Patents Assigned to LENTUS COMPOSITES LIMITED
  • Composite shaft arrangement with load introduction elements
    Patent number: 11111951
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of a shaft including positioning a prefabricated wedge member onto a cylindrical mandrel, winding a fibre material onto the mandrel, the fibre material extending over at least a part of the wedge member, allowing a matrix material impregnated into the fibre material to cure, and machining away at least part of the fibre material in the region of the wedge member to expose fibres thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2021
    Assignee: Lentus Composites Limited
    Inventors: Paul Anthony Lewis, Michael James Dewhirst
  • Manufacturing method and apparatus
    Patent number: 10695970
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of a product from a composite material is described, the method including winding a material onto a mandrel, monitoring the material, as it is wound onto the mandrel, to ascertain at least one dimension of the material being wound, and monitoring the mandrel as the material is wound thereon to ascertain the weight of the material being wound, and controlling the winding of the material onto the mandrel to take into account variations in the material being wound using the at least one dimension and the weight values derived during the monitoring. An apparatus suitable for use in the method is also described.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 30, 2020
    Assignee: LENTUS COMPOSITES LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Anthony Lewis, Simon William Odling, Micahel James Dewhirst
  • COMPOSITE SHAFT ARRANGEMENT WITH LOAD INTRODUCTION ELEMENTS
    Publication number: 20180163772
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of a shaft including positioning a prefabricated wedge member onto a cylindrical mandrel, winding a fibre material onto the mandrel, the fibre material extending over at least a part of the wedge member, allowing a matrix material impregnated into the fibre material to cure, and machining away at least part of the fibre material in the region of the wedge member to expose fibres thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2016
    Publication date: June 14, 2018
    Applicant: LENTUS COMPOSITES LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Anthony LEWIS, Michael James DEWHIRST
  • MANUFACTURING METHOD AND APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180099450
    Abstract: A method of manufacture of a product from a composite material is described, the method including winding a material onto a mandrel, monitoring the material, as it is wound onto the mandrel, to ascertain at least one dimension of the material being wound, and monitoring the mandrel as the material is wound thereon to ascertain the weight of the material being wound, and controlling the winding of the material onto the mandrel to take into account variations in the material being wound using the at least one dimension and the weight values derived during the monitoring. An apparatus suitable for use in the method is also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 14, 2016
    Publication date: April 12, 2018
    Applicant: LENTUS COMPOSITES LIMITED
    Inventors: Paul Anthony LEWIS, Simon William ODLING, Micahel James DEWHIRST