Patents by Inventor Gary E. Stasiewski

Gary E. Stasiewski 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).

  • Process for selectively electroplating an airfoil
    Patent number: 5902471
    Abstract: A process and apparatus for selectively electroplating the tip portion of an airfoil. The airfoil includes a root portion and a blade portion having a tip. At least part of the blade including the tip is coated with an insulating material. Insulating material is removed from the tip and the airfoil is mounted in a fixture so that the tip is exposed. The fixture is immersed in a sealing bath, and the fixture and at least a portion of the airfoil is encased in sealing material while leaving the tip exposed. The fixture is then immersed in an electroplating bath, the exposed tip is electroplated, and the fixture is removed from the bath.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Christopher Patrick Jordan, James Bailey Sprenkle, Normand J Morneau, Colin Lyle Cini, Gary E. Stasiewski, Foster Philip Lamm, Steven Michael Ruggiero, Tara Michele Barr, Thomas Reginald Davis