Patents by Inventor Thomas M. Fusco

Thomas M. Fusco 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 a perforated laminate
    Patent number: 6190602
    Abstract: A method of making a perforated laminate wherein a pliable perforation device having plurality of holes and plurality of perforation pins in the holes is assembled on a laminate; the pins are driven through the uncured laminate to perforate the laminate; the laminate is then staged or cured with pins in place; and the pins are then removed from the cured laminate and pushed back into the perforation device for reuse thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 1999
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2001
    Assignee: Aztex, Inc.
    Inventors: Eric Blaney, Thomas M. Fusco, Glenn A. Freitas, David Rich
  • Stiffener reinforced assembly and method of manufacturing same
    Patent number: 5827383
    Abstract: An improved stiffener reinforced assembly and method. There is a skin member and a stiffener member including a web portion, a flange portion, and a radius region interconnecting the web portion and the flange portion. The flange portion resides on the skin member. A plurality of reinforcing pins are disposed through the radius region of the stiffener member and into the skin member to secure the stiffener member to the skin member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 27, 1998
    Assignee: Foster-Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Campbell, John J. Harris, Thomas M. Fusco, Sara E. Rosenberg, Glenn A. Freitas, Eric J. Blaney
  • Ultrasonic fastening system and method
    Patent number: 5800672
    Abstract: An ultrasonic fastening system wherein an ultrasonic transducer is used to insert a plurality of fasteners supported by a compressible member into two components to be joined or a single composite part to be reinforced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 26, 1996
    Date of Patent: September 1, 1998
    Assignee: Aztex, Inc.
    Inventors: Joseph S. Boyce, Glenn A. Freitas, Constance L. Magee, Thomas M. Fusco, John J. Harris, Edward Kunkel
  • Stiffener reinforced assembly and method of manufacturing same
    Patent number: 5789061
    Abstract: An improved stiffener reinforced assembly and method. There is a skin member and a stiffener member including a web portion, a flange portion, and a radius region interconnecting the web portion and the flange portion. The flange portion resides on the skin member. A plurality of reinforcing pins are disposed through the radius region of the stiffener member and into the skin member to secure the stiffener member to the skin member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 4, 1998
    Assignee: Foster-Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas G. Campbell, John J. Harris, Thomas M. Fusco, Sara E. Rosenberg, Glenn A. Freitas, Eric J. Blaney
  • Method and system for inserting reinforcing elements in a composite structure
    Patent number: 5589015
    Abstract: A method of and system for inserting reinforcing pins in a composite structure in which a number of reinforcing pins are inserted in a compressible material; the compressible material/pin combination is assembled on the composite structure; ultrasonic energy is applied to the pins; and pressure is applied simultaneously with the application of ultrasonic energy to compress the compressible material and insert the pins into the composite structure to join two laminates or reinforce a single composite structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 13, 1996
    Date of Patent: December 31, 1996
    Assignee: Foster-Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas M. Fusco, Constance Magee, Glenn Freitas