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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8182228 | Turbine blade having midspan shroud with recessed wear pad and methods for manufacture A durable blade, a method of manufacturing it and a method of repairing blades are described and claimed. Durable blade includes an airfoil having a pressure side and a suction side, a midspan shroud located on the airfoil, at least one recess on the midspan shroud ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8124245 | Blaze cladding for direct metal laser sintered materials A direct metal laser sintered material including a substrate formed from a laser sintering process, the substrate having at least one surface, and a cladding material brazed onto at least a portion of the surface. ... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8104391 | Apparatus and method for slicing food products An apparatus and method for slicing food products, and particularly soft, pliable food products susceptible to being deformed to the slicing process. The slicing apparatus includes a slicing wheel assembly and device for stabilizing the food product as it is being f... | 01/31/2012 |
| D651933 | Wristband with writeable and erasable surface | 01/10/2012 |
| 8052074 | Apparatus and process for depositing coatings A spray coating process and apparatus suitable for depositing coatings on surfaces of components, and particularly surfaces that are difficult to access with conventional cold spraying equipment. The process and apparatus employ a spray gun having a tubular body wit... | 11/08/2011 |
| 8018225 | System and method for sensing the periodic position of an object A system and method for sensing the periodic position of one or more objects, such as rotating blades of a turbine. The system includes a passive eddy current sensing unit having one or more magnets and first and second cores around which first and second coils are ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 7982351 | Electrical machines Embodiments provide an electrical machine bearing first and second pluralities of permanent magnets having different number of pole pairs, a plurality of pole-pieces that enable the magnetic interaction between the pluralities of permanent magnets, and winding that ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7927656 | Method and apparatus for controlling diffusion coating of internal passages A method and apparatus for controlling the thickness of a coating deposited on internal passages of a component. The coating is a diffusion coating, preferably a diffusion aluminide coating, deposited by a vapor phase process that entails placing a component within ... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7910173 | Thermal barrier coating and process therefor A thermal barrier coating and deposition process for a component intended for use in a hostile thermal environment, such as the turbine, combustor and augmentor components of a gas turbine engine. The TBC has a first coating portion on at least a first surface porti... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7895872 | Method of producing nanocrystalline monolithic articles A products having at least a portion thereof with a nanocrystalline microstructure, and methods of producing such products. The method generally entails machining a body to produce a polycrystalline chip having a nanocrystalline microstructure. The chips produced by... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7878299 | Silencer apparatus with disposable silencer cartridge unit A silencer apparatus for attenuating noise in gas flow systems. The apparatus generally includes a housing having an interior cavity and a gas flow inlet and outlet that are adapted to be connected to a passage such that a gas flowing through the passage enters and ... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7860579 | Delivery system, method, and anchor for medical implant placement An anchor for a medical implant, a method of manufacturing an anchor, and a delivery system and method for delivering a medical implant, such as for monitoring physiological parameters, for example, for diagnosing and/or monitoring and/or treating cardiovascular dis... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7843104 | Stator and stator components of dynamoelectric machines and process of inhibiting joule heating therein A stator component whose composition and processing enable the component to axially compress magnetic sheets of a stator and also inhibit joule heating of the component to the extent that the need for a separate flux shield can be eliminated. The component is formed... | 11/30/2010 |
| 7837914 | Process of producing a composite component and intermediate product thereof A preform architecture and process for producing composite materials, and particularly CMC components. The process entails producing a composite component having a matrix material reinforced with a three-dimensional preform. The process includes producing first and ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7810394 | Integrated sensor and circuitry A micromachined sensor having a capacitive sensing structure. The sensor includes a first substrate with first and second conductive layers separated by a buried insulator layer, and a member defined by the first and second conductive layers and the buried insulator... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7793423 | Piping alignment tool A piping alignment tool suitable for locating where an extension of an existing pipe must pass through obstructions such as walls. The tool has a tubular shape with oppositely disposed ends. Each end is formed to have multiple coaxial sets of different-sized pipe th... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7789288 | Brazing process and material for repairing a component A process and braze paste suitable for filling and closing voids in relatively thin wall sections of high temperature components, such as an impingement plate of a combustor of a gas turbine engine. The process entails applying at least a first braze paste to the cr... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7775416 | Microwave brazing process A process for heating a braze alloy by microwave radiation so that heating of the alloy is selective and sufficient to cause complete melting of the alloy and permit metallurgical bonding to a substrate on which the alloy is melted, but without excessively heating t... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7764186 | Gas sensing method and instrument therefor A method and instrument capable of accurately detecting the presence of a gas and accurately measuring the concentration of the gas in, for example, the environment. The method and instrument sense the presence of a gas with a sensing element whose output is linear ... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7752904 | Structures with integral life-sensing capability A structure subjected to stresses that can lead to structural failure. The structure includes first and second conductive layers and an intermediate layer therebetween formed of a dielectric, semiconductive, or resistive material, such that the first, second, and in... | 07/13/2010 |
