Patents by Inventor Robert D. Morrow

Robert D. Morrow 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: 11022071
    Abstract: There is provided a load distribution panel assembly for a gas turbine engine. The assembly has a panel structure having at least one circumferential structural panel having a first end, and a second end coupled to a fixed structure of the gas turbine engine. The circumferential structural panel has a first compliant portion extending away from the first end, and has a second stiffened portion angled with respect to and extending radially away from the first compliant portion, and terminating at the second end. The second stiffened portion has a closed stiffened cavity portion integral with a perimeter flange portion. The panel assembly converts fore/aft point load(s) applied to it by load applying apparatus(es), to hoop tension and compression loads, and reacts a load offset in in-plane load(s), to provide uniform load distribution of the fore/aft point load(s) to the fixed structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 1, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Luke D. Torjesen, Robert D. Morrow
  • Publication number: 20180230940
    Abstract: There is provided a load distribution panel assembly for a gas turbine engine. The assembly has a panel structure having at least one circumferential structural panel having a first end, and a second end coupled to a fixed structure of the gas turbine engine. The circumferential structural panel has a first compliant portion extending away from the first end, and has a second stiffened portion angled with respect to and extending radially away from the first compliant portion, and terminating at the second end. The second stiffened portion has a closed stiffened cavity portion integral with a perimeter flange portion. The panel assembly converts fore/aft point load(s) applied to it by load applying apparatus(es), to hoop tension and compression loads, and reacts a load offset in in-plane load(s), to provide uniform load distribution of the fore/aft point load(s) to the fixed structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Luke D. Torjesen, Robert D. Morrow
  • Patent number: 4282484
    Abstract: A combination seismic/magnetic transducer capable of detecting movement in a magnetically-permeable body or vibration within the body while it is stopped.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 1979
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1981
    Assignee: Catalyst Research Corporation
    Inventor: Robert D. Morrow