Patents by Inventor Heather Danielsen

Heather Danielsen 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).

  • Systems and methods for case repair
    Patent number: 11845138
    Abstract: A method for repairing a pocket of a case for a variable stator assembly may comprise: receiving, via a processor, a plurality of wear depths, each wear depth in the plurality of wear depths corresponding to a wear portion in a stator pocket in a plurality of stator pockets; determining, via the processor, a plurality of thicknesses of a coating to be deposited based on the plurality of wear depths, each thickness of the coating in the plurality of thicknesses corresponding to the wear portion for each stator pocket in the plurality of stator pockets; and commanding, via the processor, a coating spray torch to deposit the coating in the wear portion of each stator pocket in the plurality of stator pockets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 19, 2023
    Assignee: RTX CORPORATION
    Inventors: Heather Danielsen, Norman Gagnon, George Reynolds, Kevin Sloan, Keith Pooler, Jason Christiansen, Michael Fischer
  • CASE FLOWPATH REPAIR SYSTEM AND METHOD
    Publication number: 20220341019
    Abstract: A method for repairing a flow path surface of a case for a variable vane assembly includes measuring a wear depth at a location within a wear recess formed in the flow path surface of the case, determining a coating thickness corresponding to the wear depth at the location, and repairing the flow path surface of the case by applying a coating to the wear recess, where the coating has the coating thickness at the location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2021
    Publication date: October 27, 2022
    Inventors: Heather Danielsen, Norman J. Gagnon, Keith C. Pooler, Jason L. Christiansen, Michael G. Fischer
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CASE REPAIR
    Publication number: 20220281025
    Abstract: A method for repairing a pocket of a case for a variable stator assembly may comprise: receiving, via a processor, a plurality of wear depths, each wear depth in the plurality of wear depths corresponding to a wear portion in a stator pocket in a plurality of stator pockets; determining, via the processor, a plurality of thicknesses of a coating to be deposited based on the plurality of wear depths, each thickness of the coating in the plurality of thicknesses corresponding to the wear portion for each stator pocket in the plurality of stator pockets; and commanding, via the processor, a coating spray torch to deposit the coating in the wear portion of each stator pocket in the plurality of stator pockets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2021
    Publication date: September 8, 2022
    Applicant: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Heather Danielsen, Norman Gagnon, George Reynolds, Kevin Sloan, Keith Pooler, Jason Christiansen, Michael Fischer