Patents by Inventor Ryan C. Breneman

Ryan C. Breneman 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).

  • Publication number: 20190126344
    Abstract: A process for directional solidification of a cast part comprises energizing a primary inductive coil coupled to a chamber having a mold containing a material; generating an electromagnetic field with the primary inductive coil within the chamber, wherein said electromagnetic field is partially attenuated by a susceptor coupled to said chamber between said primary inductive coil and said mold; determining a magnetic flux profile of the electromagnetic field after it passes through the susceptor; sensing a component of the magnetic flux in the interior of the susceptor proximate the mold; positioning a mobile secondary compensation coil within the chamber; generating a control field from a secondary compensation coil, wherein said control field controls said magnetic flux; and casting the material within the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 30, 2017
    Publication date: May 2, 2019
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Thomas Anthony Rebbecchi, Joseph V. Mantese, Ryan C. Breneman, Andrew Boyne, John Joseph Marcin, Dustin W. Davis, David Ulrich Furrer, James Tilsley Auxier
  • Patent number: 10259036
    Abstract: A method to manufacture reticulated metal foam via a dual investment solid mold, includes pre-investing a precursor with a diluted pre-investment ceramic plaster to encapsulate the precursor; and investing the encapsulated precursor with a ceramic plaster within an mold of a varied cross-section. A varied cross-section mold includes a mold thickness adjacent to an outer periphery of a pattern at a top of the varied cross-section mold is between 200-500% a thickness between the outer periphery of the pattern at a base of the varied cross-section mold. A varied cross-section mold includes a trapezoidal prism shape with a pour cone in a top, the top larger than the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 16, 2019
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan C. Breneman, Steven J. Bullied, John F. Blondin, Ryan B. Noraas
  • Publication number: 20190015893
    Abstract: A method of producing an investment casting ceramic core is provided that includes: providing a core body consisting of a leachable material; surrounding the core body with a mold composition within a vessel, which mold composition is configured to solidify; leaching the core body from the mold composition subsequent to the mold composition solidifying, thereby leaving an internal cavity within the solidified mold composition; depositing a ceramic composition within the internal cavity of the solidified mold composition; sintering the ceramic composition to a solid ceramic core; and removing the solid ceramic core from the mold composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2017
    Publication date: January 17, 2019
    Inventors: Ryan C. Breneman, Steven J. Bullied
  • Publication number: 20190001400
    Abstract: In a method for removing a carbon-containing pattern material from a casting shell, a first step evaporates and pyrolizes the pattern material to leave carbon and a second step oxidizes the carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan C. Breneman, Steven J. Bullied
  • Patent number: 10029302
    Abstract: A method to manufacture reticulated metal foam via a dual investment, includes pre-investment of a precursor with a diluted pre-investment ceramic plaster then applying an outer mold to the encapsulated precursor as a shell-mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 24, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan C. Breneman, Steven J. Bullied, David R. Scott
  • Publication number: 20180154428
    Abstract: A method to manufacture reticulated metal foam via a dual investment solid mold, includes pre-investing a precursor with a diluted pre-investment ceramic plaster to encapsulate the precursor; and investing the encapsulated precursor with a ceramic plaster within an mold of a varied cross-section. A varied cross-section mold includes a mold thickness adjacent to an outer periphery of a pattern at a top of the varied cross-section mold is between 200-500% a thickness between the outer periphery of the pattern at a base of the varied cross-section mold. A varied cross-section mold includes a trapezoidal prism shape with a pour cone in a top, the top larger than the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2018
    Publication date: June 7, 2018
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan C. Breneman, Steven J. Bullied, John F. Blondin, Ryan B. Noraas
  • Patent number: 9884363
    Abstract: A method to manufacture reticulated metal foam via a dual investment solid mold, includes pre-investing a precursor with a diluted pre-investment ceramic plaster to encapsulate the precursor; and investing the encapsulated precursor with a ceramic plaster within an mold of a varied cross-section. A varied cross-section mold includes a mold thickness adjacent to an outer periphery of a pattern at a top of the varied cross-section mold is between 200-500% a thickness between the outer periphery of the pattern at a base of the varied cross-section mold. A varied cross-section mold includes a trapezoidal prism shape with a pour cone in a top, the top larger than the base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2018
