Patents by Inventor Samantha Helen DAVIES

Samantha Helen DAVIES 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).

  • Material removal method
    Patent number: 9409262
    Abstract: A repair method for repairing a component (6a) of a gas turbine engine (10). The method comprises first and second steps. The first step comprises directing an energy beam toward the component (6a) to ablate a first region (54) of material to form a gap extending through the component (6a) between a repair region (58) a base region (58) of the component, wherein subsequent to the first step the repair region (58) and base region (56) are joined by a connecting portion (60). In the second step, an energy beam is direct toward the component (6a) to ablate the repair region (58) to remove the repair region (58) from the component (6a).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 9, 2016
    Assignee: ROLLS-ROYCE plc
    Inventors: James Kell, Samantha Helen Davies, Dragos Axinte, Mark Daine
  • MATERIAL REMOVAL METHOD
    Publication number: 20140223737
    Abstract: A repair method for repairing a component (6a) of a gas turbine engine (10). The method comprises first and second steps. The first step comprises directing an energy beam toward the component (6a) to ablate a first region (54) of material to form a gap extending through the component (6a) between a repair region (58) a base region (58) of the component, wherein subsequent to the first step the repair region (58) and base region (56) are joined by a connecting portion (60). In the second step, an energy beam is direct toward the component (6a) to ablate the repair region (58) to remove the repair region (58) from the component (6a).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2014
    Publication date: August 14, 2014
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: James KELL, Samantha Helen DAVIES, Dragos AXINTE, Mark DAINE