Patents by Inventor Scott Walker Smith

Scott Walker Smith 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).

  • Hollow turbine blade stiffening
    Patent number: 7001150
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for at least one of stiffening a rotor blade of a gas turbine engine and raising a natural vibration frequency of the blade. The blade has a recess extending radially and inwardly into the blade. A reinforcing element is provided in the recess at a selected position to thereby allow a large blade chord at the tip end of the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 21, 2006
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.
    Inventors: Steven John Fett, Scott Walker Smith, Bich Nhu Le