Patents by Inventor Michael J. Schober

Michael J. Schober 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).

  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR TREATING AN ENGINE FLANGE
    Publication number: 20190091753
    Abstract: A method may comprise providing an M-flange of a gas turbine engine, wherein the M-flange may comprise a bolt hole therethrough defined by a bolt hole circumference between an inner diameter and an outer diameter of the M-flange; heating a mandrel; inserting the heated mandrel into the bolt hole such that an outer edge of the heated mandrel contacts the bolt hole circumference; and plastically deforming the bolt hole circumference to strengthen the bolt hole circumference in response to the applying the heated mandrel, producing a plastically deformed bolt hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2017
    Publication date: March 28, 2019
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Michael J. Schober, Jonathan Lemoine, James R. Midgley
  • Coating a perforated surface
    Patent number: 8460760
    Abstract: An example method of coating a surface includes rotating a sprayer about an axis and directing spray away from the axis using the sprayer. The method coats a surface with the spray. The method moves a fluid through apertures established in the surface to limit movement of spray into apertures. The apertures are configured to direct the fluid toward the axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 11, 2013
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Edris Raji, Michael J. Schober, Alan C. Barron, Robin Mihekun Miller
  • COATING A PERFORATED SURFACE
    Publication number: 20120131922
    Abstract: An example method of coating a surface includes rotating a sprayer about an axis and directing spray away from the axis using the sprayer. The method coats a surface with the spray. The method moves a fluid through apertures established in the surface to limit movement of spray into apertures. The apertures are configured to direct the fluid toward the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Publication date: May 31, 2012
    Inventors: Edris Raji, Michael J. Schober, Alan C. Barron, Robin Mihekun Miller