Patents by Inventor Edwin Pateman

Edwin Pateman 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).

  • Aerofoil blade damping
    Patent number: 4917574
    Abstract: An aerofoil balde rotor assembly in which a plurality of aerofoil blades having circumferentially extending platforms are located on the periphery of a rotatable disc. Each of the platforms is provided with tracks on its radially inner surface. The tracks of adjacent platforms define a convergent seating for a ceramic spherical damping member. Each spherical damping member frictionally engages the tracks of adjacent platforms simultaneously upon rotation of the assembly so as to provide aerofoil damping.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 1989
    Date of Patent: April 17, 1990
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventors: Alec G. Dodd, Edwin Pateman
  • Method of making an aerofoil member for a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 4421153
    Abstract: A blade or vane structure for a gas turbine engine comprises a hollow aerofoil member and a cooling air entry tube within the hollow aerofoil member, the aerofoil and the tube comprising a unitary cast structure. To make this structure it is proposed that a lost wax casting process should be utilized, with the internal cavities formed using ceramic cores formed with the aid of temporary, disposable pieces which define the space eventually occupied by the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 1981
    Date of Patent: December 20, 1983
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Limited
    Inventors: Wilfred H. Wilkinson, Edwin Pateman, Anthony G. Gale, John Slinger
  • Aerofoil member for a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 4321010
    Abstract: A blade or vane structure for a gas turbine engine comprises a hollow aerofoil member and a cooling air entry tube within the hollow aerofoil member, the aerofoil member and the tube comprising a unitary cast structure. To make this structure it is proposed that a lost wax casting process should be utilized, with the internal cavities formed using ceramic cores formed with the aid of temporary, disposable pieces which define the space eventually occupied by the tube.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 1979
    Date of Patent: March 23, 1982
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Limited
    Inventors: Wilfred H. Wilkinson, Edwin Pateman, Anthony G. Gale, John Slinger