Patents by Inventor Adrian Murtaugh

Adrian Murtaugh 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).

  • Publication number: 20100062238
    Abstract: A process for the manufacture of a composite article is described wherein the process comprises the steps of (i) providing on a tool (22) a fibrous material (14) having associated therewith in at least one region thereof an in-situ polymerisable non-fibrous form of a thermoplastic material; (ii) applying heat and a vacuum to said material; and additionally (iii) drawing into the fibrous material, from a source external to the tool, additional thermoplastic pre-polymer material. The process described is particularly useful for the manufacture of a large composite structure such as thermoplastic composite wind turbine blade, for example.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2007
    Publication date: March 11, 2010
    Inventors: Adrian Doyle, James Lee, Edward Archer, Keith Doyle, Patrick Feerick, Siora Coll, Conchúr O'Bradaigh, Adrian Murtaugh, Patrick Mallon, Walter Stanley