Patents by Inventor Robert James Mawson

Robert James Mawson 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: 4108571
    Abstract: A bladed rotor assembly for a gas turbine comprises blades whose roots are held in slots in a blade carrying member. In order to retain the blades against movement in the slots locking members engage with the blades and the member. At least one of the engagements comprises a projection defining an undercut into which an edge of the locking member engages. In order to reduce frettage, the edge and the undercut are shaped to form a groove which tapers so that its section reduces in the radially outward direction, and a wedging member is mounted in the groove so that it tends to centrifuge outward in the groove and wedge the edge in the undercut against a wall of the undercut.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 1, 1977
    Date of Patent: August 22, 1978
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Limited
    Inventor: Robert James Mawson