitable for a gas turbine engine is provided with at least one Helmholtz resonator having a resonator cavity and a damping tube in flow communication with the chamber interior. The damping tube is provided with at least one cooling hole extending through its wall for improved damping and cooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce PLC, Rolls-Royce Deutschland Ltd. & Co. KG
    Inventors: Kenneth James Young, Klaus Stefan Steinbach, Volker Herzog, Iain David Jeffrey Dupere, Alan Philip Geary, Miklos Gerendas