Patents by Inventor Douglas Michael Roever

Douglas Michael Roever 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: 8465373
    Abstract: The present invention contemplates a face coupling, and contemplates a gas turbine engine having a face coupling. The face coupling includes a plurality of driving teeth extending from a first component, and a plurality of driven teeth extending from a second component. The plurality of driving teeth and the plurality of driven teeth cooperate to transmit a torque load from the first component to second component. The plurality of driven teeth include a root transition for preventing a driving tooth tip edge from contacting an adjacent driven tooth.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Michael S. Dornfeld, Douglas Michael Roever, Mark Potter, Gregory Blake
  • Publication number: 20110158744
    Abstract: One embodiment of the present invention is a gas turbine engine. Another embodiment is a face coupling. Other embodiments include apparatuses, systems, devices, hardware, methods, and combinations for face couplings. Further embodiments, forms, features, aspects, benefits, and advantages of the present application shall become apparent from the description and figures provided herewith.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2010
    Publication date: June 30, 2011
    Inventors: Michael S. Dornfeld, Douglas Michael Roever, Mark Potter, Gregory Blake
  • Patent number: 7296976
    Abstract: A system for balancing a rotatable gas turbine engine component. The system includes two balance rings that are coupled to the component by mating splines on the respective item. Each of the rings has a mass asymmetry that is indexable relative to the primary component to achieve the imbalance correction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2007
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas Michael Roever, Christopher John Norris