Patents by Inventor Philip Howard Stoughton

Philip Howard Stoughton 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).

  • Dampers for fan spinners of aircraft engines
    Patent number: 9261112
    Abstract: Dampers for fan spinners of aircraft engines are disclosed. An example fan module for a gas turbine engine may include a fan disk; fan blades mounted to the fan disk and extending radially therefrom; a fan spinner operatively coupled to the fan disk at an axially upstream position; and/or one or more elastic vibration dampers operatively interposing the fan spinner and the fan disk. The elastic vibration dampers may be disposed circumferentially around an interface between the fan spinner and the fan disk and may be compressed axially and/or radially.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 29, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 16, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Philip Howard Stoughton, Benjamin Allen Dietsch, Anthony John Durchholz, Michael Charles Eckert