Andre A Claudet

US Patent:

20050205529, Sep 22, 2005

Filed:

Mar 21, 2005

Appl. No.:

11/086201

Inventors:

Andre Claudet - Albuquerque NM, US

International Classification:

B23K026/00

US Classification:

219121600, 700166000, 219121850

Abstract:

A system for laser peening a workpiece. The system comprises a world coordinate frame, a robot operatively connected to the world coordinate frame for moving the workpiece relative, a calibration tool operatively connected to the robot for determining a multiplicity of data points of the workpiece, a computer for storing and using the multiplicity of data points of the workpiece, and a laser system for laser peening the workpiece using the multiplicity of data points.

US Patent:

7788818, Sep 7, 2010

Filed:

Oct 2, 2007

Appl. No.:

11/866177

Inventors:

Hy D. Tran - Albuquerque NM, US
Andre A. Claudet - Albuquerque NM, US
Andrew D. Oliver - Waltham MA, US

Assignee:

Sandia Corporation - Albuquerque NM

International Classification:

G01B 11/14
G01B 3/30

US Classification:

33502

Abstract:

A mesoscale calibration artifact, also called a hybrid artifact, suitable for hybrid dimensional measurement and the method for make the artifact. The hybrid artifact has structural characteristics that make it suitable for dimensional measurement in both vision-based systems and touch-probe-based systems. The hybrid artifact employs the intersection of bulk-micromachined planes to fabricate edges that are sharp to the nanometer level and intersecting planes with crystal-lattice-defined angles.