Patents by Inventor Paul Jenkinson

Paul Jenkinson 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: 10436046
    Abstract: A method for assembling a stator stage of a gas turbine engine and an adjustment pin to perform the assembly method to lock a vane segment in a central section of the stator stage. The method includes inserting an adjustment pin into a through hole wherein the adjustment pin includes two end sections, inserting at least one wall segment of the vane segment into a slot of a central section, rotating the adjustment pin so that the central section is correctly positioned in the stator stage, deforming a deformable part of the adjustment pin so that the now deformed part establishes a force fit with at least one segment of a corresponding structure of the central section and thereby locking the adjustment pin and thus the central section in a fixed position in the stator stage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2019
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jed Fentem, Paul Jenkinson
  • Patent number: 10024182
    Abstract: A laminated sheet for a gas turbine component, the laminated sheet has a first cover layer, a second cover layer and a first intermediate layer, wherein the first cover layer, the second cover layer and the first intermediate layer are stacked together on top of each other. The first intermediate layer is located between the first cover layer and the second cover layer. The first intermediate layer has at least one first elongated through hole, wherein a cooling fluid is flowable through the first elongated through hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Paul Jenkinson, Mike McKenna
  • Patent number: 9719371
    Abstract: A vane device for a gas turbine is provided. The vane device includes a first airfoil having a first suction side and a first pressure side, a second airfoil having a second suction side and a second pressure side, an inner shroud and an outer shroud. The first airfoil and the second airfoil are arranged between the inner shroud and the outer shroud, wherein the first airfoil and the second airfoil are at least partially coated with a MCrAlY coating. At least the first suction side has a first coated surface section which is coated with a thermal barrier coating and which represents at least a part of the total surface of the first suction side. At least the inner shroud or the outer shroud has a further coated surface section which is coated with a further thermal barrier coating. A corresponding method of manufacturing is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2017
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Steve Hannam, Paul Jenkinson, Paul Padley, Paul Mathew Walker
  • Publication number: 20170089209
    Abstract: A method for assembling a stator stage of a gas turbine engine and an adjustment pin to perform the assembly method to lock a vane segment in a central section of the stator stage. The method includes inserting an adjustment pin into a through hole wherein the adjustment pin includes two end sections, inserting at least one wall segment of the vane segment into a slot of a central section, rotating the adjustment pin so that the central section is correctly positioned in the stator stage, deforming a deformable part of the adjustment pin so that the now deformed part establishes a force fit with at least one segment of a corresponding structure of the central section and thereby locking the adjustment pin and thus the central section in a fixed position in the stator stage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2015
    Publication date: March 30, 2017
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Jed Fentem, Paul Jenkinson
  • Publication number: 20160017736
    Abstract: A laminated sheet for a gas turbine component, the laminated sheet has a first cover layer, a second cover layer and a first intermediate layer, wherein the first cover layer, the second cover layer and the first intermediate layer are stacked together on top of each other. The first intermediate layer is located between the first cover layer and the second cover layer. The first intermediate layer has at least one first elongated through hole, wherein a cooling fluid is flowable through the first elongated through hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2014
    Publication date: January 21, 2016
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Paul Jenkinson, Mike McKenna
  • Publication number: 20150322818
    Abstract: A vane device for a gas turbine is provided. The vane device includes a first airfoil having a first suction side and a first pressure side, a second airfoil having a second suction side and a second pressure side, an inner shroud and an outer shroud. The first airfoil and the second airfoil are arranged between the inner shroud and the outer shroud, wherein the first airfoil and the second airfoil are at least partially coated with a MCrAIY coating. At least the first suction side has a first coated surface section which is coated with a thermal barrier coating and which represents at least a part of the total surface of the first suction side. At least the inner shroud or the outer shroud has a further coated surface section which is coated with a further thermal barrier coating. A corresponding method of manufacturing is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Steve Hannam, Paul Jenkinson, Paul Padley, Paul Mathew Walker
  • Publication number: 20150322804
    Abstract: An airfoil with a coated surface section which having a platinum aluminide and a TBC coating is provided herein. Furthermore, an airfoil arrangement for a gas turbine including an airfoil, an inner shroud, and an outer shroud, wherein the airfoil is arranged between the inner shroud and the outer shroud, wherein the airfoil comprises a coated surface section which is coated with a platinum-aluminide coating and a thermal barrier coating and which represents at least a part of the total surface of the airfoil, wherein the thermal barrier coating of the coated surface section is spaced from the inner shroud and/or the outer shroud with a distance (x) and wherein the distance (x) is between 5% and 25% of a total length of the airfoil between the inner shroud and the outer shroud is provided herein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2013
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: David Butler, Paul Jenkinson, Paul Padley, Paul Mathew Walker
  • Publication number: 20140314550
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a stator stage (100) for a gas turbine and a method of adjusting a relative position between a vane segment (110) and a centre section (101) of the stator stage. A groove (102) is formed between a first rim (103) and a second rim (104) of a radially outer edge of the centre section, wherein the groove, the first rim and the second rim run along a circumferential direction (131). The vane segment comprises a radially inner shroud (111) from which a protrusion (112) protrudes radially inwards. The protrusion is inserted into the groove. An adjusting pin (120) comprises a first end section (121), a second end section (122) and an eccentric section (123) which runs between the first end section and the second end section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2012
    Publication date: October 23, 2014
    Applicant: SIEMENS AKTIENGESELLSCHAFT
    Inventors: Paul Jenkinson, Mike McKenna
  • Patent number: 5540133
    Abstract: A learning aid adapted to be attached to an instrument of the type defined. The learning aid is arranged to lie generally parallel with the fretboard or fingerboard of the instrument and to afford a visual display indicating the string or strings, and the position at which the string or strings are to be depressed against the fretboard or fingerboard to obtain a desired musical note, chord or scale.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Inventors: Stephen R. Draper, Paul Jenkinson