Patents Represented by Attorney Harl J. Hoch, Jr.
  • Patent number: 5399221
    Abstract: A continuous process for producing honeycomb support structures by bonding a plurality of thermoplastic sheets together. The process comprises feeding, aligning, supporting and bonding thermoplastic corrugated sheets in sequence to build a honeycomb-structure of the desired dimensions. Bonding is accomplished by impulse heating through retractable support bars in cooperation with a movable heating/cooling platen, pairs of sheets to be bonded being indexed therebetween, in sequence, to bond one sheet at a time to form the multi-sheet structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 1990
    Date of Patent: March 21, 1995
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventor: Frank A. Casella