Patents by Inventor Antonio Carlos Rufin

Antonio Carlos Rufin 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).

  • METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE TAPE FABRICATION, BRAIDING, AND CONSOLIDATION TO FORM METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE PARTS
    Publication number: 20230349082
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for braiding Metal Matrix composite (MMC) tape. One method includes drawing multiple lanes of MMC tape, comprising a matrix of metal reinforced by fibers, from bobbins arranged around a mandrel. The method also includes braiding the multiple lanes to form a preform at the mandrel for an MMC part and consolidating the preform via application of heat and pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 21, 2023
    Publication date: November 2, 2023
    Inventor: Antonio Carlos Rufin
  • Metal matrix composite tape fabrication, braiding, and consolidation to form metal matrix composite parts
    Patent number: 11697895
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for braiding Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) tape. One method includes drawing multiple lanes of MMC tape, comprising a matrix of metal reinforced by fibers, from bobbins arranged around a mandrel. The method also includes braiding the multiple lanes to form a preform at the mandrel for an MMC part and consolidating the preform via application of heat and pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Antonio Carlos Rufin
  • Fasteners having enhanced electrical energy dispersion properties
    Patent number: 11293474
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating fasteners. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes a fastener. The fastener includes a head, a cylindrical shank that extends from the head and is dimensioned to engage in a fit with a corresponding hole, and a coating that is discontinuously speckled around a circumference of the shank and extends axially along the shank, leaving irregular portions of a surface of the shank exposed. The coating exhibits a higher lubricity than the surface, and the coating exhibits a higher dielectric withstand voltage than the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 5, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Tanni Sisco, Antonio Carlos Rufin, Richard B Tanner, Dale Winter, Jeffrey Alan Wilkerson, Joe Heeter
  • METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE TAPE FABRICATION, BRAIDING, AND CONSOLIDATION TO FORM METAL MATRIX COMPOSITE PARTS
    Publication number: 20200306891
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for braiding Metal Matrix Composite (MMC) tape. One method includes drawing multiple lanes of MMC tape, comprising a matrix of metal reinforced by fibers, from bobbins arranged around a mandrel. The method also includes braiding the multiple lanes to form a preform at the mandrel for an MMC part and consolidating the preform via application of heat and pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 27, 2019
    Publication date: October 1, 2020
    Inventor: Antonio Carlos Rufin
  • FASTENERS HAVING ENHANCED ELECTRICAL ENERGY DISPERSION PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20200049187
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating fasteners. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes a fastener. The fastener includes a head, a cylindrical shank that extends from the head and is dimensioned to engage in a fit with a corresponding hole, and a coating that is discontinuously speckled around a circumference of the shank and extends axially along the shank, leaving irregular portions of a surface of the shank exposed. The coating exhibits a higher lubricity than the surface, and the coating exhibits a higher dielectric withstand voltage than the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 13, 2020
    Inventors: Tanni Sisco, Antonio Carlos Rufin, Richard B. Tanner, Dale Winter, Jeffrey Alan Wilkerson, Joe Heeter
  • Fasteners having enhanced electrical energy dispersion properties
    Patent number: 10495130
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating fasteners. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes a fastener. The fastener includes a head, a cylindrical shank that extends from the head and is dimensioned to engage in a fit with a corresponding hole, and a coating that is discontinuously speckled around a circumference of the shank and extends axially along the shank, leaving irregular portions of a surface of the shank exposed. The coating exhibits a higher lubricity than the surface, and the coating exhibits a higher dielectric withstand voltage than the surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 3, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Tanni Sisco, Antonio Carlos Rufin, Richard B. Tanner, Dale Winter, Jeffrey Alan Wilkerson, Joe Heeter
  • FASTENERS HAVING ENHANCED ELECTRICAL ENERGY DISPERSION PROPERTIES
    Publication number: 20180135683
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating fasteners. One embodiment is an apparatus that includes a fastener. The fastener includes a head, a cylindrical shank that extends from the head and is dimensioned to engage in a fit with a corresponding hole, and a coating that is discontinuously speckled around a circumference of the shank and extends axially along the shank, leaving irregular portions of a surface of the shank exposed. The coating exhibits a higher lubricity than the surface, and the coating exhibits a higher dielectric withstand voltage than the surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 11, 2016
    Publication date: May 17, 2018
    Inventors: Tanni Sisco, Antonio Carlos Rufin, Richard B. Tanner, Dale Winter, Jeffrey Alan Wilkerson, Joe Heeter