Patents by Inventor Susan Drake

Susan Drake 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 DETECTING AND REMOVING NITRIDE LAYER FORMED ON THE SURFACE OF A STEEL ALLOY
    Publication number: 20100170079
    Abstract: A method of treating a component made of a non magnetic alloy on which a magnetic surface layer has formed includes: (a) engaging a magnet of a calibrated magnet gauge with a surface of the component; (b) disengaging the magnet from the surface of the component and measuring a force required to disengage the magnet; (c) correlating the force with a thickness of the magnetic surface layer; and (d) if the thickness of the surface layer is greater than a predetermined minimum thickness, removing the surface layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2009
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: Warren Tan KING, Stephen Gerard Pope, Susan Drake