Patents by Inventor Chad M. Schepel

Chad M. Schepel 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 electroplating a metallic film on a rocket engine combustion chamber component
    Patent number: 7306710
    Abstract: A tank is utilized for containing a plating solution. A rotatable support assembly rotatably supports a combustion chamber component relative to the tank for providing partial immersion of the combustion chamber component within the plating solution. An anode is positioned within the tank proximate a surface of the combustion chamber component to be electroplated. A current source is connected to the anode and in electrical contact with the combustion chamber component. When the combustion chamber component is rotated, the submerged portions are deposited with metal from the plating solution.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2007
    Assignee: Pratt & Whitney Rocketdyne, Inc.
    Inventors: Chad M. Schepel, Jeffry A. Fint, Steve J. Evans, Cecil E. Flowers
  • Apparatus and method for electroplating a metallic film on a rocket engine combustion chamber component
    Publication number: 20040089554
    Abstract: A tank is utilized for containing a plating solution. A rotatable support assembly rotatably supports a combustion chamber component relative to the tank for providing partial immersion of the combustion chamber component within the plating solution. An anode is positioned within the tank proximate a surface of the combustion chamber component to be electroplated. A current source is connected to the anode and in electrical contact with the combustion chamber component. When the combustion chamber component is rotated, the submerged portions are deposited with metal from the plating solution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2002
    Publication date: May 13, 2004
    Inventors: Chad M. Schepel, Jeffry A. Fint, Steve J. Evans, Cecil E. Flowers