Patents by Inventor James Bryan Taylor

James Bryan Taylor 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).

  • Apparatus and method for machining of hard metals with reduced detrimental white layer effect
    Patent number: 8220370
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are disclosed for reducing a thickness of a thermomechanically-affected layer on an as-machined surface of a hard metal workpiece being machined by a hard cutting tool exerting a thermomechanical load on a surface of the workpiece. The method involves reducing the thermomechanical load on the surface of the workpiece, and the apparatus includes a means for reducing the thermomechanical load on the surface of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Zbigniew Zurecki, Ranajit Ghosh, John Herbert Frey, James Bryan Taylor
  • Apparatus and method for machining with cryogenically cooled oxide-containing ceramic cutting tools
    Patent number: 7252024
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus or machining a workpiece include the use of a cryogenically cooled oxide containing ceramic cutting tool. The method involves cryogenic cooling of the cutting tool during a cutting operation, which cooling results in enhanced wear resistance and fracture resistance of the cutting tool. A preferred embodiment involves jetting a cryogenic fluid directly at the cutting tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 7, 2007
    Assignee: Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.
    Inventors: Zbigniew Zurecki, Robert Bruce Swan, Bruce Edward Snyder, John Herbert Frey, Philip Burton Jewell, Jr., Ranajit Ghosh, James Bryan Taylor
  • Apparatus and method for machining with cryogenically cooled oxide-containing ceramic cutting tools
    Publication number: 20040154443
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus or machining a workpiece include the use of a cryogenically cooled oxide containing ceramic cutting tool. The method involves cryogenic cooling of the cutting tool during a cutting operation, which cooling results in enhanced wear resistance and fracture resistance of the cutting tool. A preferred embodiment involves jetting a cryogenic fluid directly at the cutting tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 9, 2004
    Publication date: August 12, 2004
    Inventors: Zbigniew Zurecki, Robert Bruce Swan, Bruce Edward Snyder, John Herbert Frey, Philip Burton Jewell Jr, Ranajit Ghosh, James Bryan Taylor
  • Apparatus and method for machining of hard metals with reduced detrimental white layer effect
    Publication number: 20030145694
    Abstract: An apparatus and a method are disclosed for reducing a thickness of a thermomechanically-affected layer on an as-machined surface of a hard metal workpiece being machined by a hard cutting tool exerting a thermomechanical load on a surface of the workpiece. The method involves reducing the thermomechanical load on the surface of the workpiece, and the apparatus includes a means for reducing the thermomechanical load on the surface of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Inventors: Zbigniew Zurecki, Ranajit Ghosh, John Herbert Frey, James Bryan Taylor
  • Apparatus and method for machining with cryogenically cooled oxide-containing ceramic cutting tools
    Publication number: 20020189413
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus for machining a workpiece include the use of a cryogenically cooled oxide-containing ceramic cutting tool. The method involves cryogenic cooling of the cutting tool during a cutting operation, which cooling results in enhanced wear resistance and fracture resistance of the cutting tool. A preferred embodiment involves jetting a cryogenic fluid directly at the cutting tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2001
    Publication date: December 19, 2002
    Inventors: Zbigniew Zurecki, Robert Bruce Swan, Bruce Edward Snyder, John Herbert Frey, Philip Burton Jewell, Ranajit Ghosh, James Bryan Taylor