Patents by Inventor Bharat Bhushan Chaudhry

Bharat Bhushan Chaudhry 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).

  • Thermographic detection of internal passageway blockages
    Patent number: 9080453
    Abstract: A method of thermal inspection of a component defining at least one internal passageway at a thermal equilibrium state with its surrounding environment, the method includes: capturing a sequence of thermal indications of a surface of the component, delivering an airflow pulse at the thermal equilibrium state of the at least one internal passageway into the at least one internal passageway, and receiving a temperature response signal as a function of time based on the received thermal indication. The method also includes determining a level of blockage of the at least one internal passageway based on the temperature response signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: THERMAL WAVE IMAGING, INC.
    Inventors: Steven M. Shepard, James R. Lhota, Tasdiq Ahmed, Bharat Bhushan Chaudhry