Patents by Inventor David Scott Williams

David Scott Williams 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for fabricating turbine engines
    Patent number: 7686568
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a turbine bucket and an apparatus facilitate reducing tip shroud creep. The method includes providing a turbine bucket that includes a tip shroud including at least one seal rail. The method also includes coupling at least one cutter tooth to the tip shroud, wherein the at least one cutter tooth is fabricated from an abradable material that enables the at least one cutter tooth to be removed from the tip shroud during operation of the turbine engine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2010
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Moors, David Scott Williams
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR FABRICATING TURBINE ENGINES
    Publication number: 20080075600
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a turbine bucket and an apparatus facilitate reducing tip shroud creep. The method includes providing a turbine bucket that includes a tip shroud including at least one seal rail. The method also includes coupling at least one cutter tooth to the tip shroud, wherein the at least one cutter tooth is fabricated from an abradable material that enables the at least one cutter tooth to be removed from the tip shroud during operation of the turbine engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Publication date: March 27, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Michael Moors, David Scott Williams