Patents by Inventor Wally LAWRENCE

Wally LAWRENCE 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).

  • Hardness verification utilizing ultrasonic velocities
    Patent number: 10036733
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a hardness of a component to be tested by utilizing an ultrasonic meter. The method and system both comprise selecting a component to be tested which has a longitudinal axis; positioning a probe of the ultrasonic meter for emitting a signal from an emitter of the probe into an end surface of the component to be tested and along the longitudinal axis of the component; emitting the signal from the emitter of the probe into the first surface of the component to be tested; passing the emitted signal through the component to be tested; reflecting the emitted signal via an opposed second surface of the component to be tested back toward a detector of the probe; detecting the reflected signal via the detector of the probe; and determining a hardness of the component to be tested based upon a velocity of the emitted signal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 31, 2018
    Assignees: ZF Friedrichshafen AG, Magnachek
    Inventors: Harold Hopkinson, III, Wally Lawrence, Eric Holmes, Joel Lautermilch, Tracy Holmes
  • HARDNESS VERIFICATION UTILIZING ULTRASONIC VELOCITIES
    Publication number: 20160299107
    Abstract: A method and system for determining a hardness of a component to be tested by utilizing an ultrasonic meter. The method and system both comprise selecting a component to be tested which has a longitudinal axis; positioning a probe of the ultrasonic meter for emitting a signal from an emitter of the probe into an end surface of the component to be tested and along the longitudinal axis of the component; emitting the signal from the emitter of the probe into the first surface of the component to be tested; passing the emitted signal through the component to be tested; reflecting the emitted signal via an opposed second surface of the component to be tested back toward a detector of the probe; detecting the reflected signal via the detector of the probe; and determining a hardness of the component to be tested based upon a velocity of the emitted signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2015
    Publication date: October 13, 2016
    Inventors: Harold HOPKINSON, III, Wally LAWRENCE, Eric HOLMES, Joel LAUTERMILCH, Tracy HOLMES