Patents by Inventor Steven M. Modon

Steven M. Modon 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).

  • Rotor for gas turbine engine
    Patent number: 10273972
    Abstract: A rotating component for a turbine engine includes a main component portion including a web and a platform located at a radially outboard portion of the web, relative to an axis of rotation of the rotating component. A snap surface is located at the platform and is configured to interlock the rotating component with an adjacent rotating component. A transition surface extends from the main component portion to the snap surface and includes two or more different radii.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 30, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Fadi S. Maalouf, Christopher L. Potter, Michael Espinoza, Eliannah Hunderfund, Steven M. Modon
  • ROTOR FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE
    Publication number: 20170138368
    Abstract: A rotating component for a turbine engine includes a main component portion including a web and a platform located at a radially outboard portion of the web, relative to an axis of rotation of the rotating component. A snap surface is located at the platform and is configured to interlock the rotating component with an adjacent rotating component. A transition surface extends from the main component portion to the snap surface and includes two or more different radii.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 18, 2015
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Fadi S. Maalouf, Christopher L. Potter, Michael Espinoza, Eliannah Hunderfund, Steven M. Modon
  • AXIAL BLADE SLOT PRESSURE FACE WITH UNDERCUT
    Publication number: 20090285690
    Abstract: A blade and disk assembly includes a blade body and a disk body having a slot to receive the blade body. The blade body has a blade bearing surface. The slot has a disk bearing surface that contacts the blade bearing surface at a bearing interface. The slot has an undercut surface that is spaced apart from the blade body. An angle between the disk bearing surface and a line tangent to the undercut surface is at least 70 degrees.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2008
    Publication date: November 19, 2009
    Inventors: Clayton D. Brown, Steven M. Modon