Patents by Inventor Julian Glyn Balsdon

Julian Glyn Balsdon 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: 9920643
    Abstract: A distributor device for distributing cooling air within a gas turbine engine, the device including a base mountable adjacent an inlet for air to be distributed; and a deflector supported by the base and in fluid communication with the air inlet, the deflector being configured to direct air from the air inlet in a plurality of directions within the engine; wherein the deflector includes one or more deflecting surfaces curvilinearly configured to direct the air differentially in a plurality of desired directions within the engine. In embodiments the deflecting surface(s) is/are curved and are so configured such that air from the air inlet is directable either: (i) in directions of travel in each of a plurality of desired different, non-parallel directions within the engine; or (ii) in each of a plurality of desired different directions within the engine with different flow rates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Reza Manzoori, Julian Glyn Balsdon
  • Patent number: 9920647
    Abstract: A seal segment of a shroud arrangement for bounding a hot gas flow path within a gas turbine engine is described. The seal segment is upstream of a second component of the gas turbine engine relative to the hot gas flow path. The seal segment comprises: a plate having: a downstream trailing edge; an inboard side which faces the hot gas flow path when in use; an outboard side; and a first part of a two part seal attached on the outboard side, wherein a second part of the two part seal is attached to the second component such that in an assembled gas turbine engine the two part seal provides an isolation chamber which is in fluid communication with the hot gas flow path via the trailing edge of the plate. A gas turbine having the seal segment is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Simon Lloyd Jones, Rupert John Taylor, Julian Glyn Balsdon
  • Publication number: 20150330238
    Abstract: A distributor device for distributing cooling air within a gas turbine engine, the device including a base mountable adjacent an inlet for air to be distributed; and a deflector supported by the base and in fluid communication with the air inlet, the deflector being configured to direct air from the air inlet in a plurality of directions within the engine; wherein the deflector includes one or more deflecting surfaces curvilinearly configured to direct the air differentially in a plurality of desired directions within the engine. In embodiments the deflecting surface(s) is/are curved and are so configured such that air from the air inlet is directable either: (i) in directions of travel in each of a plurality of desired different, non-parallel directions within the engine; or (ii) in each of a plurality of desired different directions within the engine with different flow rates.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 19, 2015
    Inventors: Reza MANZOORI, Julian Glyn BALSDON
  • Publication number: 20140341717
    Abstract: A seal segment of a shroud arrangement for bounding a hot gas flow path within a gas turbine engine is described. The seal segment is upstream of a second component of the gas turbine engine relative to the hot gas flow path. The seal segment comprises: a plate having: a downstream trailing edge; an inboard side which faces the hot gas flow path when in use; an outboard side; and a first part of a two part seal attached on the outboard side, wherein a second part of the two part seal is attached to the second component such that in an assembled gas turbine engine the two part seal provides an isolation chamber which is in fluid communication with the hot gas flow path via the trailing edge of the plate. A gas turbine having the seal segment is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 12, 2014
    Publication date: November 20, 2014
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: Simon Lloyd JONES, Rupert John TAYLOR, Julian Glyn BALSDON
  • Patent number: 7347662
    Abstract: A sealing arrangement between annular components 2, 4, for example in a gas turbine engine, comprises an L-shaped sealing ring 20. The sealing ring 20 has a first limb 24 received in a groove 28 in the first component 2, and a second limb 26 having a sealing face 30 which is maintained in contact with an abutment surface 32 on the second component 4 under the resilient action of the sealing ring 20. The second limb 26 is exposed to the pressure in a chamber 34 which assists the resilience of the sealing ring 20 in maintaining sealing contact between the sealing face 30 and the abutment surface 32. Bleed holes 38 are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2008
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventor: Julian Glyn Balsdon