Patents by Inventor Lesly Sue Walters

Lesly Sue Walters 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).

  • Wind turbine rotor blades with reduced radar cross sections
    Patent number: 9140234
    Abstract: Wind turbine rotor blades with a reduced radar cross sections include a shell having a leading edge opposite a trailing edge, a structural support member that supports the shell and is disposed internal the wind turbine rotor blade between the leading edge and the trailing edge and extends for at least a portion of a rotor blade span length, wherein the structural support member comprises carbon fiber, one or more cavities internal the wind turbine rotor blade, and a lightweight broadband radar absorbing filler material disposed in at least one of the one or more cavities to provide the reduced radar cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Russell Craig Baucke, John Matthew Prescott, Lesly Sue Walters, Glen David Hilderbrand
  • Wind turbines and wind turbine rotor blades with reduced radar cross sections
    Patent number: 9033672
    Abstract: Wind turbine rotor blades with a reduced radar cross sections include a shell having a leading edge opposite a trailing edge, a structural support member that supports the shell and is disposed internal the wind turbine rotor blade between the leading edge and the trailing edge and extends for at least a portion of a rotor blade span length, wherein the structural support member comprises fiberglass, one or more cavities internal the wind turbine rotor blade, and a lightweight broadband radar absorbing filler material disposed in at least one of the one or more cavities to provide the reduced radar cross section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Russell Craig Baucke, John Matthew Prescott, Lesly Sue Walters
  • WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADES WITH REDUCED RADAR CROSS SECTIONS
    Publication number: 20130177436
    Abstract: Wind turbine rotor blades with a reduced radar cross sections include a shell having a leading edge opposite a trailing edge, a structural support member that supports the shell and is disposed internal the wind turbine rotor blade between the leading edge and the trailing edge and extends for at least a portion of a rotor blade span length, wherein the structural support member comprises carbon fiber, one or more cavities internal the wind turbine rotor blade, and a lightweight broadband radar absorbing filler material disposed in at least one of the one or more cavities to provide the reduced radar cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Russell Craig Baucke, John Matthew Prescott, Lesly Sue Walters, Glen David Hilderbrand
  • WIND TURBINES AND WIND TURBINE ROTOR BLADES WITH REDUCED RADAR CROSS SECTIONS
    Publication number: 20130177435
    Abstract: Wind turbine rotor blades with a reduced radar cross sections include a shell having a leading edge opposite a trailing edge, a structural support member that supports the shell and is disposed internal the wind turbine rotor blade between the leading edge and the trailing edge and extends for at least a portion of a rotor blade span length, wherein the structural support member comprises fiberglass, one or more cavities internal the wind turbine rotor blade, and a lightweight broadband radar absorbing filler material disposed in at least one of the one or more cavities to provide the reduced radar cross section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2012
    Publication date: July 11, 2013
    Inventors: Russell Craig Baucke, John Matthew Prescott, Lesly Sue Walters