Patents by Inventor Adrienne M. Strohmeyer

Adrienne M. Strohmeyer has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Thermo-rheological fluid valve for resin infusion
    Patent number: 8968617
    Abstract: A resin flow-controlling apparatus for infusing composite reinforcement material with resin. The resin flow-controlling apparatus may have at least one viscosity valve to speed, slow, allow, or deny resin flow through the viscosity valve to the composite reinforcement material depending on the temperature of the viscosity valve. The viscosity valve may fluidly couple a resin reservoir with an enclosed chamber in which the composite reinforcement material resides. The viscosity valve may be thermally coupled with heating and/or cooling elements selectively variable between at least two different temperatures to affect viscosity of the resin and control resin flow from the resin reservoir into the composite reinforcement material. A vacuum port at an opposite end of the composite reinforcement material from the viscosity valve may fluidly couple with the enclosed chamber and a vacuum source may pull atmosphere and/or resin from the enclosed chamber and/or the resin reservoir.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2015
    Assignee: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Mark A. Wadsworth, Adrienne M. Strohmeyer, Khai Nguyen
  • THERMO-RHEOLOGICAL FLUID VALVE FOR RESIN INFUSION
    Publication number: 20140131916
    Abstract: A resin flow-controlling apparatus for infusing composite reinforcement material with resin. The resin flow-controlling apparatus may have at least one viscosity valve to speed, slow, allow, or deny resin flow through the viscosity valve to the composite reinforcement material depending on the temperature of the viscosity valve. The viscosity valve may fluidly couple a resin reservoir with an enclosed chamber in which the composite reinforcement material resides. The viscosity valve may be thermally coupled with heating and/or cooling elements selectively variable between at least two different temperatures to affect viscosity of the resin and control resin flow from the resin reservoir into the composite reinforcement material. A vacuum port at an opposite end of the composite reinforcement material from the viscosity valve may fluidly couple with the enclosed chamber and a vacuum source may pull atmosphere and/or resin from the enclosed chamber and/or the resin reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2012
    Publication date: May 15, 2014
    Applicant: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Mark A. Wadsworth, Adrienne M. Strohmeyer, Khai Nguyen