Patents by Inventor Keith Jeremy Paul THOMAS

Keith Jeremy Paul THOMAS 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
    Patent number: 10337350
    Abstract: A fan containment system for fitment around an array of radially extending fan blades mounted on a hub in an axial gas turbine engine. The fan containment system comprises a fan case having an annular casing element for encircling an array of fan blades. An annular fan track liner is positioned substantially coaxial to the annular casing element, and one or more pockets are provided in a radially outer side of the fan track liner. One or more dampers for damping vibration of the fan track liner are positioned in each of the one or more pockets and are arranged so as to contact the annular casing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 2, 2019
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventor: Keith Jeremy Paul Thomas
  • GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20150267556
    Abstract: A fan containment system for fitment around an array of radially extending fan blades mounted on a hub in an axial gas turbine engine. The fan containment system comprises a fan case having an annular casing element for encircling an array of fan blades. An annular fan track liner is positioned substantially coaxial to the annular casing element, and one or more pockets are provided in a radially outer side of the fan track liner. One or more dampers for damping vibration of the fan track liner are positioned in each of the one or more pockets and are arranged so as to contact the annular casing element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventor: Keith Jeremy Paul THOMAS