Patents by Inventor Colton Reid Culbertson

Colton Reid Culbertson 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).

  • Systems and methods of cavitation peening a workpiece
    Patent number: 9200341
    Abstract: A method of cavitation peening a workpiece is provided. The method includes discharging a flow of fluid towards the workpiece at a pressure and a flow rate that facilitates forming a plurality of cavitation bubbles, monitoring a feedback parameter associated with the plurality of cavitation bubbles, and determining a peening intensity of the plurality of cavitation bubbles based at least partially on a value of the feedback parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Daniel Gordon Sanders, Hali T. Diep, McKay Alma Kunz, Timothy Barber, Gregory L. Ramsey, James B. Castle, Colton Reid Culbertson, Long Ly