Patents by Inventor Ioana NEGULESCU

Ioana NEGULESCU 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: 10100643
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine including a rotor and a cooling fluid delivery system is presented. The rotor includes a disc and a plurality of blades extending radially therefrom. Each blade has a suction side and a pressure side and includes a shank, a platform and a main portion, the main portion being radially outward of the shank and separated therefrom by the platform. At least one cavity is defined, each radially inward of the platforms and between a suction side of the shank of one blade and a pressure side of the shank of an adjacent blade. The rotor includes at least one damper, the damper including a main body in contact with at least one blade and a deflector nose. The deflector nose extends from the main body into the cavity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2018
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE DEUTSCHLAND LTD & CO KG
    Inventors: Ioana Negulescu, Peter Davison
  • Publication number: 20160177727
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine including a rotor and a cooling fluid delivery system is presented. The rotor includes a disc and a plurality of blades extending radially therefrom. Each blade has a suction side and a pressure side and includes a shank, a platform and a main portion, the main portion being radially outward of the shank and separated therefrom by the platform. At least one cavity is defined, each radially inward of the platforms and between a suction side of the shank of one blade and a pressure side of the shank of an adjacent blade. The rotor includes at least one damper, the damper including a main body in contact with at least one blade and a deflector nose. The deflector nose extends from the main body into the cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 24, 2014
    Publication date: June 23, 2016
    Inventors: Ioana NEGULESCU, Peter DAVISON