Patents by Inventor Winton Davies

Winton Davies 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).

  • Patent number: 12253006
    Abstract: A composite blade assembly for a turbine engine. The composite blade assembly having a core, a first skin and a second skin. The core having a composite structure. The first skin having at least one composite ply. The second skin having at least one composite ply. The first skin having a first radius. The second skin having a second radius.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2025
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph Kray, Elzbieta Kryj-Kos, Tod Winton Davis, Gary Willard Bryant, Jr.
  • Publication number: 20240417063
    Abstract: A composite airfoil assembly for a gas turbine engine. The composite airfoil assembly includes a composite airfoil defined by a core and a skin. The composite airfoil assembly further includes cladding. The core defines a core exterior, where the skin is applied to at least a portion of the core exterior. The cladding is prepared before being coupled or adhered to the composite airfoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2023
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventors: Elzbieta Kryj-Kos, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Tod Winton Davis, Gary Willard Bryant, JR.
  • Publication number: 20240401486
    Abstract: A composite airfoil assembly for a gas turbine engine, the composite airfoil assembly comprising a composite airfoil, a first cladding, and a second cladding. The composite airfoil having a core comprising a composite structure having a core bulk modulus and a laminate skin applied to at least a portion of an exterior of the core. The first cladding and the second cladding are coupled to an outer surface of the composite airfoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2023
    Publication date: December 5, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph Kray, Tod Winton Davis, Elzbieta Kryj-Kos, Michael John Franks
  • Publication number: 20240352863
    Abstract: An airfoil assembly for a turbine engine. The airfoil assembly has an airfoil, and a spa. The airfoil has a wall bounding an interior and defining an exterior surface. The wall extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a chordwise direction, and between a root and a tip to define a spanwise direction. The spar includes a centerline axis. the spar extends into the interior of the airfoil.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Ming Xie, Mitchell Harold Boyer, Tod Winton Davis
  • Publication number: 20240352862
    Abstract: An airfoil assembly having a trunnion and a spar. The trunnion having an interior surface defining a flared socket with an open top. The spar extending from the flared socket and through the open top.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Publication date: October 24, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph Kray, Tod Winton Davis, Nicholas Mark Daggett, Arthur William Sibbach, Elzbieta Kryj-Kos
  • Patent number: 12078080
    Abstract: An airfoil assembly and a method of forming the airfoil assembly, the airfoil assembly having a trunnion, a spar, a skin, and an insert. The trunnion having a flared socket with an open top. The spar extending from the flared socket and through the open top. The spar having a first end located within the flared socket. The skin having a braided or woven fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2024
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ming Xie, Tod Winton Davis
  • Publication number: 20240209741
    Abstract: A composite blade assembly for a turbine engine. The composite blade assembly having a core, a first skin and a second skin. The core having a composite structure. The first skin having at least one composite ply. The second skin having at least one composite ply. The first skin having a first radius. The second skin having a second radius.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph Kray, Elzbieta Kryj-Kos, Tod Winton Davis, Gary Willard Bryant, JR.
  • Patent number: 11846192
    Abstract: An airfoil assembly and a method of forming the airfoil assembly, the airfoil assembly having a trunnion, a spar, and a set of inserts. The trunnion having a flared socket with an open top. The spar extending from the flared socket and through the open top. The spar having a first end located within the flared socket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2023
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Ming Xie, Mitchell Harold Boyer, Tod Winton Davis
  • Patent number: 11047058
    Abstract: A method for making a metallic leading edge guard of the type having a nose with first and second wings extending therefrom is disclosed. The method includes machining from a metallic blank a first half comprising a first portion of the nose and one of the wings, wherein the first portion of the nose includes an interface surface; and electroforming a second half comprising a second portion of the nose and the second wing, wherein the second half is joined to the first half at the interface surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 29, 2021
    Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Qiang Li, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Michael W. Peretti, Tod Winton Davis
  • Patent number: 10774679
    Abstract: An airfoil assembly for a turbine engine includes an airfoil with an outer wall having a pressure side and a suction side, the airfoil extending axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a chord-wise direction and also extending radially between a root and a tip to define a span-wise direction. An aperture and at least one slot can define at least a portion of a release plane extending through the outer wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 15, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Stephanie Glynn Cotten, James Francis Brown, Theodore Robert Ingling, Tod Winton Davis, Gary Willard Bryant, Jr., Max Robert Farson
  • Patent number: 10738630
    Abstract: A platform apparatus for a propulsion rotor having an annular array of airfoils carried by a rotor disk. The apparatus includes: at least one forward segment comprising an arcuate forward body having a plurality of spaced-apart axially-extending forward fingers, each of the forward fingers bounded by a curved first lateral edge interconnected to a straight second lateral edge by an aft edge, wherein the forward segment defines a flow path surface and an opposed back surface; at least one aft segment comprising an arcuate aft body having a plurality of spaced-apart actually-extending aft fingers, each of the aft fingers bounded by a curved first lateral edge interconnected to a straight second lateral edge by a forward edge, wherein the aft segment defines a flow path surface and an opposed back surface, and wherein the aft edges have a shape complementary to a shape of the forward edges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2020
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Qiang Li, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Gerald Alexander Pauley, Ming Xie, Jorge Orlando Lamboy, Tod Winton Davis
