Patents by Inventor Charles A. Voehringer

Charles A. Voehringer 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).

  • Method of remanufacturing turbine vane clusters for gas turbine engines
    Patent number: 4176433
    Abstract: A method for remanufacturing turbine vane clusters of gas turbine engines is disclosed. Concepts and techniques for salvaging undamaged vanes from a damaged vane cluster are developed. In accordance with the method taught, protective coatings on the vane clusters are removed and residual stresses in the vanes are relieved before salvageable vanes are separated from their original vane cluster.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 1978
    Date of Patent: December 4, 1979
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Jack W. Lee, Charles A. Voehringer