Patents by Inventor Guillaume POITRAS
Guillaume POITRAS 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).
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Patent number: 11883882Abstract: A method of forming a component from a part in the green state, including selecting at least one first portion of the part to undergo a different local volume reduction from at least one second portion to obtain the component. The green part is provided with the first portion(s) having a first solid loading and the second portion(s) having a second solid loading different from the first solid loading, then debound and sintered to obtain the component. The different first and second solid loadings produce the different local volume reduction in the first portion(s). The first portion(s) can be selected by determining a resulting final shape obtained from debinding and sintering a green part having a uniform first volumetric proportion of binder, and selecting the first portion(s) requiring a different local deformation than that producing the resulting final shape to obtain a desired final shape.Type: GrantFiled: July 21, 2021Date of Patent: January 30, 2024Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventors: Orlando Scalzo, Marc Campomanes, Guillaume Poitras
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Publication number: 20210346953Abstract: A method of forming a component from a part in the green state, including selecting at least one first portion of the part to undergo a different local volume reduction from at least one second portion to obtain the component. The green part is provided with the first portion(s) having a first solid loading and the second portion(s) having a second solid loading different from the first solid loading, then debound and sintered to obtain the component. The different first and second solid loadings produce the different local volume reduction in the first portion(s). The first portion(s) can be selected by determining a resulting final shape obtained from debinding and sintering a green part having a uniform first volumetric proportion of binder, and selecting the first portion(s) requiring a different local deformation than that producing the resulting final shape to obtain a desired final shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 21, 2021Publication date: November 11, 2021Inventors: Orlando SCALZO, Marc CAMPOMANES, Guillaume POITRAS
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Patent number: 11097343Abstract: A method of forming a component from a part in the green state, including selecting at least one first portion of the part to undergo a different local volume reduction from at least one second portion to obtain the component. The green part is provided with the first portion(s) having a first solid loading and the second portion(s) having a second solid loading different from the first solid loading, then debound and sintered to obtain the component. The different first and second solid loadings produce the different local volume reduction in the first portion(s). The first portion(s) can be selected by determining a resulting final shape obtained from debinding and sintering a green part having a uniform first volumetric proportion of binder, and selecting the first portion(s) requiring a different local deformation than that producing the resulting final shape to obtain a desired final shape.Type: GrantFiled: April 12, 2019Date of Patent: August 24, 2021Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventors: Orlando Scalzo, Marc Lorenzo Campomanes, Guillaume Poitras
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Publication number: 20190232373Abstract: A method of forming a component from a part in the green state, including selecting at least one first portion of the part to undergo a different local volume reduction from at least one second portion to obtain the component. The green part is provided with the first portion(s) having a first solid loading and the second portion(s) having a second solid loading different from the first solid loading, then debound and sintered to obtain the component. The different first and second solid loadings produce the different local volume reduction in the first portion(s). The first portion(s) can be selected by determining a resulting final shape obtained from debinding and sintering a green part having a uniform first volumetric proportion of binder, and selecting the first portion(s) requiring a different local deformation than that producing the resulting final shape to obtain a desired final shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 12, 2019Publication date: August 1, 2019Inventors: Orlando SCALZO, Marc Lorenzo CAMPOMANES, Guillaume POITRAS
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Publication number: 20180272562Abstract: A method of manufacturing a part, including providing a green body made of powder injection molding material and connected to a solid support member partially contained in the green body. The support member is engaged with a retaining fixture of a machine tool. While supporting the green body through the engagement between the support member and the retaining fixture, the green body is machined to obtain a machined green part. The machined green part is debound and sintered. A method of forming a powder injection molding part in a green state including machining a molded body using a machine tool while supporting the blank with a retaining fixture, and a machining blank having a green body and a solid support member including one locating feature of a pair of complementary locating features snuggly engageable with one another are also discussed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2018Publication date: September 27, 2018Inventors: Marc Lorenzo CAMPOMANES, Orlando SCALZO, Jean FOURNIER, Guillaume POITRAS
