Patents by Inventor Bobby Jack Ainsworth

Bobby Jack Ainsworth 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).

  • Hybrid frame co-mold manufacture
    Patent number: 8714486
    Abstract: A hybrid frame is fabricated by initially forming a stack of fibrous layers in an annular pattern. An annular metal trim is separately formed to conform with the annular pattern. The trim is trapped in a lower mold having a complementary lower mold channel. The stacked layers are trapped atop the trim in the lower mold channel. An upper mold is pressed atop the stacked layers for compression co-molding together in the lower mold the stacked layers and trim to co-form the hybrid frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 6, 2014
    Assignee: The NORDAM Group, INC.
    Inventor: Bobby Jack Ainsworth
  • Hybrid Frame Co-Mold Manufacture
    Publication number: 20120119031
    Abstract: A hybrid frame is fabricated by initially forming a stack of fibrous layers in an annular pattern. An annular metal trim is separately formed to conform with the annular pattern. The trim is trapped in a lower mold having a complementary lower mold channel. The stacked layers are trapped atop the trim in the lower mold channel. An upper mold is pressed atop the stacked layers for compression co-molding together in the lower mold the stacked layers and trim to co-form the hybrid frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2011
    Publication date: May 17, 2012
    Inventor: Bobby Jack Ainsworth
  • Aircraft window erosion shield
    Patent number: 7988094
    Abstract: An erosion shield for an aircraft window includes an annular band having a radially outer brim and a radially inner clip. The shield is sized to cover a composite window frame having an outer rim and an inner sash around a central aperture in which is mounted a window pane. The clip is asymmetrical around the central aperture to protect the sash and permit assembly of the shield thereto.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Inventors: Scott Ernest Ostrem, Kevin Steven Jackson, Stephen Frederick Joseph Wallace, Bobby Jack Ainsworth, Richard William Brigman