  • Publication number: 20200123910
    Abstract: An airfoil assembly for a turbine engine includes an airfoil with an outer wall having a pressure side and a suction side, the airfoil extending axially between a leading edge and a trailing edge to define a chord-wise direction and also extending radially between a root and a tip to define a span-wise direction. An aperture and at least one slot can define at least a portion of a release plane extending through the outer wall.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2018
    Publication date: April 23, 2020
    Inventors: Stephanie Glynn Cotten, James Francis Brown, Theodore Robert Ingling, Tod Winton Davis, Gary Willard Bryant, JR., Max Robert Farson
  • Patent number: 10494933
    Abstract: An airfoil includes: an airfoil body having convex and concave sides extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge, the airfoil body including primary and secondary regions having differing physical properties; and at least one metallic cladding element attached to the airfoil body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gary Willard Bryant, Jr., Tod Winton Davis, Wei Wu
  • Publication number: 20190257210
    Abstract: A platform apparatus for a propulsion rotor having an annular array of airfoils carried by a rotor disk. The apparatus includes: at least one forward segment comprising an arcuate forward body having a plurality of spaced-apart axially-extending forward fingers, each of the forward fingers bounded by a curved first lateral edge interconnected to a straight second lateral edge by an aft edge, wherein the forward segment defines a flow path surface and an opposed back surface; at least one aft segment comprising an arcuate aft body having a plurality of spaced-apart actually-extending aft fingers, each of the aft fingers bounded by a curved first lateral edge interconnected to a straight second lateral edge by a forward edge, wherein the aft segment defines a flow path surface and an opposed back surface, and wherein the aft edges have a shape complementary to a shape of the forward edges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Publication date: August 22, 2019
    Inventors: Qiang Li, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Gerald Alexander Pauley, Ming Xie, Jorge Orlando Lamboy, Tod Winton Davis
  • Patent number: 9885244
    Abstract: A metallic leading edge protective strip adapted to provide impact protection for a leading edge of an airfoil of a turbomachine. The protective strip is formed of a stainless steel or a nickel-based alloy and is denser and provides increased strength and elasticity characteristics as compared to an identical protective strip formed of a titanium-based alloy. The protective strip is particularly suitable for use with composite blades and allows for thinner airfoils, thereby improving engine efficiency.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph Kray, Dong-Jin Shim, Tod Winton Davis
  • Publication number: 20170268349
    Abstract: An airfoil includes: an airfoil body having convex and concave sides extending between a leading edge and a trailing edge, the airfoil body including primary and secondary regions having differing physical properties; and at least one metallic cladding element attached to the airfoil body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 18, 2016
    Publication date: September 21, 2017
    Inventors: Gary Willard Bryant, JR., Tod Winton Davis, Wei Wu
  • Patent number: 9239062
    Abstract: A fan blade for a gas turbine engine includes: a straight axial dovetail, an airfoil, and a transition section disposed between the dovetail and the airfoil, the fan blade having opposed pressure and suction sides, and further including at least one shoulder protruding from a nominal surface of a selected one of the pressure and suction sides, wherein the at least one shoulder includes a boss defining a side face, and an upper section extending radially outward from the boss and tapering inward to join a nominal surface of the selected side.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 19, 2016
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Jorge Orlando Lamboy, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Gerald Alexander Pauley, Qiang Li, Daniel Allen Wilkin, II, Tod Winton Davis
  • Publication number: 20150184527
    Abstract: A metallic leading edge protective strip adapted to provide impact protection for a leading edge of an airfoil of a turbomachine. The protective strip is formed of a stainless steel or a nickel-based alloy and is denser and provides increased strength and elasticity characteristics as compared to an identical protective strip formed of a titanium-based alloy. The protective strip is particularly suitable for use with composite blades and allows for thinner airfoils, thereby improving engine efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2013
    Publication date: July 2, 2015
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Nicholas Joseph Kray, Dong-Jin Shim, Tod Winton Davis
  • Publication number: 20140219805
    Abstract: A fan blade for a gas turbine engine includes: a straight axial dovetail, an airfoil, and a transition section disposed between the dovetail and the airfoil, the fan blade having opposed pressure and suction sides, and further including at least one shoulder protruding from a nominal surface of a selected one of the pressure and suction sides, wherein the at least one shoulder includes a boss defining a side face, and an upper section extending radially outward from the boss and tapering inward to join a nominal surface of the selected side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Publication date: August 7, 2014
    Inventors: Jorge Orlando Lamboy, Nicholas Joseph Kray, Gerald Alexander Pauley, Qiang Li, Daniel Allen Wilkin, II, Tod Winton Davis
  • Patent number: 8046437
    Abstract: An improved system and method for supporting web system services is provided for storing data and context of client applications on the web. A client application may include a web system services interface for invoking web system services to support web applications to operate over the web using different devices that may store data and context of web applications as a web application document onto a web server. A web application document may be represented by components that may include view information, content, and context information. The application may also include a web system services user interface for providing a graphical user interface for a user to invoke web system services that may include a new document system service, a store document system service, and a restore document system service. A schema for context scope may be implemented for collecting context information relevant to the web application document.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2011
    Assignee: Yahoo! Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Martinez, Karon A. Weber, Samantha Tripodi, Winton Davies, Chris Kalaboukis, Oliver Raskin