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Patent number: 10011044Abstract: A method of manufacturing a part, including providing a green body made of powder injection molding material and connected to a solid support member partially contained in the green body. The support member is engaged with a retaining fixture of a machine tool. While supporting the green body through the engagement between the support member and the retaining fixture, the green body is machined to obtain a machined green part. The machined green part is debound and sintered. A method of forming a powder injection molding part in a green state including machining a molded body using a machine tool while supporting the blank with a retaining fixture, and a machining blank having a green body and a solid support member including one locating feature of a pair of complementary locating features snuggly engageable with one another are also discussed.Type: GrantFiled: September 8, 2014Date of Patent: July 3, 2018Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventors: Marc Campomanes, Orlando Scalzo, Jean Fournier, Guillaume Poitras
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Patent number: 9517507Abstract: A method of shaping a part in a green state obtained through powder injection molding, including placing a surface of the part in contact with a shaping surface of a setter with at least one section of the surface of the part not conforming to the shaping surface, and locally heating at least one area of each of the at least one section to deform the part until the at least one section conforms to the shaping surface. The part remains in the green state during the local heating. The part may be a heat shield panel for a gas turbine engine.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2014Date of Patent: December 13, 2016Assignee: PRATT & WHITNEY CANADA CORP.Inventors: Marc Campomanes, Orlando Scalzo, Guillaume Poitras
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Publication number: 20160263656Abstract: A method of forming a component from a part in the green state, including selecting at least one first portion of the part to undergo a different local volume reduction from at least one second portion to obtain the component. The green part is provided with the first portion(s) having a first solid loading and the second portion(s) having a second solid loading different from the first solid loading, then debound and sintered to obtain the component. The different first and second solid loadings produce the different local volume reduction in the first portion(s). The first portion(s) can be selected by determining a resulting final shape obtained from debinding and sintering a green part having a uniform first volumetric proportion of binder, and selecting the first portion(s) requiring a different local deformation than that producing the resulting final shape to obtain a desired final shape.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2015Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Orlando SCALZO, Marc CAMPOMANES, Guillaume POITRAS
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Publication number: 20160016230Abstract: A method of shaping a part in a green state obtained through powder injection molding, including placing a surface of the part in contact with a shaping surface of a setter with at least one section of the surface of the part not conforming to the shaping surface, and locally heating at least one area of each of the at least one section to deform the part until the at least one section conforms to the shaping surface. The part remains in the green state during the local heating. The part may be a heat shield panel for a gas turbine engine.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2014Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Marc CAMPOMANES, Orlando SCALZO, Guillaume POITRAS
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Publication number: 20160016329Abstract: A method of manufacturing a part, including providing a green body made of powder injection molding material and connected to a solid support member partially contained in the green body. The support member is engaged with a retaining fixture of a machine tool. While supporting the green body through the engagement between the support member and the retaining fixture, the green body is machined to obtain a machined green part. The machined green part is debound and sintered. A method of forming a powder injection molding part in a green state including machining a molded body using a machine tool while supporting the blank with a retaining fixture, and a machining blank having a green body and a solid support member including one locating feature of a pair of complementary locating features snuggly engageable with one another are also discussed.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2014Publication date: January 21, 2016Inventors: Marc CAMPOMANES, Orlando SCALZO, Jean FOURNIER, Guillaume POITRAS
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Publication number: 20150093281Abstract: A method of creating a texture on at least one surface of a part is disclosed. The part is molded from a feedstock including a powder remaining solid during molding and a binder, and solidified. Then, a physical state of the binder is changed in only a predetermined portion of each surface of the part to be textured. The texture is then created from the predetermined portion by debinding and sintering the part.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 27, 2013Publication date: April 2, 2015Applicant: Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp.Inventors: Marc CAMPOMANES, Orlando SCALZO, Guillaume POITRAS