Patents by Inventor Allan Joshua SLOCUM

Allan Joshua SLOCUM 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).

  • System and method for forming a bonded joint
    Patent number: 10173371
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a bonded joint on a composite structure is presented. An apparatus carrying a first workpiece is positioned relative to a second workpiece. A vacuum is applied to the first workpiece and a portion of the second workpiece. A bladder on a first surface of a housing of the apparatus is deflated. Deflating the bladder positions the first workpiece such that adhesive having a desired thickness is positioned between the first workpiece and the second workpiece. The adhesive positioned between the first workpiece and the second workpiece is cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael Walter Evens, John F. Spalding, Megan Nicole Watson, Allan Joshua Slocum, Joel Patrick Baldwin
  • System and method for forming a bonded joint
    Patent number: 9427911
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a bonded joint on a composite structure is presented. An apparatus carrying a first workpiece is positioned relative to a second workpiece. A vacuum is applied to the first workpiece and a portion of the second workpiece. A bladder on a first surface of a housing of the apparatus is deflated. Deflating the bladder positions the first workpiece such that adhesive having a desired thickness is positioned between the first workpiece and the second workpiece. The adhesive positioned between the first workpiece and the second workpiece is cured.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Michael Walter Evens, John F. Spalding, Jr., Megan Nicole Watson, Allan Joshua Slocum, Joel Patrick Baldwin
  • SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CREATING ALTERED ADHESIVE BONDS
    Publication number: 20150198520
    Abstract: Disclosed are systems and methods of creating altered adhesive bonded joints between metal or composite substrates, including bonds that are weaker in strength than selected reference bonds. One method of creating an altered adhesive bond includes providing a first substrate and a second substrate, selecting a manufacturing process having a plurality of steps designed to produce a desired, or reference, adhesive bond having a desired strength, and selectively altering at least one of the plurality of steps during performance of the manufacturing process to produce an altered bond between the first substrate and the second substrate, the altered bond having an altered strength that is weaker than the strength of the desired adhesive bond. The systems may include systems that may be utilized to create the altered adhesive bonds and/or test standards.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2014
    Publication date: July 16, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Allan Joshua SLOCUM, Megan Nicole WATSON, Joel P. BALDWIN, Eugene A. DAN-JUMBO, Michael W. EVENS, Kelly M. GREENE, Russell Lee KELLER, John F. SPALDING