Patents by Inventor Tajiri Gordon

Tajiri Gordon 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).

  • Method of Manufacturing Aircraft Engine Parts Utilizing Reusable And Reconfigurable Smart Memory Polymer Mandrel
    Publication number: 20210348290
    Abstract: A method for fabricating aircraft engine external target parts including complex geometries utilizes reusable reconfigurable shape memory polymer and conformable woven braided carbon fiber sleeves. The method includes providing a tubular three-dimensional reusable shape memory polymer mandrel assembly designed for a target part, and heating the shape memory polymer mandrel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2021
    Publication date: November 11, 2021
    Inventors: Yanzhe Yang, Michael Thomas Kenworthy, Tajiri Gordon
  • Method of manufacturing aircraft engine parts utilizing reusable and reconfigurable smart memory polymer mandrel
    Patent number: 11091847
    Abstract: A manufacturing process for making aircraft engine parts utilizes reusable reconfigurable smart memory polymer mandrel tooling, low temperature metal deposition, and composite part lay-up with resin coated conformable braided carbon fiber sleeves, to fabricate both metal internal engine parts and non-metal external parts for turbine engines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2021
    Assignee: Unison Industries LLC
    Inventors: Yanzhe Yang, Michael Thomas Kenworthy, Tajiri Gordon
  • Method of Manufacturing Aircraft Engine Parts Utilizing Reusable And Reconfigurable Smart Memory Polymer Mandrel
    Publication number: 20180119300
    Abstract: A manufacturing process for making aircraft engine parts utilizes reusable reconfigurable smart memory polymer mandrel tooling, low temperature metal deposition, and composite part lay-up with resin coated conformable braided carbon fiber sleeves, to fabricate both metal internal engine parts and non-metal external parts for turbine engines.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2016
    Publication date: May 3, 2018
    Inventors: Yanzhe Yang, Michael Thomas Kenworthy, Tajiri Gordon