Patents by Inventor Justin Paul Stephenson

Justin Paul Stephenson 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 fan assembly and method for assembling to same
    Patent number: 8016561
    Abstract: A method for operating a turbofan engine includes providing a first fan disk configured to rotate in a first rotational direction, coupling a first fan blade to the first fan disk, the first fan blade including a dovetail, an airfoil coupled to the dovetail, and a plurality of channels extending through the dovetail, and channeling airflow through the at least one fan blade such that the airflow is discharged from the airfoil trailing edge to facilitate reducing the operational noise level of the turbofan engine and improve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Ory Moniz, Jorge Francisco Seda, Justin Paul Stephenson
  • TURBOFAN ENGINE AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20080014095
    Abstract: A method for operating a turbofan engine includes providing a first fan disk configured to rotate in a first rotational direction, coupling a first fan blade to the first fan disk, the first fan blade including a dovetail, an airfoil coupled to the dovetail, and a plurality of channels extending through the dovetail, and channeling airflow through the at least one fan blade such that the airflow is discharged from the airfoil trailing edge to facilitate reducing the operational noise level of the turbofan engine and improve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2006
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Ory Moniz, Jorge Francisco Seda, Justin Paul Stephenson