Patents by Inventor Michael Oja

Michael Oja 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).

  • TESTING PERFORMANCE OF A MATERIAL FOR USE IN A JET ENGINE
    Publication number: 20120152007
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing failure of a material used in a jet engine, and more particularly to an apparatus that uses one or more miniature jet engine components made from a material used in a full-size jet engine and desired to be tested. The apparatus permits easy removal and disassembly of a jet engine mounted thereon as well as real-time measurements of run-time parameters. The methods and apparatus provide for predicting and analyzing failure by a number of fatigue-related mechanisms including creep, fatigue, crack growth, foreign object damage, fretting, erosion, and stress corrosion. The apparatus also permits testing of a component placed in the exhaust gases of a jet engine mounted therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Inventors: Richard Holmes, Robert G. Tryon, II, John E. Pope, Michael Oja, Animesh Dey, Jesse Hamler, Jonathan Brooks, James Tryon, Daniel A. Nasser, A. Lorenz Nasser
  • Apparatus and methods for testing performance of a material for use in a jet engine
    Patent number: 8006544
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing failure of a material used in a jet engine, and more particularly to an apparatus that uses one or more model jet engine components made from a material used in a full-size jet engine and desired to be tested. The apparatus permits easy removal and disassembly of a jet engine mounted thereon as well as real-time measurements of run-time parameters. The methods and apparatus provide for predicting and analysing failure by a number of fatigue-related mechanisms including creep, fatigue, crack growth, foreign object damage, fretting, erosion, and stress corrosion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2011
    Assignee: Vextec Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Holmes, Robert G. Tryon, III, John E. Pope, Daniel A. Nasser, Michael Oja, Animesh Dey, Jesse Hamler, Jonathan Brooks, James Tryon
  • Apparatus and method for testing performance of a material for use in a jet engine
    Publication number: 20090133381
    Abstract: An apparatus for testing failure of a material used in a jet engine, and more particularly to an apparatus that uses one or more model jet engine components made from a material used in a full-size jet engine and desired to be tested. The apparatus permits easy removal and disassembly of a jet engine mounted thereon as well as real-time measurements of run-time parameters. The methods and apparatus provide for predicting and analysing failure by a number of fatigue-related mechanisms including creep, fatigue, crack growth, foreign object damage, fretting, erosion, and stress corrosion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Publication date: May 28, 2009
    Applicant: Vextec Corporation
    Inventors: Richard Holmes, Robert G. Tryon, III, John E. Pope, Daniel A. Nasser, Michael Oja, Animesh Dey, Jesse Hamler, Jonathan Brooks, James Tryon