Patents by Inventor Christopher Jonathan TAYLOR

Christopher Jonathan TAYLOR 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).

  • Rotor blade manufacture
    Patent number: 9790798
    Abstract: A method is provided of processing one or more blades of a row of blades which forms part of a rotor for a gas turbine engine. The method includes: providing a rotor disc having a slot for mounting one or more blades; applying tape at one or both sides of the slot such that when the blades are loaded in the slot the tape reduces a range of tilt angles which can be adopted by the blades; loading the blades in the slot; and performing a processing operation on the loaded blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Gemma Alexandra Raven, Christopher Jonathan Taylor, Alexander David May, Andrew Alan Robert Baird
  • Rotor blade manufacture
    Patent number: 9624778
    Abstract: A method is provided of processing one or more blades of a row of blades which forms part of a rotor for a gas turbine engine. The method includes: providing a rotor disc having a slot for mounting one or more blades; loading the blades in the slot and loading the wax blocks in or adjacent the slot, the wax blocks being configured and positioned such that, on loading, the blades shear material from the wax blocks, the sheared wax blocks reducing a range of tilt angles which can be adopted by the blades; and performing a processing operation on the loaded blades.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Gemma Alexandra Raven, Christopher Jonathan Taylor, Alexander David May, Andrew Alan Robert Baird
  • ROTOR BLADE MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20150369050
    Abstract: A method is provided of processing one or more blades of a row of blades which forms part of a rotor for a gas turbine engine. The method includes: providing a rotor disc having a slot for mounting one or more blades; applying tape at one or both sides of the slot such that when the blades are loaded in the slot the tape reduces a range of tilt angles which can be adopted by the blades; loading the blades in the slot; and performing a processing operation on the loaded blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Gemma Alexandra RAVEN, Christopher Jonathan TAYLOR, Alexander David MAY, Andrew Alan Robert BAIRD
  • ROTOR BLADE MANUFACTURE
    Publication number: 20150369051
    Abstract: A method is provided of processing one or more blades of a row of blades which forms part of a rotor for a gas turbine engine. The method includes: providing a rotor disc having a slot for mounting one or more blades; loading the blades in the slot and loading the wax blocks in or adjacent the slot, the wax blocks being configured and positioned such that, on loading, the blades shear material from the wax blocks, the sheared wax blocks reducing a range of tilt angles which can be adopted by the blades; and performing a processing operation on the loaded blades.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Gemma Alexandra RAVEN, Christopher Jonathan TAYLOR, Alexander David MAY, Andrew Alan Robert BAIRD