Patents by Inventor Andrew Joseph Detor
Andrew Joseph Detor 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).
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Patent number: 11788198Abstract: An electroformed composite component includes reinforcing particles in a metal matrix. The composite component is formed by a method including passing an electric current between an anode and a cathode in the presence of an electrolyte. The electrolyte includes a metal salt and a plurality of reinforcing particle precursors. The method further includes depositing a composite layer on the cathode, wherein the composite layer includes the metal matrix and the plurality of reinforcing particle precursors dispersed in the metal matrix. An optional heat treatment can be performed subsequently to transform the precursor particles to more stable forms with concomitant improvement in composite material properties.Type: GrantFiled: November 24, 2021Date of Patent: October 17, 2023Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrew Joseph Detor, Rebecca Louise Casey, Sachin Ananda Nalawade
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Publication number: 20220411901Abstract: An oxide dispersion strengthened refractory-based alloy is provided, along with methods of its formation and use. The oxide dispersion strengthened refractory-based alloy may include a refractory-based alloy comprising two or more refractory elements and forming a continuous phase; and a rare earth refractory oxide comprising at least one rare earth element and at least one of the two or more refractory elements. The rare earth refractory oxide forms discrete particles within the continuous phase, and the oxide dispersion strengthened refractory-based alloy comprises 0.1 volume % to 5 volume % of the rare earth refractory oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2021Publication date: December 29, 2022Inventors: Richard DiDomizio, Andrew Joseph Detor, James Anthony Ruud, Christopher Thomas McLasky
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Publication number: 20220081793Abstract: An electroformed composite component includes reinforcing particles in a metal matrix. The composite component is formed by a method including passing an electric current between an anode and a cathode in the presence of an electrolyte. The electrolyte includes a metal salt and a plurality of reinforcing particle precursors. The method further includes depositing a composite layer on the cathode, wherein the composite layer includes the metal matrix and the plurality of reinforcing particle precursors dispersed in the metal matrix. An optional heat treatment can be performed subsequently to transform the precursor particles to more stable forms with concomitant improvement in composite material properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 24, 2021Publication date: March 17, 2022Inventors: Andrew Joseph Detor, Rebecca Louise Casey, Sachin Ananda Nalawade
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Patent number: 11203815Abstract: An electroformed composite component includes reinforcing particles in a metal matrix. The composite component is formed by a method including passing an electric current between an anode and a cathode in the presence of an electrolyte. The electrolyte includes a metal salt and a plurality of reinforcing particle precursors. The method further includes depositing a composite layer on the cathode, wherein the composite layer includes the metal matrix and the plurality of reinforcing particle precursors dispersed in the metal matrix. An optional heat treatment can be performed subsequently to transform the precursor particles to more stable forms with concomitant improvement in composite material properties.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2019Date of Patent: December 21, 2021Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrew Joseph Detor, Rebecca Louise Casey, Sachin Ananda Nalawade
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Patent number: 11061382Abstract: A method of forming a component by an electroforming process using an electroforming apparatus is presented. The electroforming apparatus includes an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte including a metal salt. The method includes receiving a set of training electroforming process parameters; training a machine learning algorithm based on at least a subset of the set of training electroforming process parameters; generating a set of updated operating electroforming parameters from the trained machine learning algorithm; and operating the electroforming apparatus based on the set of updated operating electroforming parameters. The step of operating the electroforming apparatus includes applying an electric current between the anode and the cathode in the presence of the electrolyte and depositing a plurality of metal layers on a cathode surface to form the component. A system of forming a component is also presented.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2018Date of Patent: July 13, 2021Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrew Joseph Detor, Pei-Hsin Kuo
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Patent number: 10724940Abstract: A corrosion maintenance scheduling and implementation system and method measure one or more characteristics of corrosion in equipment before and after implementation of a corrosion remediation action, determine one or more of a change in the one or more characteristics of the corrosion between before and after implementation of the corrosion remediation action, one or more historical operational characteristics of the equipment, or one or more forthcoming operational characteristics of the equipment, and modify a schedule of the corrosion remediation action for the equipment based on one or more of the one or more characteristics of corrosion that are measured, the change in the one or more characteristics of the corrosion, the one or more historical operational characteristics of the equipment, and/or the one or more forthcoming operational characteristics of the equipment.Type: GrantFiled: June 28, 2017Date of Patent: July 28, 2020Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Andrew Joseph Detor, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Monica Soare, Kevin Harding
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Patent number: 10704133Abstract: A system and method described herein relate to applying an overlay metal-based coating to a metal-based substrate. An article is provided, which includes a metal-based substrate having an overlay metal-based coating disposed on the substrate at an interface. The interface is configured such that a crack formed within the overlay metal-based coating and approaching the interface has a propagation path that is more energetically favorable along the interface than through the interface and into the metal-based substrate.Type: GrantFiled: October 10, 2017Date of Patent: July 7, 2020Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Andrew Joseph Detor, Richard DiDomizio, James Anthony Ruud, Soumya Nag
