Patents by Inventor Steve E. Bauer

Steve E. Bauer 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 masking multiple turbine components
    Patent number: 6706323
    Abstract: Method to facilitate vapor phase coating of turbine airfoils. A dovetail receptacle receives the dovetails of a plurality of airfoils. The airfoils are separated by spacers with the airfoil dovetails sealed in a chamber of the receptacle to facilitate vapor phase coating of airfoil flowpath surfaces and platform upper surfaces of several airfoils simultaneously while masking the dovetail sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 16, 2004
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gary E. Wheat, Terry K. Brown, Steve E. Bauer
  • Method for masking multiple turbine components
    Publication number: 20020098284
    Abstract: Method to facilitate vapor phase coating of turbine airfoils. A dovetail receptacle receives the dovetails of a plurality of airfoils. The airfoils are separated by spacers with the airfoil dovetails sealed in a chamber of the receptacle to facilitate vapor phase coating of airfoil flowpath surfaces and platform upper surfaces of several airfoils simultaneously while masking the dovetail sections.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2002
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Gary E. Wheat, Terri K. Brown, Steve E. Bauer
  • Apparatus and method for masking multiple turbine components
    Patent number: 6419753
    Abstract: Apparatus and method to facilitate vapor phase coating of turbine airfoils. A dovetail receptacle receives the dovetails of a plurality of airfoils. The airfoils are separated by spacers with the airfoil dovetails sealed in a chamber of the receptacle to facilitate vapor phase coating of airfoil flowpath surfaces and platform upper surfaces of several airfoils simultaneously while masking the dovetail sections.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 7, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Gary E. Wheat, Terry K. Brown, Steve E. Bauer