Patents by Inventor Tab Hunter Crooks
Tab Hunter Crooks 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).
-
Patent number: 11780781Abstract: Adhesive compositions and methods for bonding materials with different thermal expansion coefficients is provided. The adhesive is formulated using a flux material, a low flux material, and a filler material, where the filler material comprises particulate from at least one of the two components being bonded together. A thickening agent can also be used as part of the adhesive composition to aid in applying the adhesive and establishing a desired bond thickness. The method of forming a high strength bond using the disclosed adhesive does not require the use of intermediary layer or the use of high cure temperatures that could damage one or both of the components being bonded together.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Tab Hunter Crooks, MaryAnn S. Muench
-
Patent number: 11376543Abstract: Methods and systems of collecting carbon dioxide are disclosed. In one example, a method includes removing water from atmospheric air with a condenser and a desiccant material to produce dry air, adsorbing carbon dioxide to a material from the dry air, releasing the adsorbed carbon dioxide to a vacuum chamber, and transitioning the released carbon dioxide from a gas to a solid in the vacuum chamber.Type: GrantFiled: October 1, 2018Date of Patent: July 5, 2022Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Anthony M. DiCenzo, Joseph P. Bruschi, James G. Parlett, Douglas Anthony Galasso, Tab Hunter Crooks
-
Publication number: 20210261472Abstract: Adhesive compositions and methods for bonding materials with different thermal expansion coefficients is provided. The adhesive is formulated using a flux material, a low flux material, and a filler material, where the filler material comprises particulate from at least one of the two components being bonded together. A thickening agent can also be used as part of the adhesive composition to aid in applying the adhesive and establishing a desired bond thickness. The method of forming a high strength bond using the disclosed adhesive does not require the use of intermediary layer or the use of high cure temperatures that could damage one or both of the components being bonded together.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 16, 2020Publication date: August 26, 2021Inventors: Tab Hunter Crooks, MaryAnn S. Muench
-
Patent number: 11028020Abstract: A method of making a ceramic composite comprises forming a wet ceramic composition comprising a plurality of discrete ceramic components and a fluxing agent dissolved in a solvent. At least a portion of the solvent is removed from the wet ceramic composition to form a dried ceramic composition comprising the plurality of discrete ceramic components coated with the fluxing agent. The dried ceramic composition is sintered to form the ceramic composite, the sintering being carried out at a sinter temperature sufficient to fuse the discrete ceramic components at bridging sites formed where two or more of the discrete ceramic components coated with fluxing agent are in physical contact.Type: GrantFiled: September 26, 2018Date of Patent: June 8, 2021Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Tab Hunter Crooks, MaryAnn S. Muench
-
Patent number: 10894747Abstract: Adhesive compositions and methods for bonding materials with different thermal expansion coefficients is provided. The adhesive is formulated using a flux material, a low flux material, and a filler material, where the filler material comprises particulate from at least one of the two components being bonded together. A thickening agent can also be used as part of the adhesive composition to aid in applying the adhesive and establishing a desired bond thickness. The method of forming a high strength bond using the disclosed adhesive does not require the use of intermediary layer or the use of high cure temperatures that could damage one or both of the components being bonded together.Type: GrantFiled: May 21, 2018Date of Patent: January 19, 2021Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Tab Hunter Crooks, MaryAnn S. Muench
-
Publication number: 20200095172Abstract: A method of making a ceramic composite comprises forming a wet ceramic composition comprising a plurality of discrete ceramic components and a fluxing agent dissolved in a solvent. At least a portion of the solvent is removed from the wet ceramic composition to form a dried ceramic composition comprising the plurality of discrete ceramic components coated with the fluxing agent. The dried ceramic composition is sintered to form the ceramic composite, the sintering being carried out at a sinter temperature sufficient to fuse the discrete ceramic components at bridging sites formed where two or more of the discrete ceramic components coated with fluxing agent are in physical contact.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2018Publication date: March 26, 2020Inventors: Tab Hunter Crooks, MaryAnn S. Muench
-
Publication number: 20190030478Abstract: Methods and systems of collecting carbon dioxide are disclosed. In one example, a method includes removing water from atmospheric air with a condenser and a desiccant material to produce dry air, adsorbing carbon dioxide to a material from the dry air, releasing the adsorbed carbon dioxide to a vacuum chamber, and transitioning the released carbon dioxide from a gas to a solid in the vacuum chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 1, 2018Publication date: January 31, 2019Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Anthony M. DiCenzo, Joseph P. Bruschi, James G. Parlett, Douglas Anthony Galasso, Tab Hunter Crooks
