Patents by Inventor Roberto Paton Gouvea

Roberto Paton Gouvea 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).

  • Monolithic integrated structural panels especially useful for aircraft structures
    Patent number: 8079549
    Abstract: Structural panels for use in manufacturing fuselage bodies and other aircraft structures are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a monolithic integrated structural panel is configured to include a skin, an array of stiffeners and an array of frames which are preferably arranged in a mutually orthogonal layout, without the need of cut-outs in any of the crossing elements. One advantage of the disclosed embodiments is that the frame and stringer members have continuous flanges and spliced webs. The disclosed embodiments herein are compatible with composite materials technology, offering another advantage, namely the possibility of manufacturing integrated products in a single cure (“one-shot”) cycle. A structure of composite materials, e.g. carbon fiber reinforced plastics, typically comprises a skin panel, reinforced by frame and stringer members.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2011
    Assignee: Embraer—Empresa Brasileira De Aeronautica S.A.
    Inventor: Roberto Paton Gouvea
  • MONOLITHIC INTEGRATED STRUCTURAL PANELS ESPECIALLY USEFUL FOR AIRCRAFT STRUCTURES AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20090320398
    Abstract: Structural panels for use in manufacturing fuselage bodies and other aircraft structures are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a monolithic integrated structural panel is configured to include a skin, an array of stiffeners and an array of frames which are preferably arranged in a mutually orthogonal layout, without the need of cut-outs in any of the crossing elements. One advantage of the disclosed embodiments is that the frame and stringer members have continuous flanges and spliced webs. The disclosed embodiments herein are compatible with composite materials technology, offering another advantage, namely the possibility of manufacturing integrated products in a single cure (“one-shot”) cycle. A structure of composite materials, e.g. carbon fiber reinforced plastics, typically comprises a skin panel, reinforced by frame and stringer members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2008
    Publication date: December 31, 2009
    Inventor: Roberto Paton GOUVEA