Patents by Inventor Jacob Snyder

Jacob Snyder 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).

  • Refractory metal core
    Patent number: 6913064
    Abstract: A casting system for forming a gas turbine engine component is provided. The casting system, in a first embodiment, comprises a shaped refractory metal sheet having a plurality of features for forming a plurality of film cooling passages, which features are formed from refractory metal material bent out of the sheet. The casting system for forming a gas turbine engine component in a second embodiment comprises a metal wall having an airfoil shape and a refractory metal core adjacent the metal wall and having a shape corresponding to the shape of the metal wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 5, 2005
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: James T. Beals, Dilip M. Shah, Jacob Snyder, John Wiedemer
  • INVESTMENT CASTING CORES
    Publication number: 20050133193
    Abstract: A sacrificial core for forming an interior space of a part includes a ceramic core element and a first core element including a refractory metal element. The ceramic core element may be molded over the first core element or molded with assembly features permitting assembly with the first core element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2003
    Publication date: June 23, 2005
    Inventors: James Beals, Samuel Draper, Jose Lopes, Stephen Murray, Brandon Spangler, Michael Turkington, Bryan Dube, Keith Santeler, Jacob Snyder
  • REFRACTORY METAL CORE
    Publication number: 20050098296
    Abstract: A casting system for forming a gas turbine engine component is provided. The casting system, in a first embodiment, comprises a shaped refractory metal sheet having a plurality of features for forming a plurality of film cooling passages, which features are formed from refractory metal material bent out of the sheet. The casting system for forming a gas turbine engine component in a second embodiment comprises a metal wall having an airfoil shape and a refractory metal core adjacent the metal wall and having a shape corresponding to the shape of the metal wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 15, 2003
    Publication date: May 12, 2005
    Inventors: James Beals, Dilip Shah, Jacob Snyder, John Wiedemer