Patents by Inventor Ruston M. Moore

Ruston M. Moore 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 preventing powder depletion/contamination during consolidation process
    Patent number: 10675685
    Abstract: A method for preventing powder depletion/contamination during a consolidation process provides a can for holding a powdered material; the can having an interior wall; a protective layer is positioned intermediate the powdered material and the interior wall utilizing a sol-gel process utilizing monodisperse nanopowders; and the protective layer being formed from a material selected from the group consisting of nickel alloys, chrome alloys, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2020
    Assignee: Raytheon Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Agnieszka M Wusatowska-Sarnek, Larry G Housefield, Ruston M Moore, Enrique E Montero, Promila Bhaatia
  • Powder metallurgy method for making components
    Patent number: 10245639
    Abstract: A powder metallurgy method includes (a) forming a metallic powder into a shape, (b) thermo-mechanically forming the shape into an article having a polycrystalline microstructure, (c) heat treating the article to cause coarsening of the polycrystalline microstructure, and (d) controlling the grain size homogeneity and distribution in the article formed during coarsening in step (c) by selecting the metallic powder in step (a) to include a metallic powder particle size distribution that is truncated on fine and coarse particle size sides, the selected metallic powder particle size distribution reducing abnormal grain growth such that the polycrystalline microstructure coarsens to a predefined target grain size range.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Agnieszka M. Wusatowska-Sarnek, Ronald S. Mace, Harpreet Wasan, Ruston M. Moore, John M. Wezalis, Larry G. Housefield
  • Method for elimination of powder segregation during can filling
    Patent number: 9834326
    Abstract: A powder filling method includes introducing a tube into a can so that the lower end of the tube is near the bottom of the can. The powder in the can is introduced through the tube. The proximity of the lower end of the tube to the powder is controlled by retracting the tube as the powder fills the can.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2017
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Agnieszka M. Wusatowska-Sarnek, James S. Guest, Larry G. Housefield, Enrique E. Montero, Ruston M. Moore
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING POWDER DEPLETION/CONTAMINATION DURING CONSOLIDATION PROCESS
    Publication number: 20160332230
    Abstract: A system for preventing powder depletion/contamination during a consolidation process has a can for holding a powdered material; the can having an interior wall; a protective layer positioned intermediate the powdered material and the interior wall; and the protective layer being formed from a material selected from the group consisting of nickel alloys, chrome alloys, and combinations thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2015
    Publication date: November 17, 2016
    Applicant: UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
    Inventors: Agnieszka M Wusatowska-Sarnek, Larry G Housefield, Ruston M Moore, Enrique E Montero, Promila Bhaatia
  • METHOD FOR ELIMINATION OF POWDER SEGREGATION DURING CAN FILLING
    Publication number: 20160068282
    Abstract: A powder filling method includes introducing a tube into a can so that the lower end of the tube is near the bottom of the can. The powder in the can is introduced through the tube. The proximity of the lower end of the tube to the powder is controlled by retracting the tube as the powder fills the can.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2014
    Publication date: March 10, 2016
    Inventors: Agnieszka M. Wusatowska-Sarnek, James S. Guest, Larry G. Housefield, Enrique E. Montero, Ruston M. Moore
  • POWDER METALLURGY METHOD FOR MAKING COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20140037490
    Abstract: A powder metallurgy method includes (a) forming a metallic powder into a shape, (b) thermo-mechanically forming the shape into an article having a polycrystalline microstructure, (c) heat treating the article to cause coarsening of the polycrystalline microstructure, and (d) controlling the grain size homogeneity and distribution in the article formed during coarsening in step (c) by selecting the metallic powder in step (a) to include a metallic powder particle size distribution that is truncated on fine and coarse particle size sides, the selected metallic powder particle size distribution reducing abnormal grain growth such that the polycrystalline microstructure coarsens to a predefined target grain size range.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: February 6, 2014
    Inventors: Agnieszka M. Wusatowska-Sarnek, Ronald S. Mace, Harpreet Wasan, Ruston M. Moore, John M. Wezalis, Larry G. Housefield