Patents by Inventor Grant J. GIBSON

Grant J. GIBSON 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).

  • Patent number: 11701754
    Abstract: An article and a method of manufacturing the article is disclosed. The method includes providing the article including a substrate and a coating at least partially disposed on the substrate. The coating includes an outer surface. The coating further includes platinum and chromium. The method further includes applying cold work to the outer surface of the coating to produce a cold-worked layer extending from the outer surface of the coating to a cold work depth. The cold-worked layer includes approximately 45% cold work. The cold work depth is between about 30 microns to about 150 microns from the outer surface of the coating.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Andrew J Leggett, Grant J Gibson
  • Patent number: 11458591
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a component comprises the following steps, in sequence using an additive layer manufacturing process to build a three-dimensional net shape of the component; performing a first abrasive blasting operation on a region of a surface of the component; and performing a second abrasive blasting operation on the region. The angle of incidence of the abrasive on the surface in the first abrasive blasting operation is less than the angle of incidence of the abrasive on the surface in the second abrasive blasting operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Inventors: Charles R H Johnson, Grant J. Gibson
  • Publication number: 20210316418
    Abstract: An article and a method of manufacturing the article is disclosed. The method includes providing the article including a substrate and a coating at least partially disposed on the substrate. The coating includes an outer surface. The coating further includes platinum and chromium. The method further includes applying cold work to the outer surface of the coating to produce a cold-worked layer extending from the outer surface of the coating to a cold work depth. The cold-worked layer includes approximately 45% cold work. The cold work depth is between about 30 microns to about 150 microns from the outer surface of the coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 16, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Andrew J LEGGETT, Grant J GIBSON
  • Patent number: 11053859
    Abstract: A method of determining the service life of a gas turbine engine component comprises providing, within a gas turbine engine, a component having an air washed surface, the component comprises a metal, wherein the air washed surface receives a supply of cooling air from a chamber within the gas turbine engine. The method also comprises mounting a metallic test sample within the chamber so as to be located in the supply of air which is delivered to the air washed surface. The metallic test sample is constructed of the same metal as the component. The method further comprises removing the metallic test sample and determining the degree of corrosion of the metallic test sample.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 6, 2021
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Grant J. Gibson
  • Patent number: 10934860
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine component made of a nickel-based superalloy, the gas turbine engine component comprising a protective coating. The protective coating includes an inner diffusion barrier layer including any one or any combination of elements selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, tantalum, tungsten, hafnium and iridium, and an outer layer of hard material formed of hard particles embedded in a matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Grant J. Gibson, Matthew Hancock, Lloyd Pallett
  • Patent number: 10752978
    Abstract: The novel nickel-base superalloy useful in an additive manufacturing process or a powder-based manufacturing process includes the following composition in wt %: Cr 8.0-8.5; Co 9.0-9.5; Mo 0.4-0.6; W 9.3-9.7; Ta 2.9-3.6; Al 4.9-5.6; Ti 0.2-1.0; Hf 0-0.05; C 0.005-0.03; B 0.005-0.02; Zr 0.005-0.1; Nb 0.2-1; Mn 0-0.6; and S 0-0.002 (?20 ppm); the balance nickel and incidental elements and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Mark C. Hardy, Grant J. Gibson, Gavin J. Baxter, Yogiraj Pardhi
  • Publication number: 20190292992
    Abstract: A method of determining the service life of a gas turbine engine component comprises providing, within a gas turbine engine, a component having an air washed surface, the component comprises a metal, wherein the air washed surface receives a supply of cooling air from a chamber within the gas turbine engine. The method also comprises mounting a metallic test sample within the chamber so as to be located in the supply of air which is delivered to the air washed surface. The metallic test sample is constructed of the same metal as the component. The method further comprises removing the metallic test sample and determining the degree of corrosion of the metallic test sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2019
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventor: Grant J. GIBSON
  • Publication number: 20190054595
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a component comprises the following steps, in sequence using an additive layer manufacturing process to build a three-dimensional net shape of the component; performing a first abrasive blasting operation on a region of a surface of the component; and performing a second abrasive blasting operation on the region. The angle of incidence of the abrasive on the surface in the first abrasive blasting operation is less than the angle of incidence of the abrasive on the surface in the second abrasive blasting operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2018
    Publication date: February 21, 2019
    Inventors: Charles R H JOHNSON, Grant J. GIBSON
  • Publication number: 20180073106
    Abstract: The novel nickel-base superalloy useful in an additive manufacturing process or a powder-based manufacturing process includes the following composition in wt %: Cr 8.0-8.5; Co 9.0-9.5; Mo 0.4-0.6; W 9.3-9.7; Ta 2.9-3.6; Al 4.9-5.6; Ti 0.2-1.0; Hf 0-0.05; C 0.005-0.03; B 0.005-0.02; Zr 0.005-0.1; Nb 0.2-1; Mn 0-0.6; and S 0-0.002 (?20 ppm); the balance nickel and incidental elements and unavoidable impurities.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2017
    Publication date: March 15, 2018
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Mark C. HARDY, Grant J. GIBSON, Gavin J. BAXTER, Yogiraj PARDHI
  • Publication number: 20170362944
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine component made of a nickel-based superalloy, the gas turbine engine component comprising a protective coating. The protective coating includes an inner diffusion barrier layer including any one or any combination of elements selected from the group consisting of platinum, palladium, tantalum, tungsten, hafnium and iridium, and an outer layer of hard material formed of hard particles embedded in a matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2017
    Publication date: December 21, 2017
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Grant J. GIBSON, Matthew HANCOCK, Lloyd PALLETT