Patents by Inventor Colin Beckwith Spellmeyer

Colin Beckwith Spellmeyer 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 peening of machine components
    Patent number: 11524387
    Abstract: A peening device for treating a component includes a shot media propulsion source configured to propel a quantity of shot media. The device also includes a plurality of treatment enclosures each selectively coupleable to the shot media propulsion source. Each of the treatment enclosures has a shape complementary to a corresponding one of a plurality of portions of the component, such that each treatment enclosure and the corresponding portion cooperate to enclose the shot media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Ericson Friedman, Colin Beckwith Spellmeyer, Bryan Edward Williams, Paul Lawrence Kalmar
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PEENING OF MACHINE COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20200055165
    Abstract: A peening device for treating a component includes a shot media propulsion source configured to propel a quantity of shot media. The device also includes a plurality of treatment enclosures each selectively coupleable to the shot media propulsion source. Each of the treatment enclosures has a shape complementary to a corresponding one of a plurality of portions of the component, such that each treatment enclosure and the corresponding portion cooperate to enclose the shot media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 24, 2019
    Publication date: February 20, 2020
    Inventors: Michael Ericson Friedman, Colin Beckwith Spellmeyer, Bryan Edward Williams, Paul Lawrence Kalmar
  • Apparatus and method for peening of machine components
    Patent number: 10493594
    Abstract: A peening device for treating a component includes a shot media propulsion source configured to propel a quantity of shot media. The device also includes a plurality of treatment enclosures each selectively coupleable to the shot media propulsion source. Each of the treatment enclosures has a shape complementary to a corresponding one of a plurality of portions of the component, such that each treatment enclosure and the corresponding portion cooperate to enclose the shot media.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Michael Ericson Friedman, Colin Beckwith Spellmeyer, Bryan Edward Williams, Paul Lawrence Kalmar
  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PEENING OF MACHINE COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20170291280
    Abstract: A peening device for treating a component includes a shot media propulsion source configured to propel a quantity of shot media. The device also includes a plurality of treatment enclosures each selectively coupleable to the shot media propulsion source. Each of the treatment enclosures has a shape complementary to a corresponding one of a plurality of portions of the component, such that each treatment enclosure and the corresponding portion cooperate to enclose the shot media.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 12, 2017
    Inventors: Michael Ericson Friedman, Colin Beckwith Spellmeyer, Bryan Edward Williams, Paul Lawrence Kalmar