Patents by Inventor Robert Ress

Robert Ress 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).

  • Method and apparatus for increasing the pressure of cooling fluid within a gas turbine engine
    Publication number: 20050268619
    Abstract: A system located with the housing of a gas turbine engine for increasing the pressure of working fluid from the compressor that will be utilized to cool a component. In one form the system includes a pump rotatable with a turbine component to increase the pressure of the working fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2004
    Publication date: December 8, 2005
    Inventor: Robert Ress
  • Threaded joint for gas turbine components
    Publication number: 20050253379
    Abstract: An assembly including inner and outer overlapping annular elements with interengaging threads. An axial abutment between the two elements is spaced from the threaded section to permit a structural and fluid seal at the joint. Pilot joints are provided to stabilize the joint and provide additional sealing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2004
    Publication date: November 17, 2005
    Inventor: Robert Ress
  • COMPRESSOR CASING WITH PASSIVE TIP CLEARANCE CONTROL AND ENDWALL OVALIZATION CONTROL
    Publication number: 20050031446
    Abstract: A passive clearance control system for a gas turbine engine component. The system provides a blade shroud that is isolated from the component case and can move radially to maintain blade clearance. A plurality of vane sectors define a stator ring including a blade shroud. The stator ring and the control ring are coupled together and mounted within the component by a plurality of radial extending mounting members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2003
    Publication date: February 10, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Ress, Brian King
  • Turbine blade attachment
    Patent number: 4784573
    Abstract: A bladed turbine disk has a plurality of air cooled blades. The disk has a substantially continuous impervious rim. Each blade has a platform and an impervious base with the cooling air inlet between the platform and base. Each blade base is diffusion bonded to the rim, preferably to a slightly raised plateau. The edge of the bond surface is accessable and free of stress concentration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 17, 1987
    Date of Patent: November 15, 1988
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventor: Robert Ress, Jr.