Patents by Inventor Phillip Wayne Rambo

Phillip Wayne Rambo 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).

  • Blade and method for manufacturing blade
    Patent number: 10041354
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotor blade is provided. The method includes forming a preform from a plurality of composite plies, the preform including an airfoil portion and a dovetail portion, removing a cutout portion from the dovetail portion of the preform to define a cutout in the preform, wherein the removing the cutout portion facilitates reducing residual stresses in the preform, and inserting an insert into the cutout formed by the removal of the cutout portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph Kray, Douglas Duane Ward, Phillip Wayne Rambo, Gregory Carl Gemeinhardt
  • BLADE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING BLADE
    Publication number: 20130064669
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a rotor blade is provided. The method includes forming a preform from a plurality of composite plies, the preform including an airfoil portion and a dovetail portion, removing a cutout portion from the dovetail portion of the preform to define a cutout in the preform, wherein the removing the cutout portion facilitates reducing residual stresses in the preform, and inserting an insert into the cutout formed by the removal of the cutout portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 14, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph Kray, Douglas Duane Ward, Phillip Wayne Rambo, Gregory Carl Gemeinhardt