Patents by Inventor Stephen Rex Payling

Stephen Rex Payling 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).

  • Apparatus and method for damping vibrations between a compressor stator vane and a casing of a gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 6969239
    Abstract: A stator vane assembly for a compressor of a gas turbine engine, including a stator vane having an inner portion and an outer portion, a platform attached to the outer portion of the stator vane, a casing for the gas turbine engine, wherein the outer platform of the stator vane is attached to the casing in a manner so that an open area is defined therebetween, and a member positioned within the defined open area for damping vibrations transmitted from the casing to the outer platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2005
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Carl Grant, David Curr Douglas, Stephen Rex Payling, James Vota
  • Apparatus and method for damping vibrations between a compressor stator vane and a casing of a gas turbine engine
    Publication number: 20040062652
    Abstract: A stator vane assembly for a compressor of a gas turbine engine, including a stator vane having an inner portion and an outer portion, a platform attached to the outer portion of the stator vane, a casing for the gas turbine engine, wherein the outer platform of the stator vane is attached to the casing in a manner so that an open area is defined therebetween, and a member positioned within the defined open area for damping vibrations transmitted from the casing to the outer platform. The casing may have a split-line configuration so that first and second circumferential flanges are mated together, wherein the outer platform is attached to the casing by means of a flange extending therefrom which is positioned between and connected to the first and second circumferential flanges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2002
    Publication date: April 1, 2004
    Inventors: Carl Grant, David Curr Douglas, Stephen Rex Payling, James Vota