Patents by Inventor Brent A. Cottom

Brent A. Cottom 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).

  • Apparatus and method for optically measuring creep
    Patent number: 8818078
    Abstract: A method of measuring creep strain in a gas turbine engine component, where at least a portion of the component has a material disposed thereon, and where the material has a plurality of markings providing a visually distinct pattern. The method may include capturing an image of at least a portion of the markings after an operational period of the gas turbine engine, and determining creep strain information of the component. The creep strain information may be determined by correlating the image captured after the operational period to an image captured before the operational period.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Solar Turbines Inc.
    Inventors: Michael J. Telfer, Michael A. Coe, Brent A. Cottom, Jeffrey R. Price
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY MEASURING CREEP
    Publication number: 20130202192
    Abstract: A method of measuring creep strain in a gas turbine engine component, where at least a portion of the component has a material disposed thereon, and where the material has a plurality of markings providing a visually distinct pattern. The method may include capturing an image of at least a portion of the markings after an operational period of the gas turbine engine, and determining creep strain information of the component. The creep strain information may be determined by correlating the image captured after the operational period to an image captured before the operational period.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2012
    Publication date: August 8, 2013
    Inventors: Michael J. Telfer, Michael A. Coe, Brent A. Cottom, Jeffrey R. Price