Patents by Inventor Allen W. Brown

Allen W. Brown 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).

  • Methods for dimensionally restoring a fastener for a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 8020295
    Abstract: Gas turbine engines systems and related methods involving dimensionally restored fasteners are provided. In this regard, a representative method for dimensionally restoring a mechanical fastener for a gas turbine engine includes: providing a mechanical fastener; and relocating existing material of the fastener such that a dimension of the fastener is restored.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2011
    Assignee: United Technologies Corp.
    Inventors: Derek W. Anderson, Allen W. Brown
  • Gas Turbine Engines Systems and Related Methods Involving Dimensionally Restored Fasteners
    Publication number: 20090104003
    Abstract: Gas turbine engines systems and related methods involving dimensionally restored fasteners are provided. In this regard, a representative method for dimensionally restoring a mechanical fastener for a gas turbine engine includes: providing a mechanical fastener; and relocating existing material of the fastener such that a dimension of the fastener is restored.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2007
    Publication date: April 23, 2009
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
    Inventors: Derek W. Anderson, Allen W. Brown
  • Apparatus and method for a stator assembly of a rotary machine
    Patent number: 5281089
    Abstract: A rotary machine which includes a stator assembly 36 having a seal assembly 38 is disclosed. Various structural, details are developed which improve the structural integrity of the seal assembly during fabrication. In one detailed embodiment, the seal assembly includes a substrate 42 having angled surfaces 44, 46 facing a flowpath 24 for working medium gases which intersect at an obtuse angle region I and an axially continuous metal structure 48 which is attached to both surfaces and extends across the obtuse angle region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 25, 1994
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Allen W. Brown, Raymond A. Wolf
  • Apparatus and method for a stator assembly of a rotary machine
    Patent number: 5228195
    Abstract: A rotary machine which includes a stator assembly 36 having a seal assembly 38 is disclosed. Various structural, details are developed which improve the structural integrity of the seal assembly during fabrication. In one detailed embodiment, the seal assembly includes a substrate 42 having angled surfaces 44, 46 facing a flowpath 24 for working medium gases which intersect at an obtuse angle region I and an axially continuous metal structure 48 which is attached to both surfaces and extends across the obtuse angle region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 1992
    Date of Patent: July 20, 1993
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Allen W. Brown, Raymond A. Wolf