| 7738252 | Method and apparatus for thermal management of computer memory modules A heat spreader and method for thermal management of a computer memory module by promoting natural convection cooling of the memory module. The heat spreader includes a frame surrounding a planar body adapted to be mounted to a memory module of a computer, and a gri... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7721601 | Hydrogen storage tank and method of using A hydrogen storage tank for containing solid-state hydrogen storage media, and method for determining the hydrogen fill level in the tank. The tank has at least one compartment for storing the storage media, passages for transporting hydrogen gas to and from the com... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7641545 | Ventilated window for indoor air quality improvement in buildings An airflow window system that includes at least three glazing layers positioned roughly parallel to each other to define at least two internal airflow cavities within the window system. A first of the glazing layers is adjacent a first of the airflow cavities, a sec... | 01/05/2010 |
| 7634319 | Method and anchor for medical implant placement, and method of anchor manufacture An anchor and procedure for placing a medical implant, such as for monitoring physiological parameters. The anchor includes a central body in which a medical implant can be received. Arms and members extend radially from first and second ends, respectively, of the c... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7628099 | Machining method to controllably produce chips with determinable shapes and sizes A method of controllably producing chips with a desired shape and size. The method generally entails machining a body with a cutting tool while superimposing modulation on the cutting tool so as to move the cutting tool relative to the body being machined and cause ... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7628082 | Microfluidic device and microtube therefor A microfluidic device for assessing properties of a fluid. The device utilizes a microtube capable of different vibration modes for promoting certain performance and/or structural aspects of the device. The microtube is supported by a base so as to be spaced apart f... | 12/08/2009 |
| 7595494 | Direction-sensitive radiation detector and radiation detection method A radiation detection system and method suitable for use by a first responder to detect a radiological source. The system includes a container that encloses a chamber containing a pressurized inert gas. Incident gamma rays pass through walls of the container to inte... | 09/29/2009 |
| 7587965 | Tool holder assembly and method for modulation-assisted machining A tool holder assembly and method for intentionally inducing modulation in a machining process. The tool holder assembly is configured for mounting in a tool block on a machining apparatus and includes a tool holder body configured to be secured to the tool block of... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7568399 | Microfluidic device A microfluidic device a micromachined freestanding member adapted to sense one or more properties of a fluid flowing through the freestanding member. The freestanding member is supported by a substrate and spaced apart and separated from the substrate to enable the ... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7562573 | Integrated sensor and circuitry and process therefor A micromachined sensor and a process for fabrication and vertical integration of a sensor and circuitry at wafer-level. The process entails processing a first wafer to incompletely define a sensing structure in a first surface thereof, processing a second wafer to d... | 07/21/2009 |
| D594718 | Axle bearing press tool | 06/23/2009 |
| 7535565 | System and method for detecting and analyzing compositions A system and method for performing laser plasma spectroscopy on a surface of a component, particularly to detect, analyze, and determine the extent of deposit build up on turbomachine components protected by coatings that are susceptible to damage from infiltration ... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7533795 | Welding process A weld process cuitable for repairing precipitation-strengthened superalloys, and particularly gamma prime-strengthened nickel-based superalloys. The process entails forming a weldment in a cavity present in a surface of an article formed of a precipitation-strength... | 05/19/2009 |
| 7477376 | Self-calibrating optical reflectance probe system A self-calibrating optical reflectance probe system having an illuminant light source to illuminate a sample material, optical pickup means to collect reflected light from the sample material, and an articulated white reference reflection standard for illuminant ref... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7416790 | Coating systems containing rhodium aluminide-based layers A coating process and system suitable for use on components subjected to high temperatures. The coating system includes an overlay coating of predominantly B2 phase rhodium aluminide (RhAl) intermetallic compound containing about 25 to about 90 atomic percent rhodiu... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7401475 | Thermodynamic systems operating with near-isothermal compression and expansion cycles A thermodynamic system that can approximate the Ericsson or Brayton cycles and operated in reverse or forward modes to implement a cooler or engine, respectively. The thermodynamic system includes a device for compressing a first fluid stream containing a first gas-... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7393416 | Vapor deposition process and apparatus therefor An apparatus for depositing a ceramic coating on a component. The apparatus includes an evaporation source containing multiple different oxide compounds, at least one of the oxide compounds having a vapor pressure that is higher than the remaining oxide compounds, t... | 07/01/2008 |
| 7381628 | Process of making a microtube and microfluidic devices formed therewith A process for producing a tube suitable for microfluidic devices. The process uses first and second wafers, each having a substantially uniform doping level. The first wafer has a first portion into which a channel is etched partially therethrough between second and... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7364801 | Turbine component protected with environmental coating An environmental coating suitable for use on turbine components, such as turbine disks and turbine seal elements, formed of alloys susceptible to oxidation and hot corrosion. The environmental coating is predominantly a solid solution phase of nickel, iron, and/or c... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7364802 | Ceramic compositions useful in thermal barrier coatings having reduced thermal conductivity Ceramic compositions comprising at least about 91 mole % zirconia and up to about 9 mole % of a stabilizer component comprising a first metal oxide having selected from the group consisting of yttria, calcia, ceria, scandia, magnesia, india and mixtures thereof. Thi... | 04/29/2008 |
