146 patents
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Utility
Lightning strike protection surfacer and method of manufacturing the same
1 Aug 23
A thermoplastic surfacer for providing lightning strike protection to a composite component of an aircraft, methods of manufacturing the surfacer, and methods of applying the surfacer to a composite part.
Mark Anthony Wadsworth
Filed: 18 Nov 22
Utility
Method and apparatus for fabricating reformable stiffening elements
25 Jul 23
A stiffening element comprises a tension and compression member, a shear member, an attachment member, and a plurality of beads.
Mark Anthony Wadsworth
Filed: 10 Feb 22
Utility
Thrust load reaction assembly
25 Jul 23
An assembly for reacting a thrust load from an engine, the assembly comprising a frame, a pin, an evener bar, and left and right thrust links.
Randall Ray West
Filed: 14 Dec 20
Utility
Method of Bonding Metallic Components to Form Machining Preform
29 Jun 23
A method of bonding two or more metallic components into a single piece.
James Michael Wagner, Rahbar Nasserrafi, Paul Ray Toivonen, Heath Edward Misak, Craig Matthew Clasper
Filed: 7 Nov 22
Utility
Method of seamlessly bagging composite parts
30 May 23
A method and system for manufacturing composite parts free of wrinkles and mark-offs from bagging compression.
Blaise Bergmann
Filed: 9 Feb 21
Utility
Method for Control of Semi-crystalline Thermoplastic Melt Front In Out of Autoclave Processing
18 May 23
A system and method for thermoplastic composite processing including compressing and heating a thermoplastic composite panel having a plurality of terminal edges.
Mark Anthony Wadsworth
Filed: 8 Nov 22
Utility
Thrust Reverser Interspatial Blocker System
27 Apr 23
An interspatial blocker for a thrust reverser system of a turbofan engine, and a thrust reverser system and a turbofan engine incorporating the same.
Randall R. West
Filed: 22 Oct 21
Utility
Methods of Fabricating Multi-region U-shaped Composite Structures
27 Apr 23
Methods of fabricating a multi-region U-shaped composite structure, the methods comprising the steps of laying up a first composite material on a first tool piece to form a first sidewall, laying up the second composite material on a second tool piece tool to form a second sidewall, re-orienting the first tool piece and the second tool piece to a consolidation orientation, laying up the third composite material to form a nose wall, and overlapping at least a portion of the third composite material with at least a portion of the first composite material and at least a portion of the second composite material.
Bradley J. Blonigen, George M. Osborne, Jack Hearnen
Filed: 20 Dec 22
Utility
System and apparatus for manufacturing simple curvature thermoplastic composite parts
25 Apr 23
A system for manufacturing a composite part including a conductive flexible facesheet and an automated tape layup (ATL) machine for laying up composite tape onto the facesheet that is laid flat on a flat surface.
Mark Anthony Wadsworth
Filed: 26 May 20
Utility
Method of manufacturing simple curvature thermoplastic composite parts
18 Apr 23
A method for manufacturing a composite part by laying up courses of composite tape using an automated tape layup (ATL) machine onto a conductive flexible facesheet laid flat on a flat surface, and then transferring the facesheet with the composite material thereon to a curved tooling surface for attachment of substructures and curing into the composite part.
Mark Anthony Wadsworth
Filed: 26 May 20
Utility
Feature inspection system
18 Apr 23
A system for inspecting features of an airframe, the system including a feature inspection device configured to measure an aspect of a first feature and a tracking subsystem configured to determine a position of the feature inspection device when the feature inspection device measures the aspect of the first feature.
Mark Davis Haynes, Glen Paul Cork, Bharath Achyutha Rao, John Thomas Baumfalk-Lee, Matthew W. McKenna, Bruce E. Gabel, Scott Bishop, Gregorio Balandran
Filed: 18 Sep 20
Utility
Injection Molding of Composite Parts
30 Mar 23
Tooling, systems, and methods for forming composite parts.
Mark Anthony Wadsworth
Filed: 28 Sep 21
Utility
Vehicle color-lighting control system and method
28 Mar 23
There is described a vehicle color-lighting control system.
Jonathan Wayne Hack
Filed: 17 Feb 17
Utility
Lightning Strike Protection Surfacer and Method of Manufacturing the Same
23 Mar 23
A thermoplastic surfacer for providing lightning strike protection to a composite component of an aircraft, methods of manufacturing the surfacer, and methods of applying the surfacer to a composite part.
Mark Anthony Wadsworth
Filed: 18 Nov 22
Utility
Resistance welding methods and apparatus
21 Mar 23
Disclosed is a method of resistance welding between composite articles.
Kerrick Robert Dando, Andrea Christine Meyer, Ulrich Sachs, Thibault Hernandez
Filed: 20 Jan 22
Utility
Resin Barrier Device, Gasket and Method for Infusing a Preform
16 Feb 23
A resin barrier device for connection in a vacuum line, for use in resin infusion during composite manufacture, includes a housing having an inlet port for connection to a resin source and an outlet port for connection to a vacuum source.
Oran Walsh, Jonathan Thomas Graham
Filed: 24 Aug 22
Utility
Bulb Stiffener with Sinusoidal Web
9 Feb 23
An improved composite stiffener and methods and tooling used to form the same.
Mark Anthony Wadsworth
Filed: 25 Oct 22
Utility
System and method for thermoplastic welding using an induced thermal gradient
7 Feb 23
A system and method for thermoplastic composite welding comprising a cooling means and a heat source.
Mark Anthony Wadsworth, Kerrick Robert Dando
Filed: 26 Aug 21
Utility
Methods of fabricating multi-region U-shaped composite structures
7 Feb 23
Methods of fabricating a multi-region U-shaped composite structure, the methods comprising the steps of laying up a first composite material on a first tool piece to form a first sidewall, laying up the second composite material on a second tool piece tool to form a second sidewall, re-orienting the first tool piece and the second tool piece to a consolidation orientation, laying up the third composite material to form a nose wall, and overlapping at least a portion of the third composite material with at least a portion of the first composite material and at least a portion of the second composite material.
Bradley J. Blonigen, George M. Osborne, Jack Hearnen
Filed: 24 May 21
Utility
Method for Securing Core to Tool During Machining
2 Feb 23
A method for preparing a part using a rigid tool surface having a shape.
Mark Anthony Wadsworth
Filed: 6 Oct 22