Michael Kim McCarter
Engineers in Sandy, UT
License number
Utah 147371-2202
Issued Date
Sep 25, 1972
Expiration Date
Mar 31, 2017
Category
Engineer/Land Surveyor
Type
Professional Engineer
Address
Address
Sandy, UT
Education
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Jun 1, 1972
UNIVERSITY OF UTAH, Jun 1, 1965
Professional information
Magnetostrictive Composites And Process For Manufacture By Dynamic Compaction
US Patent:
6071357, Jun 6, 2000
Filed:
Sep 26, 1997
Appl. No.:
8/938855
Inventors:
Sivaraman Guruswamy - Salt Lake City UT
Michael K. McCarter - Sandy UT
Michael R. Loveless - KKV 4002, TH
Michael K. McCarter - Sandy UT
Michael R. Loveless - KKV 4002, TH
International Classification:
B22F 100
US Classification:
148301
Abstract:
A metal-matrix composite of magnetostrictive powder is manufactured by dynamic compaction, such as that provided by the shock waves of an explosive, from a magnetostrictive powder in the presence of a matrix-forming metal. Under the conditions of dynamic compaction, property compromising phases between the powder and the binding metal are not formed, resulting in a composite essentially free of these phases. The composites may be formed by coating a magnetostrictive powder with a matrix-forming metal by a sputtering process and dynamically compacting the coated powder. A coated powder may also be made by sputtering a layered composite of metal-magnetostrictive material-metal, and grinding the layered composite. Metal-matrix composites may also be made by mixing the matrix-forming metal with a magnetostrictive powder and dynamically compressing the mixture. Metal-matrix composites of amorphous magnetostrictive powders may be annealed in the presence of a magnetic field.
Portable Seismic Communication Device
US Patent:
2012024, Oct 4, 2012
Filed:
Mar 2, 2012
Appl. No.:
13/411104
Inventors:
Michael Kim McCarter - Sandy UT, US
International Classification:
G10K 15/00
US Classification:
181142
Abstract:
A portable seismic communication device is disclosed and described. The device can include a tube, a striker, and an adjustable base. The tube can have a lower portion to support an internal gas pressure and an upper portion which can include a contact anvil oriented at a top end of the tube. The striker can be disposed in the tube and can be displaceable along a length of the tube by the internal gas pressure. The adjustable base can be oriented between the tube and a mine floor and can be extendable and retractable to position the anvil in contact with a mine roof (ceiling), such that the striker impacts the contact anvil when displaced by the internal gas pressure to produce an impact energy wave and the contact anvil transmits the impact energy wave to the strata above the device.