Patents by Inventor Michael Hermanson

Michael Hermanson 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 for gun barrel manufacture using tailored autofrettage mandrels
    Publication number: 20050066801
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a monobloc gun barrel by calculating an optimal residual stress profile and then applying tailored autofrettage mandrels which are mechanically pressed down the bore of a large caliber barrel, the mandrel size optimized to create a residual stress distribution on the interior of the bore within the design constraints imposed by the worst-case heat flux scenario.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 15, 2004
    Publication date: March 31, 2005
    Inventors: Michael Hermanson, Brian Bauman, Donald Nalley