Patents by Inventor Russel MacFarlane

Russel MacFarlane 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).

  • Balance weight
    Patent number: 8322991
    Abstract: A balance weight adapted to be assembled to a nose cone assembly of a turbine engine for improving a balance of the nose cone assembly is disclosed herein. The balance weight is one-piece and formed from a plurality of different materials including at least first and second materials. The first and second materials are arranged substantially heterogeneously relative to one another such that said first and second materials are separate from one another and fixed together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Russel MacFarlane, Eric William Engebretsen