Patents by Inventor Gregory Keller Rasmussen

Gregory Keller Rasmussen 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).

  • Production of ternary shape-memory alloy films by sputtering using a hot pressed target
    Patent number: 6596132
    Abstract: A method for producing thin film deposits of ternary shape-memory alloys using an ion sputtering deposition process comprising using a hot pressed metal powder composition target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Keller Rasmussen, Fenglian Chang, Jinping Zhang, Terry Jack Gold
  • Method for producing NiTiHf alloy films by sputtering
    Patent number: 6592724
    Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing ternary shape-memory alloy films employing sputtering process techniques using krypton as a process gas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gregory Keller Rasmussen, Fenglian Chang, Jinping Zhang, Terry Jack Gold
  • Sputtering alloy films using a sintered metal composite target
    Patent number: 6464844
    Abstract: A method for producing thin film alloy by a sputtering deposition process comprising using a target having compartments of individual components arranged in concentric circles.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2002
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert O. Pichulo, Gregory Keller Rasmussen
  • Sputtering alloy films using a crescent-shaped aperture
    Patent number: 6402906
    Abstract: A method and system for producing thin film alloy by a sputtering deposition process comprising using a crescent-shaped aperture interposed between the target and substrate of a sputtering deposition system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2002
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert O. Pichulo, Gregory Keller Rasmussen, Mark Ray McClanahan
  • Production of binary shape-memory alloy films by sputtering using a hot pressed target
    Patent number: 6358380
    Abstract: A method for producing thin film deposits of binary shape-memory alloys using an ion sputtering deposition process comprising using a hot pressed metal powder composition target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1999
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2002
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Gamdur Singh Mann, Carlos Augusto Valdes, Terry Jack Gold, Jinping Zhang, Fenglian Chang, Gregory Keller Rasmussen
  • Rotating film carrier and aperture for precision deposition of sputtered alloy films
    Patent number: 6303008
    Abstract: A method and system for producing thin film alloy by a sputtering deposition process comprising using a circle-shaped aperture interposed between the target and substrate of a sputtering deposition system and establishing a rotating/oscillating relationship between the substrate and the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2001
    Assignee: Delphi Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert O. Pichulo, Gregory Keller Rasmussen, Mark Ray McClanahan