Patents by Inventor Patsy Augustine Ruzzo

Patsy Augustine Ruzzo 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 preparing and ultrasonically testing a thermal-spray coated article
    Patent number: 7341758
    Abstract: An article having a thermal-spray coating thereon is prepared by thermally spraying a coating material onto a surface of a substrate article. The coated article is nondestructively tested by directing a transmitted ultrasonic signal into the coated article, receiving a received ultrasonic signal from the coated article, and evaluating a near-bondline region of the coated article located adjacent to the surface of the article using the received ultrasonic signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Matthew Stewart, Thomas J. Tomlinson, David J. Dietz, Patsy Augustine Ruzzo
  • METHOD FOR PREPARING AND ULTRASONICALLY TESTING A THERMAL-SPRAY COATED ARTICLE
    Publication number: 20080038477
    Abstract: An article having a thermal-spray coating thereon is prepared by thermally spraying a coating material onto a surface of a substrate article. The coated article is nondestructively tested by directing a transmitted ultrasonic signal into the coated article, receiving a received ultrasonic signal from the coated article, and evaluating a near-bondline region of the coated article located adjacent to the surface of the article using the received ultrasonic signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2003
    Publication date: February 14, 2008
    Inventors: Matthew Stewart, Thomas J. Tomlinson, David J. Dietz, Patsy Augustine Ruzzo