Patents by Inventor Edgar C. Shoup, Jr.

Edgar C. Shoup, Jr. 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).

  • Blade root feather seal
    Patent number: 4029436
    Abstract: A bladed rotor having blade slots in the periphery and peripheral lands between the slots, has a row of blades positioned in the slots with laterally extending platforms on the blades overlying the lands, the circumferential space between the outer edges of adjacent platforms, which space is radially outward of the associated lands, is closed by a flexible thin seal held axially and circumferentially in position under the space between the platforms.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 1975
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1977
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Edgar C. Shoup, Jr., Vincent Colletti, Jr.