Patents by Inventor Robert F. Proctor

Robert F. Proctor 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: 11326474
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a turbine shroud assembly with a carrier and a plurality of turbine shroud segments. Each turbine shroud segment includes a blade track segment and a mount assembly. The carrier is arranged to extend circumferentially at least partway around an axis. The blade track segment includes a shroud wall and a mount post that extends radially away from the shroud wall. The mount assembly is configured to couple the blade track segment with the carrier.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 10, 2022
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Ted J. Freeman, Thomas Nixon, Jay Lane, Aaron D. Sippel, Robert F. Proctor
  • Publication number: 20210172339
    Abstract: A gas turbine engine includes a turbine shroud assembly with a carrier and a plurality of turbine shroud segments. Each turbine shroud segment includes a blade track segment and a mount assembly. The carrier is arranged to extend circumferentially at least partway around an axis. The blade track segment includes a shroud wall and a mount post that extends radially away from the shroud wall. The mount assembly is configured to couple the blade track segment with the carrier.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2019
    Publication date: June 10, 2021
    Inventors: Ted J. Freeman, Thomas Nixon, Jay Lane, Aaron D. Sippel, Robert F. Proctor
  • Patent number: 10752999
    Abstract: An article that includes a structured substrate having a macro-porous structure that defines a plurality of pores, and a metallic nano-crystalline coating on at least a portion of the structured substrate, where the metallic nano-crystalline coating defines an average grain size less than about 20 nanometers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: August 25, 2020
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Edward Claude Rice, Maxwell Layman, Robert F. Proctor, Philip M. Bastnagel, Mark E. Bartolomeo, Jonathan Michael Rivers, Eric Handa, Aaron Martin, Christopher I. Hamilton, Jonathan P. Acker, Nathan J. Cooper
  • Patent number: 10612402
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure includes a turbine vane assembly comprising a vane made from ceramic matrix composite material having an outer wall extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge and between a first end and an opposing second end; an endwall made at least partially from a ceramic matrix composite material configured to engage the first end of the vane; and a retaining region including corresponding bi-cast grooves formed adjacent the first end of the vane and a receiving aperture formed in the endwall; wherein a bond is formed in the retaining region to join the vane and endwall together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2020
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Ted J. Freeman, Robert F. Proctor, Sean E. Landwehr, Adam L. Chamberlain
  • Patent number: 9886015
    Abstract: In some examples, a technique includes forming, on a surface of a first layer of material, a second layer of material using an additive manufacturing process. The technique also may include imaging the second layer using a laser imaging device to generate a second layer image. Further, the technique may include determining, by a computing device, whether a thickness of the second layer, in a direction substantially normal to the surface of the first layer of material, is within a defined range of thickness for the second layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Eric E. Wilson, Geoffrey L. Gatton, Robert F. Proctor
  • Publication number: 20180030840
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure includes a turbine vane assembly comprising a vane made from ceramic matrix composite material having an outer wall extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge and between a first end and an opposing second end; an endwall made at least partially from a ceramic matrix composite material configured to engage the first end of the vane; and a retaining region including corresponding bi-cast grooves formed adjacent the first end of the vane and a receiving aperture formed in the endwall; wherein a bond is formed in the retaining region to join the vane and endwall together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2017
    Publication date: February 1, 2018
    Inventors: Ted J. Freeman, Robert F. Proctor, Sean E. Landwehr, Adam L. Chamberlain
  • Patent number: 9803486
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure includes a turbine vane assembly comprising a vane made from ceramic matrix composite material having an outer wall extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge and between a first end and an opposing second end; an endwall made at least partially from a ceramic matrix composite material configured to engage the first end of the vane; and a retaining region including corresponding bi-cast grooves formed adjacent the first end of the vane and a receiving aperture formed in the endwall; wherein a bond is formed in the retaining region to join the vane and endwall together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2017
    Assignees: Rolls-Royce North American Technologies Inc., Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Ted J. Freeman, Robert F. Proctor, Sean E. Landwehr, Adam L. Chamberlain
  • Publication number: 20170297673
    Abstract: An article that includes a structured substrate having a macro-porous structure that defines a plurality of pores, and a metallic nano-crystalline coating on at least a portion of the structured substrate, where the metallic nano-crystalline coating defines an average grain size less than about 20 nanometers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Edward Claude Rice, Maxwell Layman, Robert F. Proctor, Philip M. Bastnagel, Mark E. Bartolomeo, Jonathan Michael Rivers, Eric Handa, Aaron Martin, Christopher I. Hamilton, Jonathan P. Acker, Nathan J. Cooper
  • Publication number: 20170268120
    Abstract: An article that includes a polymer-based substrate; and a metallic nano-crystalline coating on at least a portion of the polymer-based substrate, where the metallic nano-crystalline coating defines an average grain size less than about 20 nanometers, where the portion of the polymer-based substrate has a first Young's modulus and the metallic nano-crystalline coating has a second Young's modulus, where the first Young's modulus is at least five times less than the second Young's modulus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2017
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Edward Claude Rice, Maxwell Layman, Robert F. Proctor, Philip M. Bastnagel, Mark E. Bartolomeo, Jonathan Michael Rivers, Eric Handa, Aaron Martin, Christopher I. Hamilton, Jonathan P. Acker, Nathan J. Cooper
  • Publication number: 20160354861
    Abstract: Example techniques include contacting a surface of a substrate including a metal or alloy with a rotating friction stir tool, and penetrating at least a portion of the rotating friction stir tool to a predetermined depth below the surface while rotating to agitate a stir region below the surface. The agitating modifies an average grain size of the metal or alloy in the stir region and an average grain size of the metal or alloy in a second region outside of and adjacent to the stir region compared to an average grain size of the metal or alloy outside of the stir region and the second region to modify a microhardness of the metal or alloy in the stir region and a microhardness of the metal or alloy in the second region compared to a microhardness of the metal or alloy outside of the stir region and the second region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2016
    Publication date: December 8, 2016
    Inventors: Raymond Ruiwen Xu, Robert F. Proctor
  • Publication number: 20160067807
    Abstract: A furnace comprising a container and a moveable stage. The container defining a monolithic internal volume configured to maintain a single vacuum level throughout the monolithic internal volume. The stage moveable between a first position arranged to support an assembly within a first zone of the monolithic internal volume and a second position arranged to support an assembly within a second zone of the monolithic internal volume.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2015
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Joseph P. Henderkott, Raymond R. Xu, Quinlan Y. Shuck, Robert F. Proctor
  • Publication number: 20150261196
    Abstract: In some examples, a technique includes forming, on a surface of a first layer of material, a second layer of material using an additive manufacturing process. The technique also may include imaging the second layer using a laser imaging device to generate a second layer image. Further, the technique may include determining, by a computing device, whether a thickness of the second layer, in a direction substantially normal to the surface of the first layer of material, is within a defined range of thickness for the second layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2015
    Publication date: September 17, 2015
    Inventors: Eric E. Wilson, Geoffrey L. Gatton, Robert F. Proctor
  • Publication number: 20150016972
    Abstract: One aspect of the present disclosure includes a turbine vane assembly comprising a vane made from ceramic matrix composite material having an outer wall extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge and between a first end and an opposing second end; an endwall made at least partially from a ceramic matrix composite material configured to engage the first end of the vane; and a retaining region including corresponding bi-cast grooves formed adjacent the first end of the vane and a receiving aperture formed in the endwall; wherein a bond is formed in the retaining region to join the vane and endwall together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Ted J. Freeman, Robert F. Proctor, Sean E. Landwehr, Adam L. Chamberlain