Patents by Inventor Rickey P. Mercer

Rickey P. Mercer 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).

  • Coating process for gas turbine engine component with cooling holes
    Patent number: 10815796
    Abstract: A method of coating a component having a multiple of cooling holes including removing at least a portion of a prior coating from a component; mapping a location of each of the multiple of cooling holes to generate a map of cooling holes; applying a coat to the component; adjusting the map of cooling holes to account for said coat to generate a adjusted map of cooling holes; and re-drilling the multiple of cooling holes in response to the adjusted map of cooling holes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Steven W. Burd, Rickey P. Mercer
  • COATING PROCESS FOR GAS TURBINE ENGINE COMPONENT WITH COOLING HOLES
    Publication number: 20150369059
    Abstract: A method of coating a component having a multiple of cooling holes including removing at least a portion of a prior coating from a component; mapping a location of each of the multiple of cooling holes to generate a map of cooling holes; applying a coat to the component; adjusting the map of cooling holes to account for said coat to generate a adjusted map of cooling holes; and re-drilling the multiple of cooling holes in response to the adjusted map of cooling holes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 30, 2013
    Publication date: December 24, 2015
    Inventors: Steven W. Burd, Rickey P. Mercer