Inventor
THOMPSON ROBERT A
US29 patents
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GEN ELECTRIC
27 patentsUS4356376AOct 26, 1982
Pulse laser pretreated machining
GEN ELECTRIC63 citations95
US5226331AJul 13, 1993
Apparatus and method for measuring the particle number rate and the velocity distribution of a sprayed stream
GEN ELECTRIC80 citations92
US5176018AJan 5, 1993
Shot sensing shot peening system and method having a capacitance based densitometer
GEN ELECTRIC46 citations92
US5166885ANov 24, 1992
Non-destructive monitoring of surfaces by 3-D profilometry using a power spectra
GEN ELECTRIC40 citations92
US4873855AOct 17, 1989
Shot sensing shot peening system and method
GEN ELECTRIC36 citations92
US4848123AJul 18, 1989
Shot peening mass flow and velocity sensing system and method
GEN ELECTRIC31 citations92
US4805429AFeb 21, 1989
Shot peening system and method with velocity sensing
GEN ELECTRIC27 citations92
US4759243AJul 26, 1988
Method and apparatus for optimizing single point machining operations
GEN ELECTRIC30 citations92
US4604834AAug 12, 1986
Method and apparatus for optimizing grinding
GEN ELECTRIC27 citations92
US4620281AOct 28, 1986
In-process cutting tool condition compensation and part inspection
GEN ELECTRIC56 citations91
US5293320AMar 8, 1994
Measurment of shot peening coverage by impact dent characterization
GEN ELECTRIC35 citations90
US5365762ANov 22, 1994
Suction-type shot peening machine sensor
GEN ELECTRIC19 citations82
US4860500AAug 29, 1989
Passive actuator to maintain a constant normal cutting force during robotic deburring
GEN ELECTRIC22 citations82
US5581483ADec 3, 1996
Measurement of shot peening coverage by correlation analysis of surface line data
GEN ELECTRIC19 citations78
US5327755AJul 12, 1994
Constant flow control for a pressure pot shot peening machine
GEN ELECTRIC18 citations74
US5271255ADec 21, 1993
Method to control and monitor a pressure pot shot peening system
GEN ELECTRIC17 citations74
US5271282ADec 21, 1993
Sensor for lance-type shot peening guns
GEN ELECTRIC7 citations74
US5172580ADec 22, 1992
Non-destructive determination of surface cold work due to a shot peening operation
GEN ELECTRIC18 citations74
US5048316ASep 17, 1991
Pressure pot shot peening system having a holder
GEN ELECTRIC10 citations74
US5003805AApr 2, 1991
Method and system for monitoring shot peening
GEN ELECTRIC18 citations74
US4248094AFeb 3, 1981
Measurement of residual stresses by local melting
GEN ELECTRIC16 citations74
US5235517AAug 10, 1993
Measurement of the shot peening coverage by automated analysis of peened surface line traces
GEN ELECTRIC18 citations71
US5204826AApr 20, 1993
Quality assurance of surface treatments by analysis of substrate surface line traces
GEN ELECTRIC15 citations67
US5169689ADec 8, 1992
Method of producing thermal barrier coatings on a substrate
GEN ELECTRIC14 citations67
US5333161AJul 26, 1994
Intergranular stress corrosion cracking mitigation by rapid quench melting
GEN ELECTRIC3 citations63
US4637248AJan 20, 1987
Adaptive displacement sensor for contour machining
GEN ELECTRIC6 citations62
US5507172AApr 16, 1996
Apparatus to measure particle distribution of a shot stream
GEN ELECTRIC6 citations59