Patents by Inventor Nicholas CHAMPION

Nicholas CHAMPION 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 forming tailored cast blanks
    Patent number: 10464111
    Abstract: A method of forming tailored cast blanks including determining at least one of a thickness pattern or profile pattern for a blank, generating a layout for a series of blanks having the determined thickness or profile pattern and casting a strip in accordance with the layout, including varying the caster width during casting of the strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 5, 2019
    Assignee: PRIMETALS TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA GMBH
    Inventors: Nicholas Champion, Mark Chatterton, Andrew Harvey, Michael Steeper
  • A METHOD OF FORMING TAILORED CAST BLANKS
    Publication number: 20160375473
    Abstract: A method of forming tailored cast blanks including determining at least one of a thickness pattern or profile pattern for a blank, generating a layout for a series of blanks having the determined thickness or profile pattern and casting a strip in accordance with the layout, including varying the caster width during casting of the strip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 8, 2014
    Publication date: December 29, 2016
    Applicant: Primetals Technologies Austria GmbH
    Inventors: Nicholas CHAMPION, Mark CHATTERTON, Andrew HARVEY, Michael STEEPER
  • METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A BEAM
    Publication number: 20150375282
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a beam comprises rolling, in a longitudinally profiled rolling process, two flange pieces (6,7), such that one surface (8) of each rolled flange piece is profiled according to a predetermined thickness profile; and joining (12,13) the rolled flange pieces together via a web of the beam or by profiled surfaces of the flanges.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Nicholas CHAMPION, Michael STEEPER, Thomas TAGGART