Patents by Inventor Steven A. Strang

Steven A. Strang 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).

  • Superspeed inertia welding
    Patent number: 6138896
    Abstract: First and second superalloy workpieces are inertia welded together by rotating the first workpiece to an initial contact speed greater than about 750 surface feet per minute, and frictionally engaging under a weld load the first and second workpieces to effect an inertia weld therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2000
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Adrian M. Ablett, Charles W. Carrier, Brian J. Humke, Steven A. Strang
  • Locator pin retention device for floating joint
    Patent number: 5224825
    Abstract: A locator pin retention device comprises a pin with threaded and smooth portions cooperating with a bushing having spaced apart threaded and smooth portions to allow alignment of inner and outer gas turbine engine members exposed to different thermal environments, allowing thermal growth of the inner member in a radially outward direction toward the outer member and reacting axial and circumferential loads to prevent transverse movement to the outer structural member. The device reduces machining of the structural members because machined retention means are inexpensive and replaceable parts.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1991
    Date of Patent: July 6, 1993
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Steven A. Strang, Bruce A. Borelli, George G. Cunningham, Jr.