Patents by Inventor Christopher Treese

Christopher Treese 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).

  • Power beam welded cavity-back titanium hollow fan blade
    Patent number: 10502064
    Abstract: An airfoil including an airfoil body, a recessed portion of a first depth in a first side of the airfoil body, the recessed portion including a plurality of pockets of a second depth located within the recessed portion and ribs of the first depth located between the pockets, a cover configured to fit into the recessed portion such that an interior surface of the cover engages the ribs and an exterior surface of the cover is about flush with an exterior surface of the first side of the airfoil body, and a high energy beam weld configuration extending through the cover and into the ribs and positioned to attach the cover to the ribs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel A. Bales, Dmitri Novikov, Robert C. Dolan, Kenneth A. Frisk, Steven T. Gordon, William R. Graves, Eric W. Malmborg, Francis B. Parisi, Randy P. Salva, Michael A. Weisse, Russell A. Beers, Xuedong Zhou, Christopher Treese, Tri Nguyen
  • POWER BEAM WELDED CAVITY-BACK TITANIUM HOLLOW FAN BLADE
    Publication number: 20190040744
    Abstract: An airfoil including an airfoil body, a recessed portion of a first depth in a first side of the airfoil body, the recessed portion including a plurality of pockets of a second depth located within the recessed portion and ribs of the first depth located between the pockets, a cover configured to fit into the recessed portion such that an interior surface of the cover engages the ribs and an exterior surface of the cover is about flush with an exterior surface of the first side of the airfoil body, and a high energy beam weld configuration extending through the cover and into the ribs and positioned to attach the cover to the ribs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2017
    Publication date: February 7, 2019
    Inventors: Daniel A. Bales, Dmitri Novikov, Robert C. Dolan, Kenneth A. Frisk, Steven T. Gordon, William R. Graves, Eric W. Malmborg, Francis B. Parisi, Randy P. Salva, Michael A. Weisse, Russell A. Beers, Xuedong Zhou, Christopher Treese, Tri Nguyen