Patents by Inventor Kevin Paul Self

Kevin Paul Self 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).

  • Abradable liner for a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 9752780
    Abstract: Described is an abradable component for a gas turbine engine that includes a base having an outboard side which receives a supply of cooling air in use and an inboard side with a plurality of walls thereon. The walls intersect one another to define an abradable network of open faced cells on a gas washed surface thereof, and at least one of the walls includes one or more through-holes for providing a flow of cooling air from the outboard side to the gas washed surface of the abradable network of open faced cells, when in use.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2017
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: Simon Lloyd Jones, Kevin Paul Self, Mark John Simms
  • ABRADABLE LINER FOR A GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20150000288
    Abstract: Described is an abradable component for a gas turbine engine, comprising: a base having an outboard side which receives a supply of cooling air in use and a plurality of walls on an inboard side thereof, the walls adjoining one another to provide an abradable network of open faced cells at a gas washed surface thereof; wherein at least one wall includes one or more through-holes for providing a flow of cooling air from the outboard side to the gas washed surface of the abradable network of open faced cells, when in use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2014
    Publication date: January 1, 2015
    Inventors: Simon Lloyd JONES, Kevin Paul SELF, Mark John SIMMS
  • Gas turbine nozzle guide vane
    Patent number: 7438518
    Abstract: A nozzle guide vane for a gas turbine comprises at least one aerofoil having a leading edge section provided with at least one internal cavity for conveying cooling fluid through the said leading edge section, and a plate like wall section extending from the leading edge section to provide a continuous surface between the aerofoil leading edge section and the aerofoil trailing edge on the suction side of the aerofoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2008
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventor: Kevin Paul Self