Patents by Inventor Bradford John RIEHLE

Bradford John RIEHLE 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).

  • Patent number: 10968744
    Abstract: A retaining collar is disclosed for a bayonet mount comprising a rotor disc having a male mounting member defining a pair of apertures and an auxiliary annular wheel defining a plurality of mounting slots. The retaining collar comprises a ring-shaped body and a pair of retention pins. The ring-shaped body has a pair of circumferential end portions separated by a circumferential gap, and an arcuate radial outer surface extending circumferentially between the end portions. The body is dimensioned so that the radial outer surface frictionally engages a radial inner surface of a cylindrical male mounting member in the bayonet mount. The pair of retention pins each extend radially outward from one of the circumferential end portions. Each of the retention pins are dimensioned to extend radially outward from the body through one of said apertures and one of said mounting slots.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2021
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon R. Snyder, Michael R. Whitten, James E. Sellhorn, Bradford John Riehle
  • Patent number: 10865646
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application provide one or more of: (1) auxiliary wheel that (a) enables accurate speed detection of a turbine disc and/or (b) presents a machining surface for balance correction; and/or (2) techniques for mounting an auxiliary wheel to a rotor, such as a turbine disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 15, 2020
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon R. Snyder, Michael R. Whitten, James E. Sellhorn, Bradford John Riehle
  • Patent number: 10774678
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application provide one or more of: (1) auxiliary wheel that (a) enables accurate speed detection of a turbine disc and/or (b) presents a machining surface for balance correction; and/or (2) techniques for mounting an auxiliary wheel to a rotor, such as a turbine disc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon R. Snyder, Michael R. Whitten, James E. Sellhorn, Bradford John Riehle
  • Patent number: 10480328
    Abstract: A vane adapted for use in a gas turbine engine includes a forward following serpentine cooling path having a plurality of divider walls to direct cooling airflow. The serpentine cooling path optionally includes one or more bifurcating walls in the cooling path to split the airflow. The serpentine cooling path is in communication with an aft inlet in the vane and air passing through the serpentine cooling path exits a forward outlet in the vane into a forward rotor/stator cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
    Inventors: John Alan Weaver, Bradford John Riehle
  • Patent number: 10393380
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are examples of gas turbine engines and assemblies of combustors and turbine nozzles for such gas turbine engines. The combustor wall includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and an upstream dome. The combustor outer wall and/or inner wall may comprise of a plurality of combustor cassettes. A turbine nozzle is defined by an inner nozzle shroud and an outer nozzle shroud. An inner edge of a ring mount is coupled to both of the downstream end of the outer wall and the nozzle upstream end of the outer nozzle shroud, and an outer edge of the ring mount is coupled to the outer casing, such as, for example, by a mounting stake.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 27, 2019
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc.
    Inventor: Bradford John Riehle
  • Publication number: 20180320533
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application provide one or more of: (1) auxiliary wheel that (a) enables accurate speed detection of a turbine disc and/or (b) presents a machining surface for balance correction; and/or (2) techniques for mounting an auxiliary wheel to a rotor, such as a turbine disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon R. Snyder, Michael R. Whitten, James E. Sellhorn, Bradford John Riehle
  • Publication number: 20180320522
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application provide one or more of: (1) auxiliary wheel that (a) enables accurate speed detection of a turbine disc and/or (b) presents a machining surface for balance correction; and/or (2) techniques for mounting an auxiliary wheel to a rotor, such as a turbine disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon R. Snyder, Michael R. Whitten, James E. Sellhorn, Bradford John Riehle
  • Publication number: 20180320601
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application provide one or more of: (1) auxiliary wheel that (a) enables accurate speed detection of a turbine disc and/or (b) presents a machining surface for balance correction; and/or (2) techniques for mounting an auxiliary wheel to a rotor, such as a turbine disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon R. Snyder, Michael R. Whitten, James E. Sellhorn, Bradford John Riehle
  • Publication number: 20180320544
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application provide one or more of: (1) auxiliary wheel that (a) enables accurate speed detection of a turbine disc and/or (b) presents a machining surface for balance correction; and/or (2) techniques for mounting an auxiliary wheel to a rotor, such as a turbine disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon R. Snyder, Michael R. Whitten, James E. Sellhorn, Bradford John Riehle
  • Publication number: 20180320523
    Abstract: Various embodiments of the present application provide one or more of: (1) auxiliary wheel that (a) enables accurate speed detection of a turbine disc and/or (b) presents a machining surface for balance correction; and/or (2) techniques for mounting an auxiliary wheel to a rotor, such as a turbine disc.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2017
    Publication date: November 8, 2018
    Applicant: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Brandon R. Snyder, Michael R. Whitten, James E. Sellhorn, Bradford John Riehle
  • Publication number: 20180017257
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are examples of gas turbine engines and assemblies of combustors and turbine nozzles for such gas turbine engines. The combustor wall includes an inner wall, an outer wall, and an upstream dome. The combustor outer wall and/or inner wall may comprise of a plurality of combustor cassettes. A turbine nozzle is defined by an inner nozzle shroud and an outer nozzle shroud. An inner edge of a ring mount is coupled to both of the downstream end of the outer wall and the nozzle upstream end of the outer nozzle shroud, and an outer edge of the ring mount is coupled to the outer casing, such as, for example, by a mounting stake.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2016
    Publication date: January 18, 2018
    Inventor: Bradford John Riehle
  • Publication number: 20170211416
    Abstract: A vane adapted for use in a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The vane includes a forward following serpentine cooling path having a plurality of divider walls to direct cooling airflow. The serpentine cooling path optionally includes one or more bifurcating walls in the cooling path to split the airflow. The serpentine cooling path is in communication with an aft inlet in the vane and air passing through the serpentine cooling path exits a forward outlet in the vane into a forward rotor/stator cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2017
    Publication date: July 27, 2017
    Inventors: John Alan WEAVER, Bradford John RIEHLE