Patents by Inventor Ian Darnell Reeves

Ian Darnell Reeves 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).

  • Methods and apparatus for assembling turbine engines
    Patent number: 6761537
    Abstract: A method of assembling a turbine comprises coupling at least one bucket to a rotor wheel. The bucket includes an upstream side, a downstream side, an airfoil extending therebetween and a dovetail extending radially inwardly from the airfoil to the rotor wheel. The method further comprises fixedly securing the bucket to the rotor wheel with a locking pin that extends from the bucket upstream side through the bucket dovetail to the bucket downstream side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 13, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: David Elliott Shapiro, Ian Darnell Reeves
  • METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR ASSEMBLING TURBINE ENGINES
    Publication number: 20040120817
    Abstract: A method of assembling a turbine comprises coupling at least one bucket to a rotor wheel. The bucket includes an upstream side, a downstream side, an airfoil extending therebetween and a dovetail extending radially inwardly from the airfoil to the rotor wheel. The method further comprises fixedly securing the bucket to the rotor wheel with a locking pin that extends from the bucket upstream side through the bucket dovetail to the bucket downstream side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: David Elliott Shapiro, Ian Darnell Reeves