Patents by Inventor Martin Lee McCormick

Martin Lee McCormick 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).

  • Acoustic breakthrough detection
    Patent number: 10487665
    Abstract: Disclosed techniques include creating a pressure differential within an interior of a dual-wall component relative to pressure at an exterior of the dual-wall component, fabricating a hole in a first wall of the dual-wall component, while fabricating the hole in the first wall of the dual-wall component, acoustically monitoring the hole fabrication, while acoustically monitoring the hole fabrication, detecting breakthrough of the first wall of the dual-wall component based on an acoustic signal due to gas passing through the fabricated hole, and based on the acoustic signal, ceasing the fabrication of the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: November 26, 2019
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce Corporation
    Inventors: Quinlan Yee Shuck, Martin Lee McCormick
  • ACOUSTIC BREAKTHROUGH DETECTION
    Publication number: 20160229019
    Abstract: Disclosed techniques include creating a pressure differential within an interior of a dual-wall component relative to pressure at an exterior of the dual-wall component, fabricating a hole in a first wall of the dual-wall component, while fabricating the hole in the first wall of the dual-wall component, acoustically monitoring the hole fabrication, while acoustically monitoring the hole fabrication, detecting breakthrough of the first wall of the dual-wall component based on an acoustic signal due to gas passing through the fabricated hole, and based on the acoustic signal, ceasing the fabrication of the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 11, 2016
    Publication date: August 11, 2016
    Inventors: Quinlan Yee Shuck, Martin Lee McCormick