Patents by Inventor Robert E. Baeumel

Robert E. Baeumel 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 for making a gas turbine engine component
    Patent number: 5210944
    Abstract: A method for making a gas turbine engine component includes the steps of: providing an unfinished gas turbine engine component; directing a laser beam on a selected surface portion of the engine component to prepare the selected surface portion before at least one of a subsequent coating and bonding step; and depositing at least one layer of an abradable material, a subassembly of the component or a thermal barrier coating on the selected surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 1991
    Date of Patent: May 18, 1993
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul J. E. Monson, Todd J. Rockstroh, Seetha R. Mannava, Robert E. Baeumel
  • Method for making a gas turbine engine component with a textured surface
    Patent number: 5120395
    Abstract: A method for making a gas turbine engine component includes the steps of: providing an unfinished gas turbine engine component; and selectively patterning a selected surface portion of the engine component by focusing a laser beam on the selected surface portion to improve lubricant distribution between the patterned surface of the engine component and a surface of another engine component in contact with the patterned surface during engine operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: June 9, 1992
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul J. E. Monson, Seetha R. Mannava, Harry J. Heckler, Robert E. Baeumel
  • Method for making a gas turbine engine component
    Patent number: 5113582
    Abstract: A method for making a gas turbine engine component includes the steps of: providing an unfinished gas turbine engine component; directing a laser beam on a selected surface portion of the engine component to prepare the selected surface portion before at least one of a subsequent coating and bonding step; and depositing at least one layer of an abradable material, a subassembly of the component or a thermal barrier coating on the selected surface portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 13, 1990
    Date of Patent: May 19, 1992
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Paul J. E. Monson, Todd J. Rockstroh, Seetha R. Mannava, Robert E. Baeumel