Did You Know...
...that after Parker Brothers executives turned down the game of Monopoly because it had "52 fundamental errors" (including taking too long to play), a copy of the game wound up in the home of the company president who stayed up until 1 a.m. to finish playing it? He was so impressed by the game that the next day he wrote to inventor Charles Darrow and offered to buy it!
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7140216 | laser aligned shotpeen nozzle A shotpeen nozzle includes a tubular core mounted in a casing. The casing has an inlet for receiving shot in a stream of pressurized air, and the core includes an outlet for discharging the stream. A laser is mounted to the casing for projecting a laser beam in para... | 11/28/2006 |
| 7065176 | Method and system to inspect a component A system and method to inspect a component is disclosed. The system to inspect a component may include an x-ray source to direct an x-ray beam through the component and an x-ray detector to detect the x-ray beam after passing through the component. A processor may b... | 06/20/2006 |
| 7052234 | Turbine vane collar seal A collar seal is configured for a turbine nozzle vane. The seal includes a retainer having a circumferential airfoil contour conforming with the airfoil contour of the vane. A flexible leaf is surrounded by the retainer and fixedly joined thereto. A woven sheath enc... | 05/30/2006 |
| 6972561 | Internal eddy current inspection An eddy current inspection apparatus includes a holder for a specimen, a holder for an eddy current probe, and an eddy current instrument operatively joined thereto. The probe holder includes carriages for translating the probe along first and second axes. The probe... | 12/06/2005 |
| 6924005 | Method for the application of a water borne, sprayable erosion coating material A sprayable protective coating for preventing excessive aircraft and aircraft engine component deterioration caused by environmental variations comprises a water borne latex-based mixture, an additive for controlling the dielectric constant of the cured coating, and... | 08/02/2005 |
| 6921034 | Fuel nozzle assembly A fuel nozzle assembly for delivering fuel to a combustor of a gas turbine engine. The assembly includes a fuel nozzle including a body having a fuel inlet, an air inlet, an outlet for discharging fuel to the combustor, and a mounting flange for mounting the nozzle ... | 07/26/2005 |
| 6915938 | Method and apparatus for reducing component vibration during inertia welding A damper for reducing vibration in a least a portion of a component during inertia welding. The damper includes a generally annular body having a spiral slot formed therein. ... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6907358 | Eddy current inspection method A specimen is mounted in a multiaxis machine. An eddy current probe is also mounted in the machine for multiaxis movement relative to the specimen. The probe is aligned in situ with a target in the specimen by direct contact therebetween at multiple alignment sites ... | 06/14/2005 |
| 6895079 | Multiple focal spot X-ray inspection system An X-ray inspection system includes an X-ray source that generates more than one beam defining an inspection plane, the beams being substantially parallel to each other; an X-ray detector having a plurality of detector arrays, each of which is aligned with one of th... | 05/17/2005 |
| 6890248 | Apparatus and method for consistently retaining a gas turbine engine blade in a predetermined position and orientation A method and apparatus of retaining a gas turbine engine blade in a fixed predetermined position includes the following steps: inserting an airfoil portion of the gas turbine engine blade within a device so as to be loosely held therein; orienting the gas turbine en... | 05/10/2005 |
| 6844520 | Methods for fabricating gas turbine engine combustors A method facilitates manufacturing a combustor for a gas turbine engine. The combustor includes an inner and an outer liner, a dome, and flanges. The method comprises assembling the inner and outer liner such that each includes a series of liner panels, positioning ... | 01/18/2005 |
| 6831246 | Multi-station electrical discharge machining with single velocity command An electrical discharge machining (EDM) apparatus includes a plurality of machining heads, at least one EDM control system, and a plurality of programmable servo drives. Each one of the programmable servo drives is connected to the EDM control system and to a respec... | 12/14/2004 |
