Patents by Inventor Andrew Wisbey

Andrew Wisbey 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).

  • Titanium compressor blade having a wear-resistant portion
    Patent number: 5363554
    Abstract: A titanium based alloy compressor blade is given a wear-resistant portion such as a tip portion by producing an interfitting male/female joint between the blade and the wear-resistant portion in which the joint portion of the latter is produced with inwardly directed corrugations and the former is pressed at elevated temperature after assembly of the two parts so as to cause the material of the blade to flow into and conform to the shape of the latter and to produce a diffusion bond between the two parts. Interlayers may be used to improve chemical compatibility between the respective parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 5, 1993
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1994
    Assignee: The Secretary of State for Defence in Her Britannic Majesty's Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
    Inventors: Peter G. Partridge, Andrew Wisbey