Patents by Inventor Nathaniel Ashburn

Nathaniel Ashburn 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).

  • Bladed disk repair process with shield
    Patent number: 11980938
    Abstract: In some examples, systems and techniques for repairing or otherwise forming a blade of a bladed disk. In one example, a method including positioning a shield member around a perimeter of a partial blade extending from a rotor disk of a bladed disk, the shield member being positioned adjacent to a build surface of the partial blade; and depositing, with the shield member around the perimeter of the partial blade, a material on the build surface using an additive manufacturing technique to form a repaired portion on the build surface of the partial blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 14, 2024
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce Corporation, Rolls-Royce plc
    Inventors: Scott Nelson, Martyn Anthony Jones, Quinlan Yee Shuck, Peter E. Daum, Nathaniel Ashburn
  • BLADED DISK REPAIR PROCESS WITH SHIELD
    Publication number: 20220161326
    Abstract: In some examples, systems and techniques for repairing or otherwise forming a blade of a bladed disk. In one example, a method including positioning a shield member around a perimeter of a partial blade extending from a rotor disk of a bladed disk, the shield member being positioned adjacent to a build surface of the partial blade; and depositing, with the shield member around the perimeter of the partial blade, a material on the build surface using an additive manufacturing technique to form a repaired portion on the build surface of the partial blade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2021
    Publication date: May 26, 2022
    Inventors: Scott Nelson, Martyn Anthony Jones, Quinlan Yee Shuck, Peter E. Daum, Nathaniel Ashburn