Patents Assigned to NEXGEN COMPOSITES LLC
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Patent number: 11473291Abstract: According to aspects of the present disclosure, an expandable field kitchen is disclosed. The expandable field kitchen includes an expandable intermodal container. The expandable intermodal container has a floor panel, a ceiling panel, a wall panel including an opening, an access door disposed on the wall panel, an appliance utility port disposed on an interior surface of the expandable intermodal container, and a service door having a low-profile door handle. The addition, the expandable intermodal container includes an expansion unit that deploys from the interior portion of the expandable intermodal container through the opening.Type: GrantFiled: December 14, 2020Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: NEXGEN COMPOSITES LLCInventors: Robin Banerjee, Michael S. Sheppard, Robert LaPoint
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Patent number: 11339569Abstract: A process for fabricating a unitized structure comprises creating a multilayer structure by applying a flame-retardant resin to a first layer and stacking, on the first layer, an intermediate layer comprising a honeycomb structure. Further, a second layer is stacked on the intermediate layer and the flame-retardant resin is applied to the second layer. The multilayer structure is then heated to a desired temperature and a pressure is applied about the multilayer structure for a predetermined process time. Moreover, the flame-retardant resin is prevented from entering spaces of the honeycomb structure. After elapse of the predetermined process time, the pressure is released, creating the unitized structure.Type: GrantFiled: April 18, 2018Date of Patent: May 24, 2022Assignee: NEXGEN COMPOSITES LLCInventors: Robin Banerjee, Michael S. Sheppard
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Patent number: 10865942Abstract: According to aspects of the present disclosure, a process of fabricating a unitized container panel is disclosed. The unitized container panel is fabricated by forming a multilayer insulated panel, which has opposing external layers and an intermediate layer therebetween. The intermediate layer is a combination of an insulation material (e.g., vacuum insulated panel, aerogel, etc.), and a buffer material (e.g., a foam board, polystyrene, fiberglass, minerals, plastic, natural fibers, wood, plastic, etc.) that bounds the insulation material. Pressure is applied about the multilayer insulated panel for a predetermined process time, causing the external layers to encase the intermediate layer. After elapse of the predetermined process time, the pressure is released about the multilayer insulated panel, thereby resulting in a unitized container panel.Type: GrantFiled: October 26, 2018Date of Patent: December 15, 2020Assignee: NEXGEN COMPOSITES LLCInventors: Robin Banerjee, Robert L. Lapoint, Michael S. Sheppard
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Patent number: 10427725Abstract: A unitary floor system comprising a top layer, a bottom layer, and, and an intermediate layer including a longitudinal central floor axis. Further, the intermediate layer comprises floor components that define at least one edge line, wherein the floor components are tiled together and sandwiched between the top layer and the bottom layer to provide an integral structure that comprises a continuous surface, unitary floor and a frame that surrounds the floor components. Each of the floor components comprises a composite assembly of a first set of material strips and a second set of material strips. The first set of material strips has a different density compared to the second set of material strips, and edge lines of the floor components span between the longitudinal central floor axis and the frame, wherein the floor components do not cross the longitudinal central floor axis.Type: GrantFiled: February 12, 2018Date of Patent: October 1, 2019Assignee: NEXGEN COMPOSITES LLCInventors: Robin Banerjee, Michael S. Sheppard
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Patent number: 9896137Abstract: A unitary floor includes a top layer, floor components, and a bottom layer. The floor components are sandwiched between the top layer and the bottom layer to provide an integral structure that comprises a continuous surface, unitary floor. Each of the floor components has a material strips. Moreover, the material strips that make up a corresponding floor component is a composite assembly that includes a first set of material strips, which may be interleaved with a second set of material strips. The first set of material strips includes a different density compared to the second set of material strips. Moreover, the unitary floor may be fabricated by a vacuum process, such as a vacuum infusion process.Type: GrantFiled: February 29, 2016Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: NEXGEN COMPOSITES LLCInventors: Robin Banerjee, Michael S. Sheppard