Patents by Inventor Myron C. Starr

Myron C. Starr 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).

  • Hinge assembly having an L-shaped locking tab
    Patent number: 4385418
    Abstract: A hinge assembly includes a hinge pin which passes through interfitting knuckles of two leaves which are to be hinged. An L-shaped tab lock has, in one embodiment, one leg trapped between a pair of the knuckles and another leg which passes through a slot in the head of the hinge pin and is folded over to prevent axial movement of the pin relative to the tab lock and knuckles. Preferably a flat on the side of the pin head abuts a flat surface on one of the leaves to prevent movement of the pin relative to that leaf.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 1981
    Date of Patent: May 31, 1983
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: James R. Loftis, Myron C. Starr
  • Method for prestressing turbine disks
    Patent number: 4155780
    Abstract: A method for adding a residual compressive stress to the rim of a turbine disk by heating the disk to a uniform high temperature, then insulating the rim from the remainder of the disk and cooling to a temperature wherein the rim yields in tension.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 1977
    Date of Patent: May 22, 1979
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of the Air Force
    Inventors: Fred L. Honeycutt, Jr., Myron C. Starr