Patents by Inventor Michael R. Boyer

Michael R. Boyer 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).

  • Publication number: 20250065413
    Abstract: A powder bed fusion (PBF) additive manufacturing (AM) machine includes a build plate configured to function as a platform to support one or more parts built using the PBF AM machine. The build plate further includes a thermal history indicator positioned on the build plate, attached to the build plate, or physically integrated with the build plate such that the thermal history indicator experiences the same temperature as the build plate. The thermal history indicator is configured to display a durable visual indication of achievement of a temperature associated with a post-processing step performed after the one or more parts are built on the build platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Joseph E. Ott, Benjamin G. Gardell, Dean R. Sirois, Alexandru Cadar, Jesse R. Boyer, Michael Walter Bennett
  • Publication number: 20250065567
    Abstract: A build powder characterization system for an additive manufacturing (AM) machine includes a build powder collection system, a build powder analyzer, and a controller. The build powder collection system configured to collect build powder during an AM machine build campaign. The build powder analyzer configured to receive from the build powder collection system the collected build powder, to analyze selected build powder properties, and to communicate to a controller data reflecting properties of the collected build powder. The controller is configured to process data, received from the build powder analyzer, reflecting properties of the collected build powder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 21, 2023
    Publication date: February 27, 2025
    Inventors: Lawrence A. Binek, Joseph E. Ott, Dean R. Sirois, Jesse R. Boyer, Benjamin G. Gardell, Michael Walter Bennett, Alexandru Cadar
  • Publication number: 20250036907
    Abstract: An electrically shielded article includes a flexible and/or elongatable substrate and a conductive ink applied over at least a portion of the substrate. The conductive ink includes a resin and a conductive material. When the conductive ink is applied over the substrate, the conductive material in the conductive ink is present over the substrate in an amount of at least 5 g/m2. The electrically shielded article exhibits a signal loss of at least 5 dBm at up to 4 mm according to the NFC Detuning Test. A method of preparing an electrically shielded article and an identification device including the electrically shielded article are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 10, 2024
    Publication date: January 30, 2025
    Applicant: PPG INDUSTRIES OHIO, INC.
    Inventors: JAMES L. BOYER, SHAWN R. DeBERRY, MICHAEL W. HAHN, LOGAN T. HAWKE, EWA SIUDA
  • Publication number: 20250020558
    Abstract: A method for repairing a stator stage is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving a stator stage including a plurality of stator vanes disposed between an outer diameter and an inner diameter, analyzing the stator stage for defects, determining there is a first defect in a first segment of a the stator stage, the first segment including at least one of a first portion of the outer diameter, a first portion of the inner diameter, or a first stator vane, removing the first segment from the stator stage forming a void in the stator stage, manufacturing a second segment that is the same size as the first segment, attaching the second segment to the stator stage to fill the void, performing a blending process on the stator stage including the second segment to smooth the plurality of stator vanes including the second stator vane.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Garrett KERNOZICKY, Jesse R. BOYER, Ashwin RAGHAVAN, Peter John BREITZMANN, Praba Kharan BAPTIST, Michael L. VUKOVINSKY, Lawrence A BINEK
  • Publication number: 20250020062
    Abstract: A method of repairing a stator stage is disclosed herein. The method includes receiving a stator stage including a plurality of stator vanes disposed between an outer diameter and an inner diameter, analyzing the stator stage for defects, determining based on the analysis that there is a first defect on an edge of a first stator vane of the plurality of stator vanes, removing a portion of the first stator vane including the first defect to form a first scallop on the edge of the first stator vane, repairing the first stator vane including filling the first scallop to fill the first stator vane to its original size and shape creating a repaired portion, and performing a blending process to the stator stage including the first stator vane and the repaired portion to smooth the plurality of stator vanes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 14, 2023
    Publication date: January 16, 2025
    Applicant: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: GARRETT KERNOZICKY, JESSE R. BOYER, PRABA KHARAN BAPTIST, ASHWIN RAGHAVAN, PETER JOHN BREITZMANN, MICHAEL L. VUKOVINSKY
  • Patent number: 4955291
    Abstract: A conveyor system (10) is disclosed comprised of a plurality of vehicles (12), propelled about a guide track (14) by a D.C. motor (54) and battery (52), featuring an on-board control (40) in which signals from fore and aft and side mounted photosensors (32,34,36,38) are processed by a microprocessor (42), to generate control signals for pulse width modulated control of the power to the D.C. motor (54). The control signals are applied to a motor driver circuit (50), including an H-bridge of MOSFET switching components (Q1,Q2 A ramping or progressive variation of the power applied to the motor (54) is carried out to provide gradual acceleration or deceleration, and the fore and aft photo-detectors (32,34) are triggered by the approach of another vehicle (12) at a substantial distance, to accommodate the distance required for gradual deceleration when the vehicles (12) are being queued at points along the track (14).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 11, 1990
    Assignee: Roberts Sinto
    Inventors: David M. Dillon, Michael R. Boyer, James F. Foster
  • Patent number: 4846073
    Abstract: Self propelled pallet vehicles (12a) are guided along a track network (10) by downwardly projecting guide pins (350, 352) carried by each pallet vehicle (12) which engage slots (354, 358) in the track network and steer the pallet vehicle (12) along the track network (10). The track network has main (20) and branch (22) track sections, and selective delivery of the vehicles to various destinations along the track network (10) is achieved by controlling the position of the guide pins (350, 352) between alternate rotated raised and lowered positions. In the lowered position the guide pins (350, 352) interact with the track network (10) to guide the pallet vehicle (12) into a branch section (20) of the track. In the raised position, the guide pins (350, 352) cause continued movement of the vehicle (12) along the main track section (22) and past a junction (38). The guide pin position may be controlled by a photoemitter (364) at the junction (38), or by various other alternatives.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 1988
    Date of Patent: July 11, 1989
    Assignee: Roberts Corporation
    Inventors: Michael R. Boyer, James F. Foster, Jack D. Gyger
  • Patent number: 4374490
    Abstract: A machine for spirally slicing an unboned ham mounted between a non-driven ham engaging member and a driven ham engaging member attached to a feed screw supported by a nut fixed to the machine frame. A drive motor connected to the feed screw is mounted in a housing movable linearly with the feed screw and a support connects the non-driven ham engaging member to the housing for movement therewith. A reciprocatably driven slicing knife is mounted on a table which is movable linearly and transversely to the longitudinal axis of the feed screw between non-working and working positions and which is resiliently biased in the working position to permit automatic positional compensation of the slicing knife for eccentricity of ham rotation and irregularity in the shape of the ham.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 1980
    Date of Patent: February 22, 1983
    Inventor: Michael R. Boyer