Patents by Inventor Hugh Gordan Bowerman

Hugh Gordan Bowerman 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).

  • Double skin composite structures and methods of producing such structures
    Patent number: 5773783
    Abstract: A method of sequentially welding a plurality of metallic cross-members in spaced rows to facing plates of a double skin composite panel includes the steps of causing the plates to separate to enable each cross-member in turn to be positioned therebetween, applying clamping forces to both facing plates to align the plates approximately normal to the cross-members to be welded thereto, subjecting the inner faces between the cross-member and the facing plates to a welding operation, and, at the same time, controlling the force transferred between the cross-member and the facing plates.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1997
    Date of Patent: June 30, 1998
    Assignee: British Steel plc
    Inventor: Hugh Gordan Bowerman