| 6826255 | X-ray inspection system and method of operating An X-ray inspection system is provided comprising an X-ray source which includes an electron gun and beam steering means for alternately directing the electron beam from the gun in a first direction wherein the beam strikes the anode to produce a beam of X-rays whic... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6824360 | Turbulated cooling holes A component for use in a flow path of a gas turbine engine. The component includes a body having an exterior surface mountable in the gas turbine engine so the exterior surface is exposed to gases flowing through the flow path of the engine. The body has a cooling h... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6820468 | Fixture for holding a gas turbine engine blade A fixture for holding a gas turbine engine blade having an airfoil extending outward from a shank and a dovetail extending inward from the shank for attaching the blade to a disk of the engine. The dovetail includes at least one pair of protrusions extending fore an... | 11/23/2004 |
| 6780089 | Method and apparatus for removing a predetermined amount of material from a bottom portion of a dovetail slot in gas turbine engine disk A system and method of removing a predetermined amount of material from a bottom portion of a dovetail slot in a gas turbine engine disk, including the steps of configuring a designated flow path through the dovetail slot and providing a flow of abrasive media throu... | 08/24/2004 |
| 6774152 | Fiber imbedded polymeric sponge A polymeric sponge includes cellulose fibers imbedded therein. The sponge is made by mixing water and cellulose fibers with a water-catalyzing prepolymer for chemical reaction thereof. The mixture is cured and granulated to size. The cellulose fibers enhance both th... | 08/10/2004 |
| 6767488 | Fiber imbedded polymeric sponge production method A polymeric sponge includes cellulose fibers imbedded therein. The sponge is made by mixing water and cellulose fibers with a water-catalyzing prepolymer for chemical reaction thereof. The mixture is cured and granulated to size. The cellulose fibers enhance both th... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6745622 | Apparatus and method for inspecting dovetail slot width for gas turbine engine disk An apparatus and method for inspecting a dovetail slot of a gas turbine engine disk, including: a first pin member fixed in a stationary position; a second pin member having the ability to move between a first position and a second position, wherein the second pin m... | 06/08/2004 |
| 6706323 | Method for masking multiple turbine components Method to facilitate vapor phase coating of turbine airfoils. A dovetail receptacle receives the dovetails of a plurality of airfoils. The airfoils are separated by spacers with the airfoil dovetails sealed in a chamber of the receptacle to facilitate vapor phase co... | 03/16/2004 |
| 6620457 | Method for thermal barrier coating and a liner made using said method A method of applying a thermal barrier coating system to a metal piece having cooling holes angled in a first direction and cooling holes angled in a second direction. The method includes spraying a bond coat on a first surface of the piece at angles with... | 09/16/2003 |
| 6609879 | Method and apparatus for vacuum bagging a component having a partial flange In combination, a gas turbine engine component having a centerline and a partial flange for connecting the component to the gas turbine engine extending only partially around the centerline and terminating in spaced apart ends of the flange, and a support... | 08/26/2003 |
| 6575070 | Method and apparatus for cutting sheet material Apparatus for cutting a sheet of material along a preselected line. The apparatus includes a table having an upper surface sized and shaped for receiving the sheet of material. In addition, the apparatus includes a wire positionable adjacent the upper sur... | 06/10/2003 |
| 6563307 | Eddy current inspection probe An eddy current inspection probe for inspecting a preselected surface. The eddy current inspection probe includes an expandable element at least partially defining an interior space which is expandable by introducing a pressurized fluid into the interior ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6561872 | Method and apparatus for stripping coating A method of stripping coating from a portion of a coated surface of a component. The method includes fastening a mask sheet to the component over a region adjacent the portion of the coated surface. The mask sheet has a contour generally corresponding to ... | 05/13/2003 |
| 6466643 | High speed digital radiographic inspection of aircraft fuselages A system and method for radiographic inspection of aircraft fuselages includes a radiation source preferably located inside of the fuselage and a radiation detector preferably located outside of the fuselage. A source positioning system is provided for mo... | 10/15/2002 |
