Patents by Inventor Jonathan Robert Hootman

Jonathan Robert Hootman 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).

  • Apparatus and method for friction surfacing using a consumable pin tool
    Patent number: 8056793
    Abstract: A friction surfacing apparatus and method for depositing one or more metals, metal alloys, or other materials is disclosed. The friction surfacing apparatus includes a pin tool holder, a non-consumable shoulder having an inside diameter and an outside diameter, the inside diameter terminating at an end wall and includes an angled side wall that forms a substantially frustoconical opening at one end, and a consumable pin tool coupled to the pin tool holder and at least partially protruding from the end wall of the shoulder. The shoulder is maintained at a predetermined distance from a surface of a workpiece such that the consumable pin tool deposits pin tool material onto the surface of the workpiece during a friction surfacing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 15, 2011
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Timothy Hanlon, Jason Bernard Fritz, Jeffrey Jason Bernath, Alexander Banning Channell, Jonathan Paul Blank, Sergey Eduardovich Kalabekov, Jonathan Robert Hootman, Timothy Joseph Trapp
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FRICTION SURFACING USING A CONSUMABLE PIN TOOL
    Publication number: 20100147925
    Abstract: A friction surfacing apparatus and method for depositing one or more metals, metal alloys, or other materials is disclosed. The friction surfacing apparatus includes a pin tool holder, a non-consumable shoulder having an inside diameter and an outside diameter, the inside diameter terminating at an end wall and includes an angled side wall that forms a substantially frustoconical opening at one end, and a consumable pin tool coupled to the pin tool holder and at least partially protruding from the end wall of the shoulder. The shoulder is maintained at a predetermined distance from a surface of a workpiece such that the consumable pin tool deposits pin tool material onto the surface of the workpiece during a friction surfacing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 16, 2008
    Publication date: June 17, 2010
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Timothy Hanlon, Jason Bernard Fritz, Jeffrey Jason Bernath, Alexander Banning Channell, Jonathan Paul Blank, Sergey Eduardovich Kalabekov, Jonathan Robert Hootman, Timothy Joseph Trapp