Patents by Inventor E. Thomas Gossler

E. Thomas Gossler 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).

  • Automated mass-moment weighing system for jet engine blades
    Patent number: 5195363
    Abstract: This invention pertains to an automatic method and apparatus for ascertaining the mass-moment of a blade of a jet engine. It encompasses robotic means to transport the blade from its loading station to the weighing station where its mass-moment is computed via a computer. Afterwards, the blade is returned to the loading station where the cycle begins over again.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1993
    Assignee: The Babcock & Wilcox Company
    Inventors: E. Thomas Gossler, Michael A. Paul, V. Edward Stubbs, III
  • Mass-moment weighing beam
    Patent number: 5187976
    Abstract: This invention pertains to an automatic apparatus and method for determining the mass-moment of a blade of a jet engine. It encompasses an elongated weighing beam that is lifted up off both the weighing scale and a fixed fulcrum block during the loading and unloading of the blade with respect to the weighing beam. When measurements are to be taken, the weighing beam, with blade attached, is lowered onto the scale and the fixed fulcrum block. The value measured by the scale is sent to a computer for calculation of the blades' mass-moment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: February 23, 1993
    Assignee: The Babcock & Wilcox Company
    Inventors: E. Thomas Gossler, Michael A. Paul
  • Robotic tool end assembly
    Patent number: 5147174
    Abstract: This invention pertains to a robotic tool end assembly used to transport a blade of a jet engine to a specific workstation and then to transfer this blade to this workstation. It encompasses gripping means to grip the blade and coupling means that couple with the workstation prior to the exchange of the blade between the workstation and this robotic tool end assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 1991
    Date of Patent: September 15, 1992
    Assignee: The Babcock & Wilcox Company
    Inventors: E. Thomas Gossler, Michael A. Paul