Patents by Inventor Robert Frederick Proctor

Robert Frederick 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: 12194580
    Abstract: An assembly for a dual-walled component of a gas turbine engine and methods of forming and repairing a dual-walled component. The assembly includes a cold section part having an outer surface that defines a plurality of impingement apertures, a hot section part including a pre-sintered preform, the hot section part positioned over the outer surface of the cold section part, and a plurality of support structures including the pre-sintered preform, the plurality of support structures positioned between the hot section part and the cold section part, the plurality of support structures separating the hot section part from the cold section part to define at least one cooling channel therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 14, 2025
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Peter Henderkott, Robert Frederick Proctor
  • Patent number: 11865642
    Abstract: A method of forming a ferrous metal case-hardened layer using additive manufacturing. The method includes delivering, by a material delivery device, a filler material to a surface of a substrate. The substrate includes a first ferrous metal. The filler material includes a second ferrous metal and a carbon-based material. The method also includes directing, by an energy delivery device, an energy toward a volume of the filler material to join at least some of the filler material to the substrate to form a component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Brian Drier, Amanda Dawn Graham, Robert Frederick Proctor, Quinlan Yee Shuck, Jacque Sue Bader
  • Patent number: 11794250
    Abstract: In some examples, a method for additive manufacturing an article, the method including depositing a filament via a filament delivery device to form at least one track of the deposited filament, the at least one track of the deposited filament forming at least a portion of a preform article, wherein the filament includes a sacrificial binder and a powder, wherein the powder includes a plurality of elongated particles with each respective particle defining a longitudinal axis, wherein the longitudinal axes of the plurality of particles are substantially aligned with each other within the at least one track of the deposited filament; removing substantially all the binder from the at least one track of the preform article to form a powder article; and sintering the powder article to form a sintered article.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Quinlan Yee Shuck, Robert Frederick Proctor
  • Publication number: 20230321771
    Abstract: An assembly for a dual-walled component of a gas turbine engine and methods of forming and repairing a dual-walled component. The assembly includes a cold section part having an outer surface that defines a plurality of impingement apertures, a hot section part including a pre-sintered preform, the hot section part positioned over the outer surface of the cold section part, and a plurality of support structures including the pre-sintered preform, the plurality of support structures positioned between the hot section part and the cold section part, the plurality of support structures separating the hot section part from the cold section part to define at least one cooling channel therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2022
    Publication date: October 12, 2023
    Inventors: Joseph Peter Henderkott, Robert Frederick Proctor
  • Patent number: 11541488
    Abstract: An assembly for a dual-walled component of a gas turbine engine and methods of forming and repairing a dual-walled component. The assembly includes a cold section part having an outer surface that defines a plurality of impingement apertures, a hot section part including a pre-sintered preform, the hot section part positioned over the outer surface of the cold section part, and a plurality of support structures including the pre-sintered preform, the plurality of support structures positioned between the hot section part and the cold section part, the plurality of support structures separating the hot section part from the cold section part to define at least one cooling channel therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE CORPORATION
    Inventors: Joseph Peter Henderkott, Robert Frederick Proctor
  • Publication number: 20220305558
    Abstract: In some examples, a method for additive manufacturing an article, the method including depositing a filament via a filament delivery device to form at least one track of the deposited filament, the at least one track of the deposited filament forming at least a portion of a preform article, wherein the filament includes a sacrificial binder and a powder, wherein the powder includes a plurality of elongated particles with each respective particle defining a longitudinal axis, wherein the longitudinal axes of the plurality of particles are substantially aligned with each other within the at least one track of the deposited filament; removing substantially all the binder from the at least one track of the preform article to form a powder article; and sintering the powder article to form a sintered article.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2021
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Quinlan Yee Shuck, Robert Frederick Proctor
  • Publication number: 20220097184
    Abstract: An assembly for a dual-walled component of a gas turbine engine and methods of forming and repairing a dual-walled component. The assembly includes a cold section part having an outer surface that defines a plurality of impingement apertures, a hot section part including a pre-sintered preform, the hot section part positioned over the outer surface of the cold section part, and a plurality of support structures including the pre-sintered preform, the plurality of support structures positioned between the hot section part and the cold section part, the plurality of support structures separating the hot section part from the cold section part to define at least one cooling channel therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Inventors: Joseph Peter Henderkott, Robert Frederick Proctor
  • Patent number: 11090771
    Abstract: An assembly for a dual-walled component of a gas turbine engine and methods of forming and repairing a dual-walled component. The assembly includes a cold section part having an outer surface that defines a plurality of impingement apertures, a hot section part including a pre-sintered preform, the hot section part positioned over the outer surface of the cold section part, and a plurality of support structures including the pre-sintered preform, the plurality of support structures positioned between the hot section part and the cold section part, the plurality of support structures separating the hot section part from the cold section part to define at least one cooling channel therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Joseph Peter Henderkott, Robert Frederick Proctor
  • Publication number: 20210078108
    Abstract: A method of forming a ferrous metal case-hardened layer using additive manufacturing. The method includes delivering, by a material delivery device, a filler material to a surface of a substrate. The substrate includes a first ferrous metal. The filler material includes a second ferrous metal and a carbon-based material. The method also includes directing, by an energy delivery device, an energy toward a volume of the filler material to join at least some of the filler material to the substrate to form a component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2020
    Publication date: March 18, 2021
    Inventors: Brian Drier, Amanda Dawn Graham, Robert Frederick Proctor, Quinlan Yee Shuck, Jacque Sue Bader
  • Publication number: 20200139493
    Abstract: An assembly for a dual-walled component of a gas turbine engine and methods of forming and repairing a dual-walled component. The assembly includes a cold section part having an outer surface that defines a plurality of impingement apertures, a hot section part including a pre-sintered preform, the hot section part positioned over the outer surface of the cold section part, and a plurality of support structures including the pre-sintered preform, the plurality of support structures positioned between the hot section part and the cold section part, the plurality of support structures separating the hot section part from the cold section part to define at least one cooling channel therebetween.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 7, 2020
    Inventors: Joseph Peter Henderkott, Robert Frederick Proctor