Patents by Inventor William A. Komlos

William A. Komlos 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).

  • METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MITIGATING RESIDUAL TENSILE STRESSES
    Publication number: 20100170934
    Abstract: Residual tensile stresses can be mitigated through methods and systems provided by the present invention. Such a method can include securing a metal member (10) to a substrate and at least partially surrounding a portion of the metal member (10) with a cooling fluid (18). As a result, the cooled portion of the metal member (10) contracts a predetermined amount. Once cooled, the metal member may be fixed, preferably welded, to another metal member in a constrained relationship. As the portion of the metal member is returned to its original temperature, expansion of the metal member acts to mitigate residual tensile stresses in the metal assembly. Tensile stress in restrained members, cambering, and structural deformation can be readily controlled in an assembled structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2010
    Publication date: July 8, 2010
    Inventors: William A. Komlos, Lawrence D. Reaveley
  • Methods and systems for mitigating residual tensile stresses
    Patent number: 7690553
    Abstract: Residual tensile stresses can be mitigated through methods and systems provided by the present invention. Such a method can include securing a metal member (10) to a substrate and at least partially surrounding a portion of the metal member (10) with a cooling fluid (18). As a result, the cooled portion of the metal member (10) contracts a predetermined amount. Once cooled, the metal member may be fixed, preferably welded, to another metal member in a constrained relationship. As the portion of the metal member is returned to its original temperature, expansion of the metal member acts to mitigate residual tensile stresses in the metal assembly. Tensile stress in restrained members, cambering, and structural deformation can be readily controlled in an assembled structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2010
    Assignee: University of Utah Research Foundation
    Inventors: William A. Komlos, Lawrence D. Reaveley
  • Methods and Systems for Mitigating Residual Tensile Stresses
    Publication number: 20080237309
    Abstract: Residual tensile stresses can be mitigated through methods and systems provided by the present invention. Such a method can include securing a metal member (10) to a substrate and at least partially surrounding a portion of the metal member (10) with a cooling fluid (18). As a result, the cooled portion of the metal member (10) contracts a predetermined amount. Once cooled, the metal member may be fixed, preferably welded, to another metal member in a constrained relationship. As the portion of the metal member is returned to its original temperature, expansion of the metal member acts to mitigate residual tensile stresses in the metal assembly. Tensile stress in restrained members, cambering, and structural deformation can be readily controlled in an assembled structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2006
    Publication date: October 2, 2008
    Inventors: William A. Komlos, Lawrence D. Reaveley