Patents by Inventor Stephen R. McKenny

Stephen R. McKenny 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 forming a single, angled and hourglass shaped weld
    Patent number: 11707802
    Abstract: Angled, single laser weld and a method of forming an angled, single laser weld including arranging a first and second faying surfaces of a first and second component adjacently to form an interface between the components; irradiating at least one of the first and second components at the interface with a laser, wherein the first faying surface defines a plane formed at an angle alpha in the range of +/?5 degrees to 60 degrees from an axis A perpendicular to the first front surface and the second faying surface matches the first faying surface; and forming a junction at the interface with an hourglass shaped weld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: July 25, 2023
    Assignee: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS LLC
    Inventors: Huaxin Li, Liang Wang, Stephen R. McKenny, Daniel J. Wilson
  • METHOD OF FORMING A SINGLE, ANGLED AND HOURGLASS SHAPED WELD
    Publication number: 20210331272
    Abstract: Angled, single laser weld and a method of forming an angled, single laser weld including arranging a first and second faying surfaces of a first and second component adjacently to form an interface between the components; irradiating at least one of the first and second components at the interface with a laser, wherein the first faying surface defines a plane formed at an angle alpha in the range of +1-5 degrees to 60 degrees from an axis A perpendicular to the first front surface and the second faying surface matches the first faying surface; and forming a junction at the interface with an hourglass shaped weld.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 28, 2020
    Publication date: October 28, 2021
    Inventors: Huaxin Li, Liang Wang, Stephen R. McKenny, Daniel J. Wilson