Patents by Inventor Ronald Pigott

Ronald Pigott 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).

  • Pinned root turbine blade providing maximum friction damping
    Patent number: 4135849
    Abstract: A pinned root blade having a predictable center of rotation when tangentially oscillated and also having a predetermined, axial contact surface which is engageable with a rotatable rotor and which is disposed about the center of rotation in such manner as to provide maximum friction damping of the tangential oscillations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1977
    Date of Patent: January 23, 1979
    Assignee: Westinghouse Electric Corp.
    Inventor: Ronald Pigott