Patents by Inventor Efe Bulut

Efe Bulut 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).

  • System and method to locate and repair insert holes on a gas turbine component
    Patent number: 10399187
    Abstract: A method to repair an opening in a metallic device including: mount the device on a positioner; while the device is mounted on the positioner, sense and record positions of a surface of an opening in the device using a probe operated by a manipulator; based on the recorded positions determine a centerline and diameter of the opening; orient a digital model of the opening with respect to the opening of the device based on the centerline and diameter of the opening, and apply an weld or cladding to the opening by a welding torch maneuvered automatically by the manipulator while the device is mounted to the positioner and based on the oriented digital model of the opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Mustafa Yuvalaklioglu, Lawrence James Whims, Daniel James Dorriety, Steven Charles Woods, Mark Carmine Bellino, James Carroll Baummer, Brian Leslie Henderson, Efe Bulut, Paul A. Cook
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD TO LOCATE AND REPAIR INSERT HOLES ON A GAS TURBINE COMPONENT
    Publication number: 20180221999
    Abstract: A method to repair an opening in a metallic device including: mount the device on a positioner; while the device is mounted on the positioner, sense and record positions of a surface of an opening in the device using a probe operated by a manipulator; based on the recorded positions determine a centerline and diameter of the opening; orient a digital model of the opening with respect to the opening of the device based on the centerline and diameter of the opening, and apply an weld or cladding to the opening by a welding torch maneuvered automatically by the manipulator while the device is mounted to the positioner and based on the oriented digital model of the opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Mustafa YUVALAKLIOGLU, Lawrence James Whims, Daniel James Dorriety, Steven Charles Woods, Mark Carmine Bellino, James Carroll Baummer, Brian Leslie Henderson, Efe Bulut, Paul A. Cook