Patents by Inventor Mark Stephen Lopac

Mark Stephen Lopac 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).

  • Patent number: 11890697
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for additive manufacturing a three-dimensional object layer-by-layer including depositing a layer of material on a bed surface or a previously deposited layer of the object to form the object layer-by-layer; providing energy to the material after each layer is deposited with the energy being provided by an energy source that forms an energized beam directed at the material; altering a property of a gas surrounding the material and through which the energized beam extends to alter a property of the object constructed from the material; melting the material with the energized beam to form a melted pool of liquefied material; and allowing the material to solidify to bond the material to a previous layer of material of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Lopac, Ryan Chou
  • Patent number: 11866179
    Abstract: An air data probe includes a probe head having an interior surface defining a cavity, a component positioned within the cavity of the probe head, a plurality of protrusions defining contact between the interior surface of the probe head and a peripheral surface of the component prior to brazing the component to the probe head, and a braze material located between the interior surface of the probe head and the peripheral surface of the component as a result of brazing the component to the probe head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Baker, Matthew Kulhanek, Mark Stephen Lopac, Colin E. Towne
  • Patent number: 11856939
    Abstract: A cover for a probe head of an air data probe includes a sleeve defining a cavity for enclosing a portion of the probe head of the air data probe, the sleeve including a closed end, an open end opposite the closed end, and an interior surface extending from the open end to the closed end, and a reservoir for holding insect repellent, the reservoir located at least partially within the cavity of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Lopac, Mark Baker
  • Publication number: 20220363398
    Abstract: An air data probe includes a probe head having an interior surface defining a cavity, a component positioned within the cavity of the probe head, a plurality of protrusions defining contact between the interior surface of the probe head and a peripheral surface of the component prior to brazing the component to the probe head, and a braze material located between the interior surface of the probe head and the peripheral surface of the component as a result of brazing the component to the probe head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 27, 2022
    Publication date: November 17, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Baker, Matthew Kulhanek, Mark Stephen Lopac, Colin E. Towne
  • Patent number: 11414195
    Abstract: An air data probe includes a probe head having an interior surface defining a cavity, a component positioned within the cavity of the probe head, a plurality of protrusions defining contact between the interior surface of the probe head and a peripheral surface of the component prior to brazing the component to the probe head, and a braze material located between the interior surface of the probe head and the peripheral surface of the component as a result of brazing the component to the probe head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2022
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Baker, Matthew Kulhanek, Mark Stephen Lopac, Colin E. Towne
  • Publication number: 20220015352
    Abstract: A cover for a probe head of an air data probe includes a sleeve defining a cavity for enclosing a portion of the probe head of the air data probe, the sleeve including a closed end, an open end opposite the closed end, and an interior surface extending from the open end to the closed end, and a reservoir for holding insect repellent, the reservoir located at least partially within the cavity of the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 1, 2021
    Publication date: January 20, 2022
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Lopac, Mark Baker
  • Patent number: 11179808
    Abstract: A method is disclosed for additive manufacturing a three-dimensional object layer-by-layer including depositing a layer of material on a bed surface or a previously deposited layer of the object to form the object layer-by-layer; providing energy to the material after each layer is deposited with the energy being provided by an energy source that forms an energized beam directed at the material; altering a property of a gas surrounding the material and through which the energized beam extends to alter a property of the object constructed from the material; melting the material with the energized beam to form a melted pool of liquefied material; and allowing the material to solidify to bond the material to a previous layer of material of the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Lopac, Ryan Chou
  • Patent number: 11140894
    Abstract: A cover for a probe head of an air data probe includes a sleeve defining a cavity for enclosing a portion of the probe head of the air data probe, the sleeve including a closed end, an open end opposite the closed end, and an interior surface extending from the open end to the closed end, and a reservoir for holding insect repellent, the reservoir located at least partially within the cavity of the sleeve.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Date of Patent: October 12, 2021
    Assignee: Rosemount Aerospace Inc.
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Lopac, Mark Baker
  • Publication number: 20190289842
    Abstract: A cover for a probe head of an air data probe includes a sleeve defining a cavity for enclosing a portion of the probe head of the air data probe, the sleeve including a closed end, an open end opposite the closed end, and an interior surface extending from the open end to the closed end, and a reservoir for holding insect repellent, the reservoir located at least partially within the cavity of the sleeve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Stephen Lopac, Mark Baker
  • Publication number: 20190291879
    Abstract: An air data probe includes a probe head having an interior surface defining a cavity, a component positioned within the cavity of the probe head, a plurality of protrusions defining contact between the interior surface of the probe head and a peripheral surface of the component prior to brazing the component to the probe head, and a braze material located between the interior surface of the probe head and the peripheral surface of the component as a result of brazing the component to the probe head.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2018
    Publication date: September 26, 2019
    Inventors: Mark Baker, Matthew Kulhanek, Mark Stephen Lopac, Colin E. Towne