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Publication number: 20200192328Abstract: A method of forming a component by an electroforming process using an electroforming apparatus is presented. The electroforming apparatus includes an anode, a cathode and an electrolyte including a metal salt. The method includes receiving a set of training electroforming process parameters; training a machine learning algorithm based on at least a subset of the set of training electroforming process parameters; generating a set of updated operating electroforming parameters from the trained machine learning algorithm; and operating the electroforming apparatus based on the set of updated operating electroforming parameters. The step of operating the electroforming apparatus includes applying an electric current between the anode and the cathode in the presence of the electrolyte and depositing a plurality of metal layers on a cathode surface to form the component. A system of forming a component is also presented.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 18, 2018Publication date: June 18, 2020Inventors: Andrew Joseph Detor, Pei-Hsin Kuo
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Patent number: 10640858Abstract: A method for preparing an improved article including a nickel-based superalloy is presented. The method includes heat-treating a workpiece including a nickel-based superalloy at a temperature above the gamma-prime solvus temperature of the nickel-based superalloy and cooling the heat-treated workpiece with a cooling rate less than 50 degrees Fahrenheit/minute from the temperature above the gamma-prime solvus temperature of the nickel-based superalloy so as to obtain a cooled workpiece. The cooled workpiece includes a coprecipitate of a gamma-prime phase and a gamma-double-prime phase, wherein the gamma-prime phase of the coprecipitate has an average particle size less than 250 nanometers. An article having a minimum dimension greater than 6 inches is also presented. The article includes a material having a coprecipitate of a gamma-prime phase and a gamma-double-prime phase, wherein the gamma-prime phase of the coprecipitate has an average particle size less than 250 nanometers.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: May 5, 2020Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: Andrew Joseph Detor, Richard DiDomizio, Timothy Hanlon, Chen Shen, Ning Zhou
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Publication number: 20200131654Abstract: An electroformed composite component includes reinforcing particles in a metal matrix. The composite component is formed by a method including passing an electric current between an anode and a cathode in the presence of an electrolyte. The electrolyte includes a metal salt and a plurality of reinforcing particle precursors. The method further includes depositing a composite layer on the cathode, wherein the composite layer includes the metal matrix and the plurality of reinforcing particle precursors dispersed in the metal matrix. An optional heat treatment can be performed subsequently to transform the precursor particles to more stable forms with concomitant improvement in composite material properties.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2019Publication date: April 30, 2020Inventors: Andrew Joseph Detor, Rebecca Louise Casey, Sachin Ananda Nalawade
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Patent number: 10605719Abstract: An analysis controller determines multi-dimensional characteristics of one or more corrosion pits in equipment. These characteristics can include depths, widths, and/or aspect ratios of the corrosion pits. The controller also determines one or more stresses on the equipment based on the characteristics of the corrosion that are determined. The analysis controller also generates a control signal to implement one or more remedial actions to one or more of remove the one or more corrosion pits, repair the equipment, or restrict operation of the equipment based on the one or more stresses that are determined.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2017Date of Patent: March 31, 2020Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Andrew Joseph Detor, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Monica Soare
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Publication number: 20190106779Abstract: A system and method described herein relate to applying an overlay metal-based coating to a metal-based substrate. An article is provided, which includes a metal-based substrate having an overlay metal-based coating disposed on the substrate at an interface. The interface is configured such that a crack formed within the overlay metal-based coating and approaching the interface has a propagation path that is more energetically favorable along the interface than through the interface and into the metal-based substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 10, 2017Publication date: April 11, 2019Inventors: Andrew Joseph Detor, Richard DiDomizio, James Anthony Ruud, Soumya Nag
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Patent number: 10184166Abstract: A method for preparing an article including a nickel-based superalloy is presented. The method includes heat-treating a workpiece including a nickel-based superalloy at a temperature above a gamma-prime solvus temperature of the nickel-based superalloy and cooling the heat-treated workpiece with a cooling rate less than 50 degrees Fahrenheit/minute from the temperature above the gamma-prime solvus temperature of the nickel-based superalloy so as to obtain a cooled workpiece. The cooled workpiece includes a gamma-prime precipitate phase having an average particle size less than 250 nanometers at a concentration of at least 10 percent by volume, and is substantially free of a gamma-double-prime phase. An article having a minimum dimension greater than 6 inches is also presented. The article includes a material that has a gamma-prime precipitate phase having an average particle size less than 250 nanometers, and is substantially free of a gamma-double-prime phase.Type: GrantFiled: June 30, 2016Date of Patent: January 22, 2019Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Andrew Joseph Detor, Richard DiDomizio, Ning Zhou
