Patents by Inventor John Richard Baer

John Richard Baer 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).

  • Method and apparatus for controlling a spray form process based on sensed surface temperatures
    Patent number: 6648053
    Abstract: Method and apparatus incorporating an infrared sensor, in the form of a two-wavelength imaging pyrometer into a metallic spray form process for providing real-time measurement of the surface temperature distribution of a steel billet thereby formed. The steel billets may be advantageously used as tools in metal forming processes, injection molding, die casting tooling and other processes that require hard tooling, such as in the automotive industry. The steel billet is formed based on a goal of uniform surface temperature distribution thereby minimizing thermal stresses induced within the steel article thereby produced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2003
    Assignee: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Richard L. Allor, John Richard Baer, Kevin Patrick Regan
  • Method and apparatus for controlling a spray form process based on sensed surface temperatures
    Publication number: 20020153117
    Abstract: Method and apparatus incorporating an infrared sensor, in the form of a two-wavelength imaging pyrometer into a metallic spray form process for providing real-time measurement of the surface temperature distribution of a steel billet thereby formed. The steel billets may be advantageously used as tools in metal forming processes, injection molding, die casting tooling and other processes that require hard tooling, such as in the automotive industry. The steel billet is formed based on a goal of uniform surface temperature distribution thereby minimizing thermal stresses induced within the steel article thereby produced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Publication date: October 24, 2002
    Applicant: Ford Motor Company
    Inventors: Richard L. Allor, John Richard Baer, Kevin Patrick Regan