Patents by Inventor Jeffrey C Bishop

Jeffrey C Bishop 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).

  • Flow directing element and a method of manufacturing a flow directing element
    Publication number: 20010009642
    Abstract: A thrust reverser cascade flow directing element (28) for a gas turbine engine (10) comprises a plurality of plates (30) and a plurality of flow directing vanes (40). At least one vane (40) extends between each pair of plates (30), the plurality of plates (30) are formed from sheet material and a single integral piece of ductile sheet material (32) forms the plurality of flow directing vanes (40). The single integral piece of ductile sheet material (32) has a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart apertures (36) and a plurality of longitudinally spaced apart sheet material portions (38) between the apertures (36) and the ductile sheet material (32) is bent at a plurality of longitudinally spaced positions such that each sheet material portion (38) defines one of the plurality of flow directing vanes (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2001
    Publication date: July 26, 2001
    Inventors: Michael J. Holme, Jeffrey C. Bishop