Patents by Inventor Eric Gavelda

Eric Gavelda 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).

  • REINFORCED METAL ALLOY FOR ENHANCED ARMOR PROTECTION AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20220120534
    Abstract: An armor plate is provided having a lamination of an embedded reinforcement basalt fiber mesh within a laminated cast metal alloy; and at least two layers of an aramid fiber. A process to make the armor plate can include suspending a basalt weave within a mold; heating aluminum 6061 or 7075 alloy to a molten state; pouring the molten aluminum into the mold; cooling the resultant matrixed aluminum to ambient temperature; and laminating at least two layers of ballistic fiber to the matrixed aluminum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 29, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Inventors: James C. BOURQUE, Eric Gavelda
  • Reinforced metal alloy for enhanced armor protection and methods
    Patent number: 11243052
    Abstract: An armor plate and method of making an armor plate is provided having the steps of: suspending a carbon fiber weave within a mold; heating aluminum 6061 or 7075 alloy to a molten state; pouring the molten aluminum into the mold having ceramic particulates in the range of 1 to 60 percent by volume of the molten aluminum and in the range of 3-44 microns in diameter; cooling the resultant matrixed aluminum to ambient temperature; and laminating at least two layers of ballistic fiber to the matrixed aluminum.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 8, 2022
    Assignee: NUTECH METALS AND ALLOYS, LLC
    Inventors: James C. Bourque, Eric Gavelda
  • REINFORCED METAL ALLOY FOR ENHANCED ARMOR PROTECTION AND METHODS
    Publication number: 20200284554
    Abstract: An armor plate and method of making an armor plate is provided having the steps of: suspending a carbon fiber weave within a mold; heating aluminum 6061 or 7075 alloy to a molten state; pouring the molten aluminum into the mold having ceramic particulates in the range of 1 to 60 percent by volume of the molten aluminum and in the range of 3-44 microns in diameter; cooling the resultant matrixed aluminum to ambient temperature; and laminating at least two layers of ballistic fiber to the matrixed aluminum
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 16, 2020
    Publication date: September 10, 2020
    Inventors: James C. BOURQUE, Eric Gavelda