Patents by Inventor Benjamin Adam Mussi

Benjamin Adam Mussi 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).

  • Method of laying up prepreg plies on contoured tools using a deformable carrier film
    Patent number: 9701067
    Abstract: A method is presented. The method comprises identifying a desired shape of a ply on a tool, in which the ply has a fiber orientation; identifying a cut shape for the ply, in which the cut shape is different than the desired shape; cutting a composite prepreg ply to have the cut shape, the composite prepreg ply having the fiber orientation; using a deformable carrier to apply the composite prepreg ply having the cut shape to the tool such that the composite prepreg ply has the desired shape on the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Robert D. Hawkins, Kurtis S. Willden, Andrew E. Modin, Edoardo Depase, Michael L. Glain, Benjamin Adam Mussi, Max U. Kismarton
  • METHOD OF LAYING UP PREPREG PLIES ON CONTOURED TOOLS USING A DEFORMABLE CARRIER FILM
    Publication number: 20140027048
    Abstract: A method is presented. The method comprises identifying a desired shape of a ply on a tool, in which the ply has a fiber orientation; identifying a cut shape for the ply, in which the cut shape is different than the desired shape; cutting a composite prepreg ply to have the cut shape, the composite prepreg ply having the fiber orientation; using a deformable carrier to apply the composite prepreg ply having the cut shape to the tool such that the composite prepreg ply has the desired shape on the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 7, 2013
    Publication date: January 30, 2014
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert D. Hawkins, Kurtis S. Willden, Andrew E. Modin, Edoardo Depase, Michael L. Glain, Benjamin Adam Mussi, Max U. Kismarton
  • Method of laying up prepreg plies on contoured tools using a deformable carrier film
    Patent number: 8551380
    Abstract: Composite prepreg is laid up over a tool by placing prepreg material on a carrier film and using the carrier film to apply the prepreg material to the tool. The prepreg is conformed to contours of the tool by deforming the carrier film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Robert D. Hawkins, Kurtis S. Willden, Andrew E. Modin, Edoardo Depase, Michael L. Glain, Benjamin Adam Mussi, Max U. Kismarton
  • METHOD OF LAYING UP PREPREG PLIES ON CONTOURED TOOLS USING A DEFORMABLE CARRIER FILM
    Publication number: 20120121866
    Abstract: Composite prepreg is laid up over a tool by placing prepreg material on a carrier film and using the carrier film to apply the prepreg material to the tool. The prepreg is conformed to contours of the tool by deforming the carrier film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2010
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventors: ROBERT D. HAWKINS, Kurtis S. Willden, Andrew E. Modin, Edoardo Depase, Michael L. Glain, Benjamin Adam Mussi, Max U. Kismarton