Patents by Inventor Francois Laurent Giguere

Francois Laurent Giguere 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 for manufacturing articles using a semi-continuous flow of workpieces through metal working and annealing apparatus
    Patent number: 7198684
    Abstract: A plurality of gas turbine components or other articles are manufactured from a plurality of metallic-alloy workpieces using a manufacturing apparatus having a metalworking apparatus, and an annealing apparatus wherein the individual workpieces are annealed by single-workpiece annealing and not by large-batch annealing. A workpiece flow of the plurality of workpieces is established sequentially through the metalworking apparatus and the annealing apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2007
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Froats Broderick, Jeffrey Lynn Myers, Francois Laurent Giguere, Peter Brian Haley, Paul Raymond Phaneuf, William Francis Bergeron, Thomas Caudwell Straub
  • Method for manufacturing articles using a semi-continuous flow of workpieces through metal working and annealing apparatus
    Publication number: 20040177906
    Abstract: A plurality of gas turbine components or other articles are manufactured from a plurality of metallic-alloy workpieces using a manufacturing apparatus having a metalworking apparatus, and an annealing apparatus wherein the individual workpieces are annealed by single-workpiece annealing and not by large-batch annealing. A workpiece flow of the plurality of workpieces is established sequentially through the metalworking apparatus and the annealing apparatus.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 14, 2003
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Inventors: Thomas Froats Broderick, Jeffrey Lynn Myers, Francois Laurent Giguere, Peter Brian Haley, Paul Raymond Phaneuf, William Francis Bergeron, Thomas Caudwell Straub