Patents by Inventor Deborah Lynn Yaney

Deborah Lynn Yaney 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).

  • Net molded tantalum carbide rocket nozzle throat and method of making
    Patent number: 6673449
    Abstract: A method of making heat engine components, such as rocket nozzle throats, includes forming a body having at least one surface, wherein the body is made of a refractory metal, and compressing a ceramic powder between a die and the at least one surface of the body, with sufficient heat and pressure to densify and thus form a solid ceramic coating on the at least one surface of the body. Nozzle throats made according to the invention have bodies made of refractory metals, such as tantalum, and ceramic coatings on the inner surfaces of the annular bodies, wherein the ceramic coatings are made of ceramic materials such as tantalum carbide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Assignee: Lockheed Corporation
    Inventors: Salvatore Thomas Bruno, Christopher Anthony Koch, Yazdan Paul Mantilla, Sanjay B. Prasad, Jerome Paul Wittenauer, Deborah Lynn Yaney, Joseph Zegarski
  • Net molded tantalum carbide rocket nozzle throat
    Publication number: 20030126855
    Abstract: A method of making heat engine components, such as rocket nozzle throats, includes forming a body having at least one surface, wherein the body is made of a refractory metal, and compressing a ceramic powder between a die and the at least one surface of the body, with sufficient heat and pressure to densify and thus form a solid ceramic coating on the at least one surface of the body. Nozzle throats made according to the invention have bodies made of refractory metals, such as tantalum, and ceramic coatings on the inner surfaces of the annular bodies, wherein the ceramic coatings are made of ceramic materials such as tantalum carbide.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2002
    Publication date: July 10, 2003
    Inventors: Salvatore Thomas Bruno, Christopher Anthony Koch, Yazdan Paul Mantilla, Sanjay B. Prasad, Jerome Paul Wittenauer, Deborah Lynn Yaney, Joseph Zegarski
  • Net molded tantalum carbide rocket nozzle throat
    Patent number: 6510694
    Abstract: A method of making heat engine components, such as rocket nozzle throats, includes forming a body having at least one surface, wherein the body is made of a refractory metal, and compressing a ceramic powder between a die and the at least one surface of the body, with sufficient heat and pressure to densify and thus form a solid ceramic coating on the at least one surface of the body. Nozzle throats made according to the invention have bodies made of refractory metals, such as tantalum, and ceramic coatings on the inner surfaces of the annular bodies, wherein the ceramic coatings are made of ceramic materials such as tantalum carbides (TaC and Ta2C).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Lockhead Martin Corporation
    Inventors: Salvatore Thomas Bruno, Christopher Anthony Koch, Yazdan Paul Mantilla, Sanjay B. Prasad, Jerome Paul Wittenauer, Deborah Lynn Yaney, Joseph Zegarski