Patents by Inventor Mark Towner

Mark Towner 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: 10875131
    Abstract: A method of remanufacturing a turbine blade having a platform includes placing a puck against a surface of the platform. The method may include electrical discharge machining an interface between the puck and the platform and brazing the puck to the platform. A total radial thickness of a finally remanufactured platform of the remanufactured turbine blade is greater than an initial radial thickness of the platform before remanufacturing the turbine blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2020
    Assignee: MECHANICAL DYNAMICS & ANALYSIS LLC
    Inventors: Jason Huxol, Jayson Houston, Mark Towner, Leissner Ferdinand Poth, III
  • Publication number: 20190184503
    Abstract: A method of remanufacturing a turbine blade having a platform includes placing a puck against a surface of the platform. The method may include electrical discharge machining an interface between the puck and the platform and brazing the puck to the platform. A total radial thickness of a finally remanufactured platform of the remanufactured turbine blade is greater than an initial radial thickness of the platform before remanufacturing the turbine blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 20, 2019
    Publication date: June 20, 2019
    Applicant: Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis LLC
    Inventors: Jason HUXOL, Jayson HOUSTON, Mark TOWNER, Leissner Ferdinand POTH, III
  • Patent number: 10293437
    Abstract: A method of working a gas turbine engine component, for example, a turbine airfoil platform having a heat crack, is disclosed. The presented method may allow turbine airfoils to be repaired, modified, manufactured or otherwise worked and subsequently assembled into a turbine section of a gas turbine engine. This method may help to reduce the costs of operating a gas turbine engine by allowing damaged turbine airfoils to be repaired rather than discarded.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason Eric Huxol, Hector Martinez, Mark Towner, Jose M. Quinones, Michael Everett
  • Patent number: 10252380
    Abstract: A method of remanufacturing a turbine component includes electrical discharge machining a puck via the turbine component to form an electrical discharged machined puck; and brazing the electrical discharged machined puck to the turbine component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2019
    Assignee: Mechanical Dynamics & Analysis LLC
    Inventors: Jason Huxol, Jayson Houston, Mark Towner, Leissner Ferdinand Poth, III
  • Patent number: 9828857
    Abstract: A article of manufacture, the article having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in TABLE 1, and wherein X and Y are distances in inches which, when connected, define profile sections at each distance Z in inches to form a portion of a rotor blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: PW POWER SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Jason Huxol, Jayson Houston, Mark Towner, Leissner Ferdinand Poth, III
  • Publication number: 20160067836
    Abstract: A method of remanufacturing a turbine component includes electrical discharge machining a puck via the turbine component to form an electrical discharged machined puck; and brazing the electrical discharged machined puck to the turbine component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Huxol, Jayson Houston, Mark Towner, Leissner Ferdinand Poth, III
  • Publication number: 20160069196
    Abstract: A article of manufacture, the article having a nominal profile substantially in accordance with Cartesian coordinate values of X, Y and Z set forth in TABLE 1, and wherein X and Y are distances in inches which, when connected, define profile sections at each distance Z in inches to form a portion of a rotor blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Jason Huxol, Jayson Houston, Mark Towner, Leissner Ferdinand Poth, III
  • Publication number: 20140101938
    Abstract: A method of working a gas turbine engine component, for example, a turbine airfoil platform having a heat crack, is disclosed. The presented method may allow turbine airfoils to be repaired, modified, manufactured or otherwise worked and subsequently assembled into a turbine section of a gas turbine engine. This method may help to reduce the costs of operating a gas turbine engine by allowing damaged turbine airfoils to be repaired rather than discarded.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2012
    Publication date: April 17, 2014
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Jason Eric Huxol, Hector Martinez, Mark Towner, Jose M. Quinones, Michael Everett
  • Patent number: 6145132
    Abstract: A two-ply undergarment having an outer layer of pliant material with slick inner and outer surfaces and including front, rear and lateral aspects, defining a pair of shorts with a circular waistband, a midriff enclosing portion depending from the waistband and a pair of depending leg encircling portions with lower edge perimeters, an inner layer of pliant material substantially congruent with the outer casing and having slick inner and outer surfaces where the outer casing and the inner layer are attached together at least along the waistband and around the leg perimeters.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 1999
    Date of Patent: November 14, 2000
    Inventor: Mark Towner