Timothy W Gorman

US Patent:

20210301368, Sep 30, 2021

Filed:

Mar 30, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/834896

Inventors:

- Blagnac, FR
Timothy T. Gorman - Columbus OH, US
Mark D. Bloomberg - Columbus OH, US
Jeffrey A. Jewell - Delware OH, US
Gary Grossenbacher - Dublin OH, US
Deitrich O. Kiesewetter - Columbus OH, US
Gary Walzer - Dublin OH, US

International Classification:

C21D 10/00
B23K 26/06
B23K 26/08
B23K 26/146
B23K 26/356

Abstract:

A laser shock peening device and components thereof. The optical system of the laser peening device includes sapphire optical elements, such as a lens or a prism. A water channel is provided in a pen for the laser shock peening device that has a curved flow path to direct the water. An air conduit in the pen provides a stream of air to the surface receiving the laser shock peening treatment.

US Patent:

20210301369, Sep 30, 2021

Filed:

Mar 30, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/834899

Inventors:

- Blagnac, FR
Gary Grossenbacher - Dublin OH, US
Timothy T. Gorman - Columbus OH, US
Jeffrey A. Jewell - Delaware OH, US
Devin R. Hilty - Westerville OH, US

International Classification:

C21D 10/00
B23K 26/08
B23K 26/356

Abstract:

A system and device for laser shock peening device and components thereof. The system includes umbilical cords with flexible outer sheaths surrounding the fiber optic cable within the umbilical. The umbilical may include two different sections with different outer sheathes. The applicator device may have a laser peening pen that has a longitudinal axis that is spaced from the longitudinal axis of the applicator device. In a method of operating the device, a first step includes a vertical movement, followed by a second step of rotation movement, and then another step of vertical movement opposite the first step.

US Patent:

20200346301, Nov 5, 2020

Filed:

Jul 22, 2020

Appl. No.:

16/936260

Inventors:

- Dublin OH, US
Timothy Thomas Gorman - Columbus OH, US
Jeff L Dulaney - Delaware OH, US

International Classification:

B23K 26/0622
B23K 26/356
B23K 26/064
B23K 26/06
B23K 26/20
B23K 26/70

Abstract:

A laser system includes an integrated fiber laser front-end, configured to generate and output a pre-amplified first pulsed laser beam having predefined beam characteristics corresponding to a user defined pulse shape and a user defined pulse width setting selection of a controller. The first pulsed laser beam is generated from a master oscillator which outputs a CW laser beam to a temporal pulse shaper, which modulates the CW laser beam to output the first pulsed laser beam in response to an electrical pulse from an arbitrary wave generator and a DC bias voltage from an automatic modulator bias control circuitry. The first pulsed laser beam is pre-amplified to an output pulsed laser beam for laser peening or laser bond inspection. A beam detector is used to monitor beam characteristics, and to generate an error signal to be sent back as a feedback signal to the controller for adjustments and corrections.