Patents by Inventor Steven Millican

Steven Millican 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).

  • Humidity control for abrasive blasting systems
    Patent number: 9168635
    Abstract: An abrasive blasting system includes an air subsystem being adapted to provide pressurized air, a fluid subsystem being adapted to provide fluid, a mixer being adapted to mix the fluid with the pressurized air, and a media subsystem being adapted to provide abrasive media. The method includes pressurizing the air, mixing the fluid with the air, thereby changing the relative humidity of the air, and blasting a surface of a structure with abrasive media mixed with the fluid and the pressurized air.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2015
    Assignee: Textron Innovations Inc.
    Inventors: Stephen Bishop, Jimmy D. Amerson, Steven Millican
  • HUMIDITY CONTROL FOR ABRASIVE BLASTING SYSTEMS
    Publication number: 20130143470
    Abstract: An abrasive blasting system includes an air subsystem being adapted to provide pressurized air, a fluid subsystem being adapted to provide fluid, a mixer being adapted to mix the fluid with the pressurized air, and a media subsystem being adapted to provide abrasive media. The method includes pressurizing the air, mixing the fluid with the air, thereby changing the relative humidity of the air, and blasting a surface of a structure with abrasive media mixed with the fluid and the pressurized air.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2011
    Publication date: June 6, 2013
    Applicant: BELL HELICOPTER TEXTRON INC.
    Inventors: Stephen Bishop, Jimmy D. Amerson, Steven Millican