Patents by Inventor Eric Robert Oswald

Eric Robert Oswald 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).

  • Wear resistant frame liner joint assembly for a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 10323847
    Abstract: A tripod joint assembly for connecting first and second overlapping panel segments of a flowpath liner in a gas turbine engine includes a threaded fastener extending through an opening in the first overlapping panel segment and adjacent to an outer segment edge of the second overlapping panel segment disposed on the first overlapping segment. The assembly further includes a tripod plate having first and second plate edges and an access hole therebetween. The first plate edge contacts the first overlapping panel segment, the second plate edge contacts the outer segment edge of the second overlapping panel segment. The access hole is disposed around the threaded fastener. First and second washers are disposed around the threaded fastener, the first washer on the tripod plate opposite to the overlapping panel segments, and the second washer on the first washer opposite to the tripod plate. A threaded locknut secures the assembly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Eric Robert Oswald, Scott Patrick Ryczek, Tod Kenneth Bosel, Robert Czachor
  • WEAR RESISTANT FRAME LINER JOINT ASSEMBLY FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20170191669
    Abstract: A tripod joint assembly for connecting first and second overlapping panel segments of a flowpath liner in a gas turbine engine includes a threaded fastener extending through an opening in the first overlapping panel segment and adjacent to an outer segment edge of the second overlapping panel segment disposed on the first overlapping segment. The assembly further includes a tripod plate having first and second plate edges and an access hole therebetween. The first plate edge contacts the first overlapping panel segment, the second plate edge contacts the outer segment edge of the second overlapping panel segment. The access hole is disposed around the threaded fastener. First and second washers are disposed around the threaded fastener, the first washer on the tripod plate opposite to the overlapping panel segments, and the second washer on the first washer opposite to the tripod plate. A threaded locknut secures the assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2015
    Publication date: July 6, 2017
    Inventors: Eric Robert Oswald, Scott Patrick Ryczek, Tod Kenneth Bosel, Robert Czachor