Patents by Inventor Arthur B. Hamill

Arthur B. Hamill 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).

  • Structural component
    Patent number: 5417385
    Abstract: A structural component exposed to lightning strikes comprises a bonded assembly of a first component part (18) which has a cellular structure and a front face (20) and a second component part (22) extending across the front face (20) of the first component part (18), the second component part (22) comprising an electrically conducting first sheet (23), an electrically non-conductive second sheet (25) at the rear of the first sheet (23) and a fibre reinforced composite third sheet (26) at the rear of the second sheet (25) and positioned between the second sheet (25) and the front face (20) of the first component part (18). In one form, the electrically conducting first sheet (23) is a non-ferrous metal or metal alloy expanded foil, the electrically non-conducting second sheet (25) is a glass fibre fabric, the third sheet (26) is a carbon or graphite fibre reinforced composite sheet and the first component part (18) is an aluminium alloy honeycomb core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 1993
    Date of Patent: May 23, 1995
    Assignee: Short Brothers PLC
    Inventors: Michael J. Arnold, Charles E. Douglas, Arthur B. Hamill