Patents by Inventor Benjamin S. Northup

Benjamin S. Northup 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).

  • Integrated gas purge path for welded sandwich structure
    Patent number: 10654125
    Abstract: A method of forming a weld on a work piece is disclosed. The method may include creating an internal cavity along the work piece and extending a conduit having an exit orifice into the internal cavity such that the exit orifice may be positioned adjacent to the weld to be formed. The method may further include supplying a purge gas to the conduit, the purge gas being carried through the conduit and pushed out of the exit orifice so as to displace undesirable gasses away from the weld to be formed and then subsequently forming the weld.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William R. Schell, Edward O. Jorgenson, Jack W. Mauldin, Mark D. Gilcreest, Benjamin S. Northup
  • Integrated Gas Purge Path for Welded Sandwich Structure
    Publication number: 20170241577
    Abstract: A method of forming a weld on a work piece is disclosed. The method may include creating an internal cavity along the work piece and extending a conduit having an exit orifice into the internal cavity such that the exit orifice may be positioned adjacent to the weld to be formed. The method may further include supplying a purge gas to the conduit, the purge gas being carried through the conduit and pushed out of the exit orifice so as to displace undesirable gasses away from the weld to be formed and then subsequently forming the weld.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2016
    Publication date: August 24, 2017
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William R. Schell, Edward O. Jorgenson, Jack W. Mauldin, Mark D. Gilcreest, Benjamin S. Northup