Patents by Inventor Brent L. Keller

Brent L. Keller 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).

  • Modular fiber placement head
    Patent number: 11117334
    Abstract: A fiber placement head for applying a plurality of composite tape segments on a mold, including one or more lane assemblies each having one or more fluid passageways that receive compressed air; a piston assembly that selectively moves relative to the lane assembly in response to receipt of compressed air; an attachment site configured to releasably couple the lane assembly to a portion of the fiber placement head; an aperture in the lane assembly configured to receive a fastener that releasably couples a subassembly to the lane module, wherein a piston from the piston assembly engages the subassembly; and a subassembly releasably coupled to each lane module by the fastener received by the aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2021
    Assignee: FIVES MACHINING SYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Stanislaus J. Blaszczyk, Christopher D. Nicholson, Brent L. Keller, Martha A. Bauer, Jeffrey C. Roberts
  • MODULAR FIBER PLACEMENT HEAD
    Publication number: 20200391451
    Abstract: A fiber placement head for applying a plurality of composite tape A fiber placement head for applying a plurality of composite tape segments on a mold, including one or more lane assemblies each having one or more fluid passageways that receive compressed air; a piston assembly that selectively moves relative to the lane assembly in response to receipt of compressed air; an attachment site configured to releasably couple the lane assembly to a portion of the fiber placement head; an aperture in the lane assembly configured to receive a fastener that releasably couples a subassembly to the lane module, wherein a piston from the piston assembly engages the subassembly; and a subassembly releasably coupled to each lane module by the fastener received by the aperture segments on a mold that includes one or more lane modules each having; one or more fluid passageways that receive compressed air; a piston assembly that selectively moves relative to the lane module in response to receipt of compressed air; an attach
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2020
    Publication date: December 17, 2020
    Inventors: Stanislaus J. Blaszczyk, Christopher