Patents by Inventor Fergus Lavers

Fergus Lavers 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 producing a composite component
    Patent number: 7411150
    Abstract: A composite component (1), such as a turbine airfoil, includes a conductive portion (2), and a non-conductive portion (5), such as a thermal barrier coating or a wear protection coating, or both. In machining the component, a laser machining step is applied for machining the non-conductive portion, and an electro-machining step is applied for machining the conductive portion. The laser machining step is performed by applying preferably a high-frequency pulsed laser. The focussed laser beam working diameter (DL) is essentially smaller than the size of the contour (16) to be machined. The contour is scanned by the laser beam (9) along a pre-defined trace (17) thus literally inscribing the desired contour into the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 12, 2008
    Assignee: ALSTOM Technology Ltd.
    Inventors: Fergus Lavers, Uri Sela
  • Method of producing a composite component
    Publication number: 20050173388
    Abstract: A composite component (1), such as a turbine airfoil, includes a conductive portion (2), and a non-conductive portion (5), such as a thermal barrier coating or a wear protection coating, or both. In machining the component, a laser machining step is applied for machining the non-conductive portion, and an electro-machining step is applied for machining the conductive portion. The laser machining step is performed by applying preferably a high-frequency pulsed laser. The focussed laser beam working diameter (DL) is essentially smaller than the size of the contour (16) to be machined. The contour is scanned by the laser beam (9) along a pre-defined trace (17) thus literally inscribing the desired contour into the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2004
    Publication date: August 11, 2005
    Inventors: Fergus Lavers, Uri Sela