Patents by Inventor Ron DUTTON

Ron DUTTON 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: 10370973
    Abstract: A compressor airfoil of a gas turbine engine includes a pressure side and a suction side of the airfoil extending downstream from a stagnation point, the suction side including a suction side surface portion within a leading edge region, and a main suction side airfoil surface downstream from the suction side surface portion and extending contiguously therewith. The suction side surface portion having a compound curvature profile which includes at least a leading edge having a first curvature profile and a chamfered surface having a second curvature profile different from the first curvature profile. The chamfered surface being contiguous with and extending immediately downstream from the leading edge. The first curvature profile being curved. The second curvature profile of the chamfered surface being substantially flat and defining a substantially straight-line profile in a cross-section transverse to the span-wise axis of the airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 6, 2019
    Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.
    Inventors: Kari Heikurinen, Ron Dutton
  • Publication number: 20160348692
    Abstract: A compressor airfoil of a gas turbine engine includes a pressure side and a suction side of the airfoil extending downstream from a stagnation point, the suction side including a suction side surface portion within a leading edge region, and a main suction side airfoil surface downstream from the suction side surface portion and extending contiguously therewith. The suction side surface portion having a compound curvature profile which includes at least a leading edge having a first curvature profile and a chamfered surface having a second curvature profile different from the first curvature profile. The chamfered surface being contiguous with and extending immediately downstream from the leading edge. The first curvature profile being curved. The second curvature profile of the chamfered surface being substantially flat and defining a substantially straight-line profile in a cross-section transverse to the span-wise axis of the airfoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 29, 2015
    Publication date: December 1, 2016
    Inventors: Kari HEIKURINEN, Ron DUTTON