Patents by Inventor Jeffrey Robert Close

Jeffrey Robert Close 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).

  • Fillet machining system
    Patent number: 8103375
    Abstract: A method for finishing a part having excess material includes generating one or more surfaces on a model of the part to be machined, creating a machining tool path drive geometry, using the machine tool path drive geometry and one or more surfaces on the model to be machined to generate machining tool paths on the surfaces; and running tool paths on the part in a fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2012
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Randall Maurice Ouellette, Jeffrey Robert Close, James Henry Madge
  • FILLET MACHINING WITHOUT ADAPTIVE PROBING AND PARTS FINISHED THEREBY
    Publication number: 20080209727
    Abstract: A method for finishing a part having excess material includes generating one or more surfaces on a model of the part to be machined, creating a machining tool path drive geometry, using the machine tool path drive geometry and one or more surfaces on the model to be machined to generate machining tool paths on the surfaces; and running tool paths on the part in a fixture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2008
    Publication date: September 4, 2008
    Inventors: Randall Maurice Ouellette, Jeffrey Robert Close, James Henry Madge
  • Fillet machining method without adaptive probing
    Patent number: 7377037
    Abstract: A method for finishing a part having excess material includes generating one or more surfaces on a model of the part to be machined, creating a machining tool path drive geometry, using the machine tool path drive geometry and one or more surfaces on the model to be machined to generate machining tool paths on the surfaces; and running tool paths on the part in a fixture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Randall Maurice Ouellette, Jeffrey Robert Close, James Henry Madge