Patents by Inventor Keith R F. SPEED

Keith R F. SPEED 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: 8753078
    Abstract: A guide vane assembly for a turbomachine, comprising a guide vane and a liner: the guide vane comprising an aerofoil portion having a radially outer platform, wherein one of the outer platform and the liner has a hook element, the hook element comprising an opening and a circumferentially extending channel, and the other one of the outer platform and the liner comprises a retaining element having a head portion, wherein in an operational orientation the head portion located within the channel and is too wide to be withdrawn through the opening of the hook element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2014
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventors: Keith R. F. Speed, Keith C. Sadler
  • Patent number: 8596970
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbomachine comprising: a plurality of components (16, 26) which, in use, are assembled into a circumferentially extending annular array; each component having a radially outer platform (20, 28), the outer platforms (20, 28) of the components (16, 26) forming a ring in the assembled array; wherein adjacent components (16, 26) interface at adjacent surfaces (22, 30) of their outer platforms (20, 28); wherein the outer platforms (20, 28) each comprise at least one lug (24) which extends from the outer platform (20) over a portion of the outer platform (28) of an adjacent component (26), and in use prevents relative radial displacement of the outer platform (20, 28) of the adjacent component (16, 26).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2013
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
    Inventors: Keith R. F. Speed, Paul A. Davis
  • Publication number: 20100310360
    Abstract: A guide vane assembly for a turbomachine, comprising a guide vane and a liner: the guide vane comprising an aerofoil portion having a radially outer platform, wherein one of the outer platform and the liner has a hook element, the hook element comprising an opening and a circumferentially extending channel, and the other one of the outer platform and the liner comprises a retaining element having a head portion, wherein in an operational orientation the head portion located within the channel and is too wide to be withdrawn through the opening of the hook element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 15, 2010
    Publication date: December 9, 2010
    Inventors: Keith R. F. Speed, Keith C. Sadler
  • Publication number: 20100239423
    Abstract: An assembly for a turbomachine comprising: a plurality of components (16, 26) which, in use, are assembled into a circumferentially extending annular array; each component having a radially outer platform (20, 28), the outer platforms (20, 28) of the components (16, 26) forming a ring in the assembled array; wherein adjacent components (16, 26) interface at adjacent surfaces (22, 30) of their outer platforms (20, 28); wherein the outer platforms (20, 28) each comprise at least one lug (24) which extends from the outer platform (20) over a portion of the outer platform (28) of an adjacent component (26), and in use prevents relative radial displacement of the outer platform (20, 28) of the adjacent component (16, 26).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 27, 2010
    Publication date: September 23, 2010
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: Keith R F. SPEED, Paul A. DAVIS