Patents by Inventor Christopher L. Potter

Christopher L. Potter 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: 10294805
    Abstract: An integrally bladed rotor includes a rotor that has a rim that provides an inner flow surface. Circumferentially spaced apart radially extending airfoils integrally with and from the rotor and joined by an airfoil fillet. An asymmetrical trench is provided in the rim between adjacent airfoils.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher L. Potter, David A. Knaul, Michael Espinoza
  • Patent number: 10273972
    Abstract: A rotating component for a turbine engine includes a main component portion including a web and a platform located at a radially outboard portion of the web, relative to an axis of rotation of the rotating component. A snap surface is located at the platform and is configured to interlock the rotating component with an adjacent rotating component. A transition surface extends from the main component portion to the snap surface and includes two or more different radii.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fadi S. Maalouf, Christopher L. Potter, Michael Espinoza, Eliannah Hunderfund, Steven M. Modon
  • Patent number: 9890641
    Abstract: An integrally bladed rotor includes a rim integral with a web that extends radially inward to a bore. The rim provides an end wall from which integral blades extend radially outward to a tip. The blades have an airfoil that extends in a chord-wise direction from a leading edge to a trailing edge. A fillet circumscribes the airfoil and joins the airfoil to the end wall. The fillet is at one of the leading edge and the trailing edge is truncated at least 50% in an axial direction to provide a face of the rim.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Christopher L. Potter, Michael Espinoza
  • Publication number: 20170138368
    Abstract: A rotating component for a turbine engine includes a main component portion including a web and a platform located at a radially outboard portion of the web, relative to an axis of rotation of the rotating component. A snap surface is located at the platform and is configured to interlock the rotating component with an adjacent rotating component. A transition surface extends from the main component portion to the snap surface and includes two or more different radii.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Fadi S. Maalouf, Christopher L. Potter, Michael Espinoza, Eliannah Hunderfund, Steven M. Modon
  • Publication number: 20160319835
    Abstract: An integrally bladed rotor includes a rotor that has a rim that provides an inner flow surface. Circumferentially spaced apart radially extending airfoils integrally with and from the rotor and joined by an airfoil fillet. An asymmetrical trench is provided in the rim between adjacent airfoils.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2014
    Publication date: November 3, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher L. POTTER, David A. KNAUL, Michael ESPINOZA
  • Publication number: 20160208614
    Abstract: An integrally bladed rotor includes a rim integral with a web that extends radially inward to a bore. The rim provides an end wall from which integral blades extend radially outward to a tip. The blades have an airfoil that extends in a chord-wise direction from a leading edge to a trailing edge. A fillet circumscribes the airfoil and joins the airfoil to the end wall. The fillet is at one of the leading edge and the trailing edge is truncated at least 50% in an axial direction to provide a face of the rim.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventors: Christopher L. Potter, Michael Espinoza
  • Publication number: 20160208613
    Abstract: A rotor disk includes a web that extends from a rim radially inward to a bore. A spacer is integral with and extending generally axially from the rim. The spacer includes a flow path surface adjacent to an end wall of the rim. An inner surface is spaced radially inwardly from the flow path surface and extends between first and second axial locations. A fillet interconnects the inner surface and the web. The inner surface is tangent to the fillet at the first axial location. The second axial location axially aligns beneath vanes and surrounded by the inner surface. The spacer has first and second radial thicknesses respectively disposed at the first and second axial locations. The first and second radial thicknesses are different than one another. The spacer is at least partially tapering axially between the first and second axial locations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: July 21, 2016
    Inventor: Christopher L. Potter