Patents by Inventor Brian James Crockett

Brian James Crockett 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 of forming cooling holes
    Patent number: 11413703
    Abstract: An apparatus and method regarding forming a cooling hole in a component for a turbine engine, with the component held in a hole-forming machine with a laser carried on a multi-axis carriage and defining an optical path, the method comprising forming a set of cooling holes in the component with a laser mounted to the multi-axis carriage, estimating a total airflow through the set of cooling holes based on a set of data regarding the flow effectiveness of the set of cooling holes, and forming a second set of cooling holes with the laser.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kathleen Lombard Hendricks, Richard Bryan Guiney, Lenin Ramasamy Ramachandran, Brian James Crockett, Anthony S. Urbanski, Brenda Catherine Tenley
  • METHOD OF FORMING COOLING HOLES
    Publication number: 20200370437
    Abstract: An apparatus and method regarding forming a cooling hole in a component for a turbine engine, with the component held in a hole-forming machine with a laser carried on a multi-axis carriage and defining an optical path, the method comprising forming a set of cooling holes in the component with a laser mounted to the multi-axis carriage, estimating a total airflow through the set of cooling holes based on a set of data regarding the flow effectiveness of the set of cooling holes, and forming a second set of cooling holes with the laser.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 22, 2019
    Publication date: November 26, 2020
    Inventors: Kathleen Lombard Hendricks, Richard Bryan Guiney, Lenin Ramasamy Ramachandran, Brian James Crockett, Anthony S. Urbanski, Brenda Catherine Tenley