Patents by Inventor Scott Daniel Virkler

Scott Daniel Virkler 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).

  • Turbine blade damper seal
    Patent number: 10113434
    Abstract: A damper seal received in a cavity of a turbine blade located between a platform and a retention shelf damper seal according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a central body portion having a first end region, an opposing second end region, and a width. The damper seal further includes a first portion extending from the first end region of the central body portion, and a first end region of the first portion includes first outwardly extending tabs that define a first enlarged portion that has a first width greater than the width of the central body portion and a second portion extending from the opposing second end region of the central body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Daniel A. Snyder, Kyle Charles Lana, Jonathan Perry Sandoval, Scott Daniel Virkler, Jaimie Taraskevich, Edwin Otero
  • TURBINE BLADE DAMPER SEAL
    Publication number: 20130195665
    Abstract: A damper seal received in a cavity of a turbine blade located between a platform and a retention shelf damper seal according to an exemplary aspect of the present disclosure includes, among other things, a central body portion having a first end region, an opposing second end region, and a width. The damper seal further includes a first portion extending from the first end region of the central body portion, and a first end region of the first portion includes first outwardly extending tabs that define a first enlarged portion that has a first width greater than the width of the central body portion and a second portion extending from the opposing second end region of the central body portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 31, 2012
    Publication date: August 1, 2013
    Inventors: Daniel A. Snyder, Kyle Charles Lana, Jonathan Perry Sandoval, Scott Daniel Virkler, Jaimie Taraskevich, Edwin Otero