Patents by Inventor David C. Brice

David C. Brice 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: 10337453
    Abstract: An attachment feature for a structural panel may include a bracket arm with one or more flanges extending from the bracket arm. Each flange may have a lead ramp and a land. The structural panel may include a core sandwiched between two skins. The two skins may have portions which are cantilevered from the core. The lead ramps may guide the skins to the lands to align the structural panel with the attachment feature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: ROHR, INC.
    Inventor: David C. Brice
  • Patent number: 9845733
    Abstract: A fire seal for use with a gas turbine engine is provided. The fire seal includes a body comprising a first metallic sheet and a second metallic sheet adjacent thereto, each sheet having a plurality of segmented fingers, the segmented fingers of the first metallic sheet and the second metallic sheet overlapped such that the space between fingers on one sheet does not overlap the space between the fingers on the other sheet, at least one finger of the first sheet having at least one first flow aperture therein and at least one finger of the second sheet having at least one second flow aperture, the flow aperture of one sheet overlapping the flow aperture of the other sheet. A mesh material is configured to cover the at least one flow aperture of the two sheets, wherein the mesh material is configured to allow the passage of air therethrough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2017
    Assignee: ROHR, INC.
    Inventor: David C. Brice
  • Publication number: 20170096940
    Abstract: A fire seal for use with a gas turbine engine is provided. The fire seal includes a body comprising a first metallic sheet and a second metallic sheet adjacent thereto, each sheet having a plurality of segmented fingers, the segmented fingers of the first metallic sheet and the second metallic sheet overlapped such that the space between fingers on one sheet does not overlap the space between the fingers on the other sheet, at least one finger of the first sheet having at least one first flow aperture therein and at least one finger of the second sheet having at least one second flow aperture, the flow aperture of one sheet overlapping the flow aperture of the other sheet. A mesh material is configured to cover the at least one flow aperture of the two sheets, wherein the mesh material is configured to allow the passage of air therethrough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 6, 2015
    Publication date: April 6, 2017
    Inventor: David C. Brice
  • Publication number: 20160312657
    Abstract: An attachment feature for a structural panel may include a bracket arm with one or more flanges extending from the bracket arm. Each flange may have a lead ramp and a land. The structural panel may include a core sandwiched between two skins. The two skins may have portions which are cantilevered from the core. The lead ramps may guide the skins to the lands to align the structural panel with the attachment feature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: ROHR, INC.
    Inventor: DAVID C. BRICE
  • Patent number: 7159383
    Abstract: An apparatus for reducing gas turbine engine noise, such as noise generated by an aircraft gas turbine engine, comprises at least one and preferably a plurality of gas injectors for injecting gas such as high pressure engine bleed air, diverted core air, air obtained from a pressurized storage container or air obtained from a synthetic jet actuator into the area proximate to one or more engine nozzle portions, thereby disrupting the noise-generating gas streams generated by the engine exhaust and the travel of the airplane through the air. The apparatus is particularly useful for reducing engine noise during the takeoff period of aircraft flight.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2007
    Assignee: Rohr, Inc.
    Inventors: Fiona H. Barton, legal representative, David C. Brice, Julia K. Whitmire, Brian E. Barton, deceased
  • Publication number: 20040237501
    Abstract: An apparatus for reducing gas turbine engine noise, such as noise generated by an aircraft gas turbine engine, comprises at least one and preferably a plurality of gas injectors for injecting gas such as high pressure engine bleed air, diverted core air, air obtained from a pressurized storage container or air obtained from a synthetic jet actuator into the area proximate to one or more engine nozzle portions, thereby disrupting the noise-generating gas streams generated by the engine exhaust and the travel of the airplane through the air. The apparatus is particularly useful for reducing engine noise during the takeoff period of aircraft flight.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2003
    Publication date: December 2, 2004
    Inventors: David C Brice, Brian E Barton, Julia K Whitmire