Patents by Inventor Henry Bispham Brown

Henry Bispham Brown 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).

  • Apparatus for sealing a gas turbine flow path
    Patent number: 3975112
    Abstract: Apparatus forming a portion of the outer wall of the flow path for working medium gases in the turbine section of a gas turbine engine is disclosed. The vanes of each turbine stage are grouped into a plurality of vane clusters which are circumferentially disposed in adjacent relationship about the flow path. A shroud which surrounds the tips of the rotor blades immediately upstream of the vane clusters is segmented in integral ratio to the number of vane clusters. The gap between each pair of adjacent vane clusters is circumferentially positioned in axial alignment with one of the gaps between adjacent shroud segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 1975
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1976
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Henry Bispham Brown, Francis Louis DeTolla