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan C Breneman, Steven J Bullied, John F Blondin, Ryan B Noraas
  • Publication number: 20170348765
    Abstract: A method to manufacture reticulated metal foam via a dual investment, includes pre-investment of a precursor with a diluted pre-investment ceramic plaster then applying an outer mold to the encapsulated precursor as a shell-mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 22, 2017
    Publication date: December 7, 2017
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan C. Breneman, Steven J. Bullied, David R. Scott
  • Publication number: 20170341132
    Abstract: A method to manufacture reticulated metal foam via a dual investment solid mold includes pouring molten metal material into a mold while the mold is located on a chill plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 15, 2017
    Publication date: November 30, 2017
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan C. Breneman, Steven J. Bullied, Ryan B. Noraas, John F. Blondin
  • Patent number: 9737930
    Abstract: A method to manufacture reticulated metal foam via a dual investment, includes pre-investment of a precursor with a diluted pre-investment ceramic plaster then applying an outer mold to the encapsulated precursor as a shell-mold.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2017
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan C Breneman, Steven J Bullied, David R Scott
  • Patent number: 9731342
    Abstract: A method to manufacture reticulated metal foam via a dual investment solid mold includes pouring molten metal material into a mold while the mold is located on a chill plate. A method to manufacture reticulated metal foam includes pouring molten metal material into a mold while the mold is located on a chill plate, the chill plate configured to apply an externally driven temperature gradient in the mold so that solidification progresses from the chilled end to the non-chilled end.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2017
    Assignee: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Ryan C Breneman, Steven J Bullied, Ryan B. Noraas, John F Blondin
  • Publication number: 20170008071
    Abstract: A method to manufacture reticulated metal foam via a dual investment solid mold includes pouring molten metal material into a mold while the mold is located on a chill plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 7, 2015
    Publication date: January 12, 2017
    Inventors: Ryan C. Breneman, Steven J. Bullied, Ryan B. Noraas, John F. Blondin
  • Publication number: 20170001238
    Abstract: A method to manufacture reticulated metal foam via a dual investment solid mold, includes pre-investing a precursor with a diluted pre-investment ceramic plaster to encapsulate the precursor; and investing the encapsulated precursor with a ceramic plaster within an mold of a varied cross-section. A varied cross-section mold includes a mold thickness adjacent to an outer periphery of a pattern at a top of the varied cross-section mold is between 200-500% a thickness between the outer periphery of the pattern at a base of the varied cross-section mold. A varied cross-section mold includes a trapezoidal prism shape with a pour cone in a top, the top larger than the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2015
    Publication date: January 5, 2017
    Inventors: Ryan C. Breneman, Steven J. Bullied, John F. Blondin, Ryan B. Noraas
  • Publication number: 20160311016
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing includes providing a casting assembly, providing a material having solid, transition, and liquid phases, heating the material to form the liquid phase, supplying the material to the casting assembly, cooling the material, monitoring the solidification of the material from the liquid phase through the transition phase, and moving one of the casting mold or the reusable core in a first direction relative to the other when a substantial portion of the reusable core contacts the transition phase. The casting assembly comprises a casting mold and a reusable core inserted within the casting mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Publication date: October 27, 2016
    Applicant: United Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Dilip M. Shah, John Joseph Marcin, Steven J. Bullied, Carl R. Verner, Ryan C. Breneman
  • Publication number: 20160221072
    Abstract: A method to manufacture reticulated metal foam via a dual investment, includes pre-investment of a precursor with a diluted pre-investment ceramic plaster then applying an outer mold to the encapsulated precursor as a shell-mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 7, 2015
    Publication date: August 4, 2016
    Inventors: Ryan C. Breneman, Steven J. Bullied, David R. Scott