Patents by Inventor Victor K. Champagne, III

Victor K. Champagne, III 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 to join dissimilar materials by the cold spray process
    Patent number: 10501827
    Abstract: A process for joining dissimilar materials. The process includes providing a first component made from a first material and a second component made from a second material. The process also includes cold spraying a bead of the second material onto the first component and joining the second component to the bead on the first component such that a weldment is formed from the first component and the second component. In some instances, joining of the second component to the bead on the first component is performed by fusion welding the bead and the second component together.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: The United Statesd of America as represented by the Secretary of the Army
    Inventors: Victor K. Champagne, Jr., Victor K. Champagne, III
  • METHOD TO JOIN DISSIMILAR MATERIALS BY THE COLD SPRAY PROCESS
    Publication number: 20160089750
    Abstract: A process for joining dissimilar materials. The process includes providing a first component made from a first material and a second component made from a second material. The process also includes cold spraying a bead of the second material onto the first component and joining the second component to the bead on the first component such that a weldment is formed from the first component and the second component. In some instances, joining of the second component to the bead on the first component is performed by fusion welding the bead and the second component together.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 29, 2014
    Publication date: March 31, 2016
    Inventors: Victor K. Champagne, Jr., Victor K. Champagne, III