Patents by Inventor Peter L. Barilovich

Peter L. Barilovich 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).

  • Masking fixture and method
    Patent number: 6403157
    Abstract: A fixture for selectively masking a turbine blade 60 includes a locator 10 with a separable receptacle 40 having portals 50. Guide bars 18 extend from the locator for guiding a pair of shield carriers 20 between deployed and retracted positions. Each shield carrier has a shield 26 projecting therefrom. In use, a turbine blade 60, whose root 70 includes a fir tree attachment 72 and a damper pocket 74, is mounted on the fixture so that the receptacle embraces the blade root. The shield carriers are translated along the guide bars until the shields penetrate through the portals and into the receptacle thus segregating the attachment 72 from the damper pocket 74. Masking powder 84 is then compressed into the receptacle to envelop the attachment while leaving the damper pocket unmasked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis M. Ireland, Walter E. Olson, Ryan H. Sleight, Peter L. Barilovich
  • Masking fixture and method
    Publication number: 20010047763
    Abstract: A fixture for selectively masking a turbine blade 60 includes a locator 10 with a separable receptacle 40 having portals 50. Guide bars 18 extend from the locator for guiding a pair of shield carriers 20 between deployed and retracted positions. Each shield carrier has a shield 26 projecting therefrom. In use, a turbine blade 60, whose root 70 includes a fir tree attachment 72 and a damper pocket 74, is mounted on the fixture so that the receptacle embraces the blade root. The shield carriers are translated along the guide bars until the shields penetrate through the portals and into the receptacle thus segregating the attachment 72 from the damper pocket 74. Masking powder 84 is then compressed into the receptacle to envelop the attachment while leaving the damper pocket unmasked.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2001
    Publication date: December 6, 2001
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis M. Ireland, Walter E. Olson, Ryan H. sleight, Peter L. Barilovich
  • Masking fixture and method
    Patent number: 6296705
    Abstract: A fixture for selectively masking a turbine blade 60 includes a locator 10 with a separable receptacle 40 having portals 50. Guide bars 18 extend from the locator for guiding a pair of shield carriers 20 between deployed and retracted positions. Each shield carrier has a shield 26 projecting therefrom. In use, a turbine blade 60, whose root 70 includes a fir tree attachment 72 and a damper pocket 74, is mounted on the fixture so that the receptacle embraces the blade root. The shield carriers are translated along the guide bars until the shields penetrate through the portals and into the receptacle thus segregating the attachment 72 from the damper pocket 74. Masking powder 84 is then compressed into the receptacle to envelop the attachment while leaving the damper pocket unmasked.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 1999
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2001
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Dennis M. Ireland, Walter E. Olson, Ryan H. Sleight, Peter L. Barilovich