Patents by Inventor Gary J. Quill

Gary J. Quill 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).

  • Method for manufacturing a multiple property integral turbine wheel
    Patent number: 4592120
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a process for the fabrication of low cost dual property turbine rotors having blades that are diffusion bonded to a blade ring that is simultaneously diffusion bonded to a central hub.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 3, 1986
    Assignee: Williams International Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Egan, Gary J. Quill
  • Integral bladed disk
    Patent number: 4573876
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a turbine rotor and method of manufacture thereof. A plurality of blades having dovetails at the radially inner ends thereof are arranged in a circumferentially spaced circular array. A metallic hub is cast about the dovetails of said blades which are metallurgically bonded by the operation. Alternatively, the blades may be joined to the hub thereafter by an electron beam weld that extends axially to the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 1984
    Date of Patent: March 4, 1986
    Assignee: Williams International Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Egan, Gary J. Quill
  • Method of manufacturing an integral bladed turbine disk
    Patent number: 4538331
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a turbine rotor and method of manufacture thereof. A plurality of blades having dovetails at the radially inner ends thereof are arranged in a circumferentially spaced circular array. A metallic hub is cast about the dovetails of said blades which are metallurgically bonded by the operation. Alternatively, the blades may be joined to the hub thereafter by an electron beam weld that extends axially to the rotor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1983
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1985
    Assignee: Williams International Corporation
    Inventors: Michael J. Egan, Gary J. Quill