Patents by Inventor Lee A. Blanton

Lee A. Blanton 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).

  • Composite fan containment case for turbine engines
    Patent number: 7246990
    Abstract: A composite fan casing for a gas turbine engine is provided includes, in an exemplary embodiment, a core having a plurality of core layers of reinforcing fiber bonded together with a thermosetting polymeric resin. Each core layer includes a plurality of braided reinforcing fibers with the braids of reinforcing fibers aligned in a circumferential direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 23, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ming Xie, Stephen C. Mitchell, Donald George LaChapelle, Lee A. Blanton, Richard T. Price, David W. Crall, Frank Worthoff