Patents by Inventor Frederic Dartigues

Frederic Dartigues 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).

  • Publication number: 20120207611
    Abstract: A method of production of a component having at least one dimension that is more than 200 mm, said method comprising the steps of: a) providing a titanium aluminide melt; b) providing a cold sand casting mould; c) mounting the mould and the melt in a vacuum or inert atmosphere chamber; d) rotating the mould at a distance from a rotation axis to generate an artificial gravity in all parts of the mould of at least 30 g; e) pouring the melt along said axis of rotation into a gateway that leads the melt to a radius greater than a maximum radius of any part of the mould, the gateway being arranged to open into the mould in a direction contrary to that of said artificial gravity; f) wherein said pouring is at a speed that fills the mould in less than 5 seconds. The method is useful for the casting of long turbine airfoils used in electricity generation industry or large automotive turbocharger wheels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2010
    Publication date: August 16, 2012
    Applicant: SOCIETE EUROPEENE DES TECHNOLOGIES DU TITANE ET DES ALLIAGES SPECIAUX SA.
    Inventors: Axel Luckow, Kevin Francis Carroll, Frederic Dartigues