Patents by Inventor Clayton Danyew

Clayton Danyew 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).

  • Turbine bucket lockwire anti-rotation device for gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 10145249
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine system comprises a rotor wheel, a plurality of blades, a lockwire and a locking key. The rotor wheel comprises a plurality of axial grooves extending through a periphery of the rotor wheel, and a plurality of posts formed between adjacent slots, each post having a circumferential slot. The blades are mounted in the axial grooves of the rotor wheel, each blade having a circumferential slot circumferentially aligned with the circumferential slots of the posts. The lockwire extends across the plurality of axial grooves of the rotor wheel within each of the circumferential slots of the posts and the blades from a first end to a second end to inhibit axial displacement of the blades within the grooves. The locking key is disposed between the first and second ends of the lockwire and provides support to at least one of the ends of the lockwire to prevent radially inward displacement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2018
    Assignee: Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis LLC
    Inventors: Leissner F. Poth, Clayton Danyew, David Jesse Warren Lovinger, Sanjay Surat Hingorani
  • TURBINE BUCKET LOCKWIRE ANTI-ROTATION DEVICE FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20170241274
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine system comprises a rotor wheel, a plurality of blades, a lockwire and a locking key. The rotor wheel comprises a plurality of axial grooves extending through a periphery of the rotor wheel, and a plurality of posts formed between adjacent slots, each post having a circumferential slot. The blades are mounted in the axial grooves of the rotor wheel, each blade having a circumferential slot circumferentially aligned with the circumferential slots of the posts. The lockwire extends across the plurality of axial grooves of the rotor wheel within each of the circumferential slots of the posts and the blades from a first end to a second end to inhibit axial displacement of the blades within the grooves. The locking key is disposed between the first and second ends of the lockwire and provides support to at least one of the ends of the lockwire to prevent radially inward displacement.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Inventors: Clayton Danyew, David Jesse Warren Lovinger, Sanjay Surat Hingorani, Leissner F. Poth