Patents by Inventor Andrew Rowell Faulkner

Andrew Rowell Faulkner 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).

  • Sealing of turbomachinery casing segments
    Patent number: 6884027
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for sealing around a turbine or compressor blade includes casing segments having sealing faces for abutting with opposing sealing faces of circumferentially adjacent casing segments along joints between the segments. The sealing faces on adjacent segments are forced into contact with each other by rotation of each casing segment about a mounting pin. To reduce radial leakage, a sealing plate is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2005
    Assignee: Alstom Technology Ltd.
    Inventor: Andrew Rowell Faulkner
  • Sealing of turbomachinery casing segments
    Publication number: 20040151582
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement for sealing around a turbine or compressor blade includes casing segments having sealing faces for abutting with opposing sealing faces of circumferentially adjacent casing segments along joints between the segments. The sealing faces on adjacent segments are forced into contact with each other by rotation of each casing segment about a mounting pin. To reduce radial leakage, a sealing plate is provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Inventor: Andrew Rowell Faulkner