Inventor

Bruce Alan Knudsen

Inventor

Amsterdam, NY, US

Overview

1992–2016

Patent span

Chemistry

Primary field (CPC C)

Patents· 65 as inventor

Public. Assignee & technology derived from the patent record. Each patent links to its LexDana page.

C22Bprimary

C22BProduction and refining of metals12%

H01JElectric discharge tubes or discharge lamps12%

B22FWorking metallic powder8%

H10NElectric solid-state devices not otherwise provided for8%

C23CCoating metallic material7%

B22DCasting of metals6%

Y10STechnical subjects covered by former uspc cross-reference art collections [xracs] and digests6%

B23KSoldering or unsoldering5%

F27BFurnaces, kilns, ovens or retorts in general5%

Y10TTechnical subjects covered by former us classification5%

PatentTitleYear

9,287,485'Methods for making low resistivity joints'2016 8,299,709'Lamp having axially and radially graded structure'2012 8,053,990'High intensity discharge lamp having composite leg'2011 7,977,885'High intensity discharge lamp having compliant seal'2011 7,852,006'Ceramic lamp having molybdenum-rhenium end cap and systems and methods therewith'2010 7,615,929'Ceramic lamps and methods of making same'2009 7,525,252'Sealing tube material for high pressure short-arc discharge lamps'2009 7,488,443'Electrically conductive cermet and method of making'2009 7,432,657'Ceramic lamp having shielded niobium end cap and systems and methods therewith'2008 7,378,799'High intensity discharge lamp having compliant seal'2008 7,358,674'Structure having electrodes with metal core and coating'2008 7,358,666'System and method for sealing high intensity discharge lamps'2008 7,329,979'Electrically conductive cermet and devices made thereof'2008 7,319,327'Magnetic resonance imaging system with reduced cooling needs'2008 7,226,894'Superconducting wire, method of manufacture thereof and the articles derived therefrom'2007 6,631,753'Clean melt nucleated casting systems and methods with cooling of the casting'2003 6,627,054'Electrode for electrochemical machining'2003 6,558,446'In situ electroslag refining hot start'2003 6,505,526'Fluid flow inspection apparatus and method for gas turbine buckets'2003 6,460,595'Nucleated casting systems and methods comprising the addition of powders to a casting'2002 6,436,336'Replaceable drain electroslag guide'2002 6,427,752'Casting systems and methods with auxiliary cooling onto a liquidus portion of a casting'2002 6,419,758'Cathode wire filament for x-ray tube applications'2002 6,418,804'Fluid flow inspection and video recording system and method for turbine buckets'2002 6,375,702'Consumable electrode electroslag refining feed systems and methods'2002 6,368,375'Processing of electroslag refined metal'2002 6,358,297'Method for controlling flux concentration in guide tubes'2002 6,350,293'Bottom pour electroslag refining systems and methods'2002 6,289,258'Drain flowrate measurement'2001 6,267,868'Method and tool for electrochemical machining'2001 6,264,717'Clean melt nucleated cast article'2001 6,250,522'Systems for flow control in electroslag refining process'2001 6,243,408'Electrode weighing stub'2001 6,219,372'Guide tube structure for flux concentration'2001 6,196,427'Systems for controlling the superheat of the metal exiting the CIG apparatus in an electroslag refining process'2001 6,104,742'Electroslag apparatus and guide'2000 6,097,750'Electroslag refining hearth'2000 6,093,449'Atomizer for spray forming ring structures'2000 5,992,503'Systems and methods for maintaining effective insulation between copper segments during electroslag refining process'1999 5,985,206'Electroslag refining starter'1999 5,810,066'Systems and methods for controlling the dimensions of a cold finger apparatus in electroslag refining process'1998 5,809,057'Electroslag apparatus and guide'1998 5,769,151'Methods for controlling the superheat of the metal exiting the CIG apparatus in an electroslag refining process'1998 5,683,653'Systems for recycling overspray powder during spray forming'1997 5,672,085'Methods of making an improved x-ray tube cathode cup assembly'1997 5,670,204'Nb--Sn precursors having controlled impurities and method of making'1997 5,649,993'Methods of recycling oversray powder during spray forming'1997 5,649,992'Methods for flow control in electroslag refining process'1997 5,529,625'Coating apparatus and gas seal'1996 5,522,945'Method for forming triniobium tin superconductor with bismuth'1996 5,515,413'X-ray tube cathode cup assembly'1996 5,513,791'Strippable mask patterning of stop-off for diffusion bond processing'1996 5,505,790'Method for enhancing critical current of triniobium tin'1996 5,498,185'Methods of making an improved X-ray tube cathode cup assembly'1996 5,489,348'Method for preflashing filaments for x-ray tube cathode assemblies'1996 5,472,936'Method for making triniobium tin semiconductor'1995 5,460,652'Molten metal coating apparatus'1995 5,239,156'Apparatus and method for laser joining of superconducting tapes'1993 5,176,742'Method for filtering a molten solder bath'1993 5,169,128'Molten solder filter'1992 5,156,317'Apparatus for solder joining metal tapes with improved cover'1992 5,134,040'Melt formed superconducting joint between superconducting tapes'1992 5,121,869'Apparatus for solder joining metal tapes'1992 5,109,593'Method of melt forming a superconducting joint between superconducting tapes'1992 5,082,164'Method of forming superconducting joint between superconducting tapes'1992

Career & activity timeline

Assembled from patent assignee/location history and declaration credentials.

1992–2016Patents assigned to GEN ELECTRIC (65)· patent assignee history

1992–2016Based in Amsterdam, NY, US· patent location history

2012–2016Patents assigned to KNUDSEN BRUCE ALAN (2)· patent assignee history

2012Patents assigned to BEWLAY BERNARD PATRICK (1)· patent assignee history

2012Patents assigned to BREWER JAMES ANTHONY (1)· patent assignee history

2016Patents assigned to BRAY JAMES WILLIAM (1)· patent assignee history

Inventor activity

Assignee and location history derived from the patent record.

Assignees

Assignee	Patents	Span
GEN ELECTRIC	65	1992–2016
KNUDSEN BRUCE ALANself	2	2012–2016
BEWLAY BERNARD PATRICK	1	2012
BRAY JAMES WILLIAM	1	2016
BREWER JAMES ANTHONY	1	2012

Locations

Location	Patents	Span
Amsterdam, New York, US	65	1992–2016