-
Patent number: 10118122Abstract: Methods and systems of collecting carbon dioxide are disclosed. In one example, a method includes removing water from atmospheric air with a condenser and a desiccant material to produce dry air, adsorbing carbon dioxide to a material from the dry air, releasing the adsorbed carbon dioxide to a vacuum chamber, and transitioning the released carbon dioxide from a gas to a solid in the vacuum chamber.Type: GrantFiled: August 29, 2011Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Anthony M. DiCenzo, Joseph P. Bruschi, James G. Parlett, Douglas Anthony Galasso, Tab Hunter Crooks
-
Publication number: 20180265418Abstract: Adhesive compositions and methods for bonding materials with different thermal expansion coefficients is provided. The adhesive is formulated using a flux material, a low flux material, and a filler material, where the filler material comprises particulate from at least one of the two components being bonded together. A thickening agent can also be used as part of the adhesive composition to aid in applying the adhesive and establishing a desired bond thickness. The method of forming a high strength bond using the disclosed adhesive does not require the use of intermediary layer or the use of high cure temperatures that could damage one or both of the components being bonded together.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 21, 2018Publication date: September 20, 2018Inventors: Tab Hunter Crooks, MaryAnn S. Muench
-
Patent number: 9994489Abstract: Adhesive compositions and methods for bonding materials with different thermal expansion coefficients is provided. The adhesive is formulated using a flux material, a low flux material, and a filler material, where the filler material comprises particulate from at least one of the two components being bonded together. A thickening agent can also be used as part of the adhesive composition to aid in applying the adhesive and establishing a desired bond thickness. The method of forming a high strength bond using the disclosed adhesive does not require the use of intermediary layer or the use of high cure temperatures that could damage one or both of the components being bonded together.Type: GrantFiled: December 30, 2014Date of Patent: June 12, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Tab Hunter Crooks, MaryAnn S. Muench
-
Publication number: 20160264478Abstract: Adhesive compositions and methods for bonding materials with different thermal expansion coefficients is provided. The adhesive is formulated using a flux material, a low flux material, and a filler material, where the filler material comprises particulate from at least one of the two components being bonded together. A thickening agent can also be used as part of the adhesive composition to aid in applying the adhesive and establishing a desired bond thickness. The method of forming a high strength bond using the disclosed adhesive does not require the use of intermediary layer or the use of high cure temperatures that could damage one or both of the components being bonded together.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 30, 2014Publication date: September 15, 2016Inventors: Tab Hunter Crooks, MaryAnn S. Muench
-
Publication number: 20160207840Abstract: An extrudable ceramic composite includes a matrix comprising a refractory ceramic and a plurality of particles embedded in the matrix. The plurality of particles have an aspect ratio ranging from about 1 to about 100, the plurality of particles comprising at least one particle type chosen from structurally reinforcing particles and thermal conductivity modifying particles. Methods of making the ceramic composite are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 21, 2015Publication date: July 21, 2016Inventors: Tab Hunter Crooks, Sangvavann Heng
-
Patent number: 8957303Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosure, there is provided a strain isolation layer assembly. The assembly has a rigid solar layer; a strain isolation layer having a discontinuous configuration, a vertical rigidity, and a horizontal shear flexibility; and an underlying substrate layer. The strain isolation layer is coupled between the rigid solar layer and the underlying substrate layer to form a strain isolation layer assembly, such that the strain isolation layer isolates the rigid solar layer to reduce one or more strains induced on the rigid solar layer.Type: GrantFiled: October 31, 2011Date of Patent: February 17, 2015Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Robert Erik Grip, Blaine Knight Rawdon, Tab Hunter Crooks, Michael F. Stoia
-
Publication number: 20130104966Abstract: In an embodiment of the disclosure, there is provided a strain isolation layer assembly. The assembly has a rigid solar layer; a strain isolation layer having a discontinuous configuration, a vertical rigidity, and a horizontal shear flexibility; and an underlying substrate layer. The strain isolation layer is coupled between the rigid solar layer and the underlying substrate layer to form a strain isolation layer assembly, such that the strain isolation layer isolates the rigid solar layer to reduce one or more strains induced on the rigid solar layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 31, 2011Publication date: May 2, 2013Applicant: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Robert Erik Grip, Blaine Knight Rawdon, Tab Hunter Crooks, Michael F. Stola