Patents by Inventor Allister McCool

Allister McCool 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).

  • Application of stop-off material, particularly for use in diffusion bonding and superplastic forming
    Patent number: 6106644
    Abstract: A method of applying a pattern of stop-off material to a sheet is described, the pattern being stored in a computer memory; the method comprises:(a) placing the sheet (22) on a table (12) that is traversable by a printing head (14) capable of applying jets of fluid from a reservoir onto the underlying sheet,(b) supplying a suspension of stop-off material to the fluid jet reservoir and(c) traversing the printer head (14) with respect to the sheet and(d) so controlling the head that it applies jets of stop-off material to the sheet to form a pattern of stop-off material in accordance with the pattern stored in the said memory.The method finds particular use in applying stop-off material in combined diffusion bonding/superplastic forming fabrication techniques.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 1997
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: British Aerospace Public Limited Company
    Inventors: Allister McCool, Nigel D Haworth