Patents by Inventor Kevin Beardsley

Kevin Beardsley 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 cowl
    Patent number: 9776726
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine (30) comprising a rear cowl (38) defining an exhaust aperture (40) and a motive system. The rear cowl (38) comprises at least one panel (42) and the motive system is operable to selectively move the panel (42) between deployed and stowed configurations by rotation of the panel (42) about an axis substantially parallel to the main rotational axis of the engine (30). This alters the area of the exhaust aperture (40).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Peter Kevin Beardsley, Marc Pons Perez
  • Method and system to start and use combination filler wire feed and high intensity energy source for root pass welding of the inner diameter of clad pipe
    Patent number: 9718147
    Abstract: A welding system includes at least one high intensity energy source to create a weld puddle during a root pass on a narrow joint of a workpiece with a clad layer. The system also includes a controller to control a weld ramp out process such that, as the molten puddle advances to a start of an existing root pass weld, the controller at least one of decreases an energy output of the at least one high intensity energy source and reduces an interaction time between the at least one high intensity energy source and the weld puddle. After completion of the root pass, a thickness of a root pass weld in a region that is at or near the start point of the existing root pass weld is in a range of 100 percent to 130 percent of a nominal root pass thickness of a remainder of the root pass weld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: LINCOLN GLOBAL, INC.
    Inventors: Paul E Denney, Steven R Peters, David Freeman, Kevin Beardsley
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM TO START AND USE COMBINATION FILLER WIRE FEED AND HIGH INTENSITY ENERGY SOURCE FOR ROOT PASS WELDING OF THE INNER DIAMETER OF CLAD PIPE
    Publication number: 20150251275
    Abstract: A welding system includes at least one high intensity energy source to create a weld puddle during a root pass on a narrow joint of a workpiece with a clad layer. The system also includes a controller to control a weld ramp out process such that, as the molten puddle advances to a start of an existing root pass weld, the controller at least one of decreases an energy output of the at least one high intensity energy source and reduces an interaction time between the at least one high intensity energy source and the weld puddle. After completion of the root pass, a thickness of a root pass weld in a region that is at or near the start point of the existing root pass weld is in a range of 100 percent to 130 percent of a nominal root pass thickness of a remainder of the root pass weld.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 25, 2015
    Publication date: September 10, 2015
    Inventors: Paul E Denney, Steven R Peters, David Freeman, Kevin Beardsley
  • GAS TURBINE COWL
    Publication number: 20150166193
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine (30) comprising a rear cowl (38) defining an exhaust aperture (40) and a motive system. The rear cowl (38) comprises at least one panel (42) and the motive system is operable to selectively move the panel (42) between deployed and stowed configurations by rotation of the panel (42) about an axis substantially parallel to the main rotational axis of the engine (30). This alters the area of the exhaust aperture (40).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2014
    Publication date: June 18, 2015
    Inventors: Peter Kevin BEARDSLEY, Marc PONS PEREZ