Patents by Inventor Frank W. Gorsler

Frank W. Gorsler 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).

  • Surface contouring tool
    Patent number: 5197361
    Abstract: There is provided by the present invention a surface contouring tool useful for reaching otherwise inaccessible working surfaces such as large diameter gas turbine engine rotor inner surfaces, the invention including a machining head means extendable from a nonworking position to a working position relative to the working surface and when the machining head means is useful for EDM or ECM machining further includes a fluid flow path for providing a machining fluid to the working surface head and means for rotating the machining head means.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 1991
    Date of Patent: March 30, 1993
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Charles W. Carrier, Frank W. Gorsler