Patents by Inventor Mike Engle

Mike Engle 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).

  • Undercut on airfoil coversheet support member
    Patent number: 10450872
    Abstract: Methods of providing an undercut on a support member for a coversheet and coversheet support systems having undercuts are provided. A coversheet support system may include a spar. The spar may include a support member on an outer surface of the spar. The support member may extend outward from the outer surface of the spar. The support member may include an outer surface and an undercut. The undercut may be located in a portion of the support member between the outer surface of the spar and the outer surface of the support member. In addition, the coversheet support system may include a coversheet. The coversheet may be metallurgically bonded to the outer surface of the support member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2019
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric Koenig, Charles A. Bulgrin, Mike Engle, Jeffrey F. Rhodes
  • UNDERCUT ON AIRFOIL COVERSHEET SUPPORT MEMBER
    Publication number: 20180128111
    Abstract: Methods of providing an undercut on a support member for a coversheet and coversheet support systems having undercuts are provided. A coversheet support system may include a spar. The spar may include a support member on an outer surface of the spar. The support member may extend outward from the outer surface of the spar. The support member may include an outer surface and an undercut. The undercut may be located in a portion of the support member between the outer surface of the spar and the outer surface of the support member. In addition, the coversheet support system may include a coversheet. The coversheet may be metallurgically bonded to the outer surface of the support member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Eric Koenig, Charles A. Bulgrin, Mike Engle, Jeffrey F. Rhodes