Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Farrand

Thomas A. Farrand 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).

  • Anti-rotation feature for a turbine rotor faceplate
    Patent number: 4701105
    Abstract: A turbine rotor disk assembly for an axial flow gas turbine engine includes a rotor disk (18) and a faceplate (22) axially engaged therewith by rotationally engaged securing means such as a pair of corresponding hooked members (42, 44). Disengagement of the faceplate (22) and the rotor disk (18) is prevented by the cooperation of an axially projecting tab (58), integral with the turbine blade, (20) and a corresponding faceplate recess (60).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 10, 1986
    Date of Patent: October 20, 1987
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Eugene Cantor, Thomas A. Farrand