By Gravity Patents (Class 156/454)
  • Device for performing consolidation and method of use thereof
    Patent number: 8603290
    Abstract: A preforming device and method of use thereof, the device including a rack, a pinion, belt, belt tensioning feature, and mechanism for supporting a variably appliable enhanced pressure, such as may be applied using a bladder or bladders having one or more valves, the device capable of engaging a mandrel to form at least one ply and a binder against the exterior of the mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2013
    Assignee: GKN Aerospace Services Structures, Corp.
    Inventor: Christopher J. Feeney
  • Device for performing consolidation and method of use thereof
    Patent number: 8287266
    Abstract: A preforming device and method of use thereof, the device including a rack, a pinion, belt, belt tensioning feature, and mechanism for supporting a variably appliable enhanced pressure, such as may be applied using a bladder or bladders having one or more valves, the device capable of engaging a mandrel to form at least one ply and a binder against the exterior of the mandrel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: GKN Aerospace Services Structures, Corp.
    Inventor: Christopher John Feeney