Patents by Inventor Derek McCann

Derek McCann 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).

  • Blade cleaning for automated fiber placement machines
    Patent number: 10780601
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for cleaning composite fabrication machinery. One embodiment is a method for cleaning of a composite application machine, comprising: displacing an anvil of a head of an Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) machine from an operation location relative to a cutter, cleaning at least one of the cutter and the anvil, and relocating the anvil to the operation location relative to the cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 22, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Corydon Hilton, Derek McCann
  • BLADE CLEANING FOR AUTOMATED FIBER PLACEMENT MACHINES
    Publication number: 20190344465
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for cleaning composite fabrication machinery. One embodiment is a method for cleaning of a composite application machine, comprising: displacing an anvil of a head of an Automated Fiber Placement (AFP) machine from an operation location relative to a cutter, cleaning at least one of the cutter and the anvil, and relocating the anvil to the operation location relative to the cutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2018
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Corydon Hilton, Derek McCann