Patents by Inventor Jennifer L. Grudnoski

Jennifer L. Grudnoski 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).

  • Gas turbine engine vane
    Patent number: 7980817
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine vane has first and second members. The first member has a first surface section forming a suction side of an airfoil of the vane. The second surface section forms leading and trailing portions of a pressure side of the airfoil. The third surface section forms a recess between the leading and trailing portions. The second member is secured to the first member and has a first surface section forming an intermediate portion of the pressure side a leading protrusion of the second member may be captured by a recess below a lip of the first member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2011
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Andrew S. Foose, Jennifer L. Grudnoski
  • Gas turbine engine vane
    Publication number: 20080253885
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine vane has first and second members. The first member has a first surface section forming a suction side of an airfoil of the vane. The second surface section forms leading and trailing portions of a pressure side of the airfoil. The third surface section forms a recess between the leading and trailing portions. The second member is secured to the first member and has a first surface section forming an intermediate portion of the pressure side. a leading protrusion of the second member may be captured by a recess below a lip of the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2007
    Publication date: October 16, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew S. Foose, Jennifer L. Grudnoski