Patents by Inventor Bruce R. Saxton

Bruce R. Saxton 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).

  • ELECTRODEPOSITED NICKEL-CHROMIUM ALLOY
    Publication number: 20200291797
    Abstract: A nickel-chromium (Ni—Cr) alloy and a method for electrodepositing the Ni—Cr alloy on a turbine engine component for dimensionally restoring the engine component are described. The engine component is restored by rebuilding wall thickness with the Ni—Cr alloy including from 2 to 50 wt % chromium balanced with nickel. The turbine component coated with the Ni—Cr alloy is heat-treated at a high temperature to homogenize composition of the alloy to mimic the base alloy and to restore materials lost during repair of the turbine component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2020
    Publication date: September 17, 2020
    Inventors: Lei Chen, Zhiwei Yang, William J. Brindley, Monika D. Kinstler, Bruce R. Saxton
  • Electrodeposited nickel-chromium alloy
    Patent number: 10669867
    Abstract: A nickel-chromium (Ni—Cr) alloy and a method for electrodepositing the Ni—Cr alloy on a turbine engine component for dimensionally restoring the engine component are described. The engine component is restored by re-building wall thickness with the Ni—Cr alloy including from 2 to 50 wt % chromium balanced with nickel. The turbine component coated with the Ni—Cr alloy is heat-treated at a high temperature to homogenize composition of the alloy to mimic the base alloy and to restore materials lost during repair of the turbine component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2020
    Assignee: RAYTHEON TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Lei Chen, Zhiwei Yang, William J. Brindley, Monika D. Kinstler, Bruce R. Saxton
  • METHOD INVOLVING FRICTION PLUG WELDING A FLANGE
    Publication number: 20180085867
    Abstract: A method is provided that involves a component including a first fastener aperture that extends through the component. During the method, the component is machined to enlarge the first fastener aperture to provide an enlarged aperture. The component is friction plug welded to plug the enlarged aperture with friction plug welded material. A second fastener aperture is machined in the friction plug welded material, where the second fastener aperture extends through the component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2016
    Publication date: March 29, 2018
    Inventors: Wangen Lin, William J. Brindley, Bruce R. Saxton, Steven Ivory
  • ELECTRODEPOSITED NICKEL-CHROMIUM ALLOY
    Publication number: 20160312627
    Abstract: A nickel-chromium (Ni—Cr) alloy and a method for electrodepositing the Ni—Cr alloy on a turbine engine component for dimensionally restoring the engine component are described. The engine component is restored by re-building wall thickness with the Ni—Cr alloy including from 2 to 50 wt % chromium balanced with nickel. The turbine component coated with the Ni—Cr alloy is heat-treated at a high temperature to homogenize composition of the alloy to mimic the base alloy and to restore materials lost during repair of the turbine component.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2014
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Inventors: Lei Chen, Zhiwei Yang, William J. Brindley, Monika D. Kinstler, Bruce R. Saxton
  • HOT SECTION REPAIR OF METALLIC COATINGS
    Publication number: 20160230557
    Abstract: Aspects of the disclosure are directed to a servicing of an airfoil of an aircraft engine. A first portion of a first bondcoat layer may be removed from the airfoil while leaving a second portion of the first bondcoat layer intact on the airfoil. A second bondcoat layer may be applied to the airfoil using a coating technique subsequent to the removal of the first portion of the first bondcoat layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2015
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Mark T. Ucasz, Bruce R. Saxton, Daniel A. Bales, William J. Brindley