Patents by Inventor Meghan Meredith Olds

Meghan Meredith Olds 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).

  • LOCALIZED CLEANING PROCESS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20160059278
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses by which an oxidized metallic surface can be prepared for a subsequent repair operation without excessive removal of parent metal material. At least one gas is supplied to a limited portion of a metallic surface of a component, and the limited portion is locally heated in the presence of the gas to a treatment temperature sufficient to cause the gas or a gas that forms therefrom to chemically remove oxides from the limited portion of the metallic surface. At least a second portion of the metallic surface is not locally heated to the treatment temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 10, 2015
    Publication date: March 3, 2016
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Mantkowski, Nripendra Nath Das, Meghan Meredith Olds
  • Localized cleaning process and apparatus therefor
    Patent number: 9205509
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses by which an oxidized metallic surface can be prepared for a subsequent repair operation without excessive removal of parent metal material. At least one gas is supplied to a limited portion of a metallic surface of a component, and the limited portion is locally heated in the presence of the gas to a treatment temperature sufficient to cause the gas or a gas that forms therefrom to chemically remove oxides from the limited portion of the metallic surface. At least a second portion of the metallic surface is not locally heated to the treatment temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Mantkowski, Meghan Meredith Olds, Nripendra Nath Das
  • LOCALIZED CLEANING PROCESS AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
    Publication number: 20130048015
    Abstract: Methods and apparatuses by which an oxidized metallic surface can be prepared for a subsequent repair operation without excessive removal of parent metal material. At least one gas is supplied to a limited portion of a metallic surface of a component, and the limited portion is locally heated in the presence of the gas to a treatment temperature sufficient to cause the gas or a gas that forms therefrom to chemically remove oxides from the limited portion of the metallic surface. At least a second portion of the metallic surface is not locally heated to the treatment temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Publication date: February 28, 2013
    Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas Edward Mantkowski, Meghan Meredith Olds, Nripendra Nath Das