Patents by Inventor Robert E. Lafurge, JR.

Robert E. Lafurge, JR. 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).

  • Aerospace sand casting support
    Patent number: 9101975
    Abstract: A component casting apparatus includes a mold to receive a molten solid for casting a component. The mold includes a first sacrificial layer to define a housing of the component and a second sacrificial layer to form at least one core passage of the component in response to contact from the molten solid. The component casting apparatus further includes a trusset disposed against an outer surface of the second sacrificial layer and formed from metal to support the second sacrificial layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 11, 2015
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Robert E. Lafurge, Jr.
  • AEROSPACE SAND CASTING SUPPORT
    Publication number: 20140284014
    Abstract: A component casting apparatus includes a mold to receive a molten solid for casting a component. The mold includes a first sacrificial layer to define a housing of the component and a second sacrificial layer to form at least one core passage of the component in response to contact from the molten solid. The component casting apparatus further includes a trusset disposed against an outer surface of the second sacrificial layer and formed from metal to support the second sacrificial layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2014
    Publication date: September 25, 2014
    Inventor: Robert E. Lafurge, JR.
  • Aerospace sand casting support
    Patent number: 8813821
    Abstract: A component casting apparatus includes a mold to receive a molten solid for casting a component. The mold includes a first sacrificial layer to define a housing of the component and a second sacrificial layer to form at least one core passage of the component in response to contact from the molten solid. The component casting apparatus further includes a trusset disposed against an outer surface of the second sacrificial layer and formed from metal to support the second sacrificial layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 26, 2014
    Assignee: Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation
    Inventor: Robert E. Lafurge, Jr.
  • AEROSPACE SAND CASTING SUPPORT
    Publication number: 20140150983
    Abstract: A component casting apparatus includes a mold to receive a molten solid for casting a component. The mold includes a first sacrificial layer to define a housing of the component and a second sacrificial layer to form at least one core passage of the component in response to contact from the molten solid. The component casting apparatus further includes a trusset disposed against an outer surface of the second sacrificial layer and formed from metal to support the second sacrificial layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2012
    Publication date: June 5, 2014
    Inventor: Robert E. Lafurge, JR.