Patents by Inventor Nathan W. Klingbeil

Nathan W. Klingbeil 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).

  • Process mapping of cooling rates and thermal gradients
    Patent number: 9939394
    Abstract: A method performed by one or more processing devices includes conducting a plurality of tests of a manufacturing process. Each test is conducted at a different combination of at least a first process variable and a second process variable, and each test comprises locally heating a region of a structure, where the local heating results in formation of a thermal field in the structure, and assessing a temperature derivative of the thermal field. Based on results of the plurality of tests, a process map of the temperature derivative of the thermal field is generated, with the temperature derivative based on a function of the first process variable and the second process variable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Date of Patent: April 10, 2018
    Assignees: Carnegie Mellon University, Wright State University
    Inventors: Jack Lee Beuth, Jr., Nathan W. Klingbeil, Joy Davis Gockel
  • PROCESS MAPPING OF COOLING RATES AND THERMAL GRADIENTS
    Publication number: 20150219572
    Abstract: A method performed by one or more processing devices includes conducting a plurality of tests of a manufacturing process. Each test is conducted at a different combination of at least a first process variable and a second process variable, and each test comprises locally heating a region of a structure, where the local heating results in formation of a thermal field in the structure, and assessing a temperature derivative of the thermal field. Based on results of the plurality of tests, a process map of the temperature derivative of the thermal field is generated, with the temperature derivative based on a function of the first process variable and the second process variable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2013
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Inventors: Jack Lee Beuth, JR., Nathan W. Klingbeil, Joy Davis Gockel