Patents by Inventor Michelle Scanlan

Michelle Scanlan 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 producing a functionally gradient component
    Patent number: 7874344
    Abstract: A method for producing a functionally gradient component, such a component having an outer layer of a first material, and an inner core of a second material, there being a gradual change in microstructure across the interface between the two materials, the method having particular application in producing a component formed from two or more aluminium alloys based on the aluminium-silicon (Al—Si) system, the method involving introducing a first molten metal into a mould, and allowing a layer of the first metal to partially solidify against a wall of the mould, decanting the remaining molten portion of the first metal, and introducing a second molten metal into the mould and allowing same to solidify.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 25, 2011
    Inventors: David Browne, Peadar Tiernan, Andrew Bates, Michelle Scanlan, Stephen Kelly
  • Method for Producing a Functionally Gradient Component
    Publication number: 20080107916
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method for producing a functionally gradient component, such a component having an outer layer of a first material, and an inner core of a second material, there being a gradual change in microstructure across the interface between the two materials, the method having particular application in producing a component formed from two or more aluminium alloys based on the aluminium-silicon (Al—Si) system, the method involving introducing a first molten metal into a mould, and allowing a layer of the first metal to partially solidify against a wall of the mould, decanting the remaining molten portion of the first metal, and introducing a second molten metal into the mould and allowing same to solidify.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 25, 2005
    Publication date: May 8, 2008
    Applicant: UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND, DUBLIN
    Inventors: David Brown, Peadar Tiernan, Andrew Bates, Michelle Scanlan, Stephen Kelly