Patents by Inventor Mike P. Appleby

Mike P. Appleby 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 of Making a Combustion Turbine Component Having a Plurality of Surface Cooling Features and Associated Components
    Publication number: 20120000072
    Abstract: A method of making a combustion turbine component includes forming a metallic body by direct metal fabrication (DMF) to have at least one surface portion defining a first plurality of surface cooling features each having a first dimension and at least one second surface cooling feature on at least one of the first plurality of surface cooling features and having a second dimension less than said first dimension and less than 200 ?m. Forming the metallic body by DMF may include forming a plurality of metallic combustion turbine subcomponent greenbodies by DMF and assembling the plurality of metallic combustion turbine subcomponent greenbodies together to form a metallic greenbody assembly. The metallic greenbody assembly may be sintered to thereby form the metallic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Inventors: Jay A. Morrison, Jay E. Lane, Allister W. James, Gary B. Merrill, John R. Paulus, Mike P. Appleby, Iain A. Fraser
  • Method of Making a Combustion Turbine Component Having a Plurality of Surface Cooling Features and Associated Components
    Publication number: 20110016717
    Abstract: A method of making a combustion turbine component includes forming a metallic body by direct metal fabrication (DMF) to have at least one surface portion defining a first plurality of surface cooling features each having a first dimension and at least one second surface cooling feature on at least one of the first plurality of surface cooling features and having a second dimension less than said first dimension and less than 200 ?m. Forming the metallic body by DMF may include forming a plurality of metallic combustion turbine subcomponent greenbodies by DMF and assembling the plurality of metallic combustion turbine subcomponent greenbodies together to form a metallic greenbody assembly. The metallic greenbody assembly may be sintered to thereby form the metallic body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2009
    Publication date: January 27, 2011
    Inventors: Jay A. Morrison, Jay E. Lane, Allister W. James, Gary B. Merrill, John R. Paulus, Mike P. Appleby, Iain A. Fraser