Patents by Inventor James Harcourt Brim

James Harcourt Brim 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).

  • Method and apparatus for automated, digital, radiographic inspection of aerospace parts
    Patent number: 7627083
    Abstract: A system and method for automatic digital radiographic inspection of round aerospace parts (18) and irregularly shaped aerospace parts (19) includes a radiation source (14) and a radiation detector (16) located on opposite sides of the aerospace part to receive the radiation from the radiation source. In operation the radiation source and the radiation detector are manipulated by a robot (10) in six independent axes of motion. The aerospace part is rotated by a part manipulator (20) to provide the seventh axis of motion and the aerospace part is tilted to provide the eighth axis of motion. This allows every portion of the aerospace part to be examined. The radiation detector converts the impinging radiation into electrical signals and the system generates the radiographic images and archives these images.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2009
    Assignee: VJ Technologies
    Inventors: Michael Thomas Ross, Samir Anjelly, James Harcourt Brim, Robert Louis Lukasik
  • Method and apparatus for automated, digital, radiographic inspection of aerospace parts
    Publication number: 20080226028
    Abstract: A system and method for automatic digital radiographic inspection of round aerospace parts (18) and irregularly shaped aerospace parts (19) includes a radiation source (14) and a radiation detector (16) located on opposite sides of the aerospace part to receive the radiation from the radiation source. In operation the radiation source and the radiation detector are manipulated by a robot (10) in six independent axes of motion. The aerospace part is rotated by a part manipulator (20) to provide the seventh axis of motion and the aerospace part is tilted to provide the eighth axis of motion. This allows every portion of the aerospace part to be examined. The radiation detector converts the impinging radiation into electrical signals and the system generates the radiographic images and archives these images.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2008
    Publication date: September 18, 2008
    Applicant: V.J. Technologies
    Inventors: Michael Ross, Samir Anjelly, James Harcourt Brim, Robert Louis Lukasik