Patents by Inventor Stacey Joy Goodwin

Stacey Joy Goodwin 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 of making an electronic device cooling system
    Patent number: 7427566
    Abstract: A method is provided. The method includes forming a conductive layer on an inner surface of a substrate and providing a sacrificial layer over the conductive layer. The method includes forming a plurality of channels in the sacrificial layer and plating the sacrificial layer to substantially fill the plurality of channels with a plating material comprising conducting material. The method also includes etching the sacrificial layer to form a conducting structure having fins where conducting material remains separated by microchannels where the sacrificial layer is etched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2008
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Kevin Matthew Durocher, Stacey Joy Goodwin, Ernest Wayne Balch, Christopher James Kapusta
  • Method and apparatus for forming tapered waveguide structures
    Patent number: 7018580
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a stamping mold suitable for use in the formation of a tapered waveguide structure includes defining a stamping pattern upon the surface of a silicon wafer, and removing portions of the silicon wafer surface in accordance with the stamped pattern, thereby creating tapered vertical surfaces within the wafer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 28, 2006
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Thomas Bert Gorczyca, Christopher James Kapusta, Samhita Dasgupta, Stacey Joy Goodwin