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Publication number: 20190003954Abstract: A corrosion maintenance scheduling and implementation system and method measure one or more characteristics of corrosion in equipment before and after implementation of a corrosion remediation action, determine one or more of a change in the one or more characteristics of the corrosion between before and after implementation of the corrosion remediation action, one or more historical operational characteristics of the equipment, or one or more forthcoming operational characteristics of the equipment, and modify a schedule of the corrosion remediation action for the equipment based on one or more of the one or more characteristics of corrosion that are measured, the change in the one or more characteristics of the corrosion, the one or more historical operational characteristics of the equipment, and/or the one or more forthcoming operational characteristics of the equipment.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2017Publication date: January 3, 2019Inventors: Andrew Joseph Detor, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Monica Soare, Kevin Harding
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Publication number: 20180356334Abstract: An analysis controller determines multi-dimensional characteristics of one or more corrosion pits in equipment. These characteristics can include depths, widths, and/or aspect ratios of the corrosion pits. The controller also determines one or more stresses on the equipment based on the characteristics of the corrosion that are determined. The analysis controller also generates a control signal to implement one or more remedial actions to one or more of remove the one or more corrosion pits, repair the equipment, or restrict operation of the equipment based on the one or more stresses that are determined.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 8, 2017Publication date: December 13, 2018Inventors: Andrew Joseph Detor, Bernard Patrick Bewlay, Monica Soare
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Publication number: 20180245194Abstract: An article includes a substrate comprising a precipitate-strengthened alloy and a coating disposed over the substrate. The alloy comprises a) a population of gamma-prime precipitates, the population having a multimodal size distribution with at least one mode corresponding to a size of less than about 100 nanometers; or b) a population of gamma-double-prime precipitates having a median size less than about 300 nanometers. The coating comprises at least two elements, and further comprises a plurality of prior particles. At least a portion of the coating is substantially free of rapid solidification artifacts. Methods for fabricating the article and for processing powder useful for fabricating the article are also provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 27, 2018Publication date: August 30, 2018Inventors: Andrew Joseph Detor, Leonardo Ajdelsztajn, Thomas Michael Bigelow, Richard Didomizio, Andrew William Emge, James Anthony Ruud, Michael James Weimer
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Patent number: 10017844Abstract: An article includes a substrate comprising a precipitate-strengthened alloy and a coating disposed over the substrate. The alloy comprises a) a population of gamma-prime precipitates, the population having a multimodal size distribution with at least one mode corresponding to a size of less than about 100 nanometers; or b) a population of gamma-double-prime precipitates having a median size less than about 300 nanometers. The coating comprises at least two elements, and further comprises a plurality of prior particles. At least a portion of the coating is substantially free of rapid solidification artifacts. Methods for fabricating the article and for processing powder useful for fabricating the article are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: December 18, 2015Date of Patent: July 10, 2018Assignee: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Andrew Joseph Detor, Leonardo Ajdelsztajn, Thomas Michael Bigelow, Richard Didomizio, Andrew William Emge, James Anthony Ruud, Michael James Weimer
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Patent number: 9931815Abstract: Coatings for substrates, such as superalloy substrates, are provided. The coating can include: 15 wt % to 45 wt % cobalt; 20 wt % to 40 wt % chromium; 2 wt % to 15 wt % aluminum; 0.1 wt % to 1 wt % yttrium; and nickel. The coatings may include nickel, cobalt, chromium and aluminum, and other optional additives to improve oxidation and corrosion resistance of the substrate without significant debit to its mechanical properties.Type: GrantFiled: March 12, 2014Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Assignee: General Electric CompanyInventors: David Paul Mourer, Leonardo Ajdelsztajn, Kenneth Rees Bain, Andrew Joseph Detor, Andrew William Emge, James Anthony Ruud, Michael James Weimer
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Publication number: 20180057920Abstract: Provided is a method of fabricating an article, including deforming an ingot of a nickel-based superalloy to form an intermediate article, forming a substantially homogeneous dispersion of Laves phase precipitates within the intermediate article, wherein the Laves phase precipitates are present at a concentration of at least about 0.05% by volume and the precipitates have a mean diameter of less than one micron. Also provided is a nickel-based superalloy including a substantially homogeneous dispersion of Laves phase precipitates, wherein the intergranular and transgranular Laves phase precipitates are present at a concentration of at least about 0.1% by volume and wherein the precipitates have a mean diameter of less than one micron. Precipitation of Laves phase may control microstructure during Thermo-mechanical processing and produce superalloys with refined grain size.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 31, 2016Publication date: March 1, 2018Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Martin Matthew MORRA, Andrew Joseph DETOR, Etienne MARTIN, Reza SHARGHI-MOSHTAGHIN
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Publication number: 20180002793Abstract: A method for preparing an article including a nickel-based superalloy is presented. The method includes heat-treating a workpiece including a nickel-based superalloy at a temperature above a gamma-prime solvus temperature of the nickel-based superalloy and cooling the heat-treated workpiece with a cooling rate less than 50 degrees Fahrenheit/minute from the temperature above the gamma-prime solvus temperature of the nickel-based superalloy so as to obtain a cooled workpiece. The cooled workpiece includes a gamma-prime precipitate phase having an average particle size less than 250 nanometers at a concentration of at least 10 percent by volume, and is substantially free of a gamma-double-prime phase. An article having a minimum dimension greater than 6 inches is also presented. The article includes a material that has a gamma-prime precipitate phase having an average particle size less than 250 nanometers, and is substantially free of a gamma-double-prime phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 30, 2016Publication date: January 4, 2018Inventors: Andrew Joseph Detor, Richard DiDomizio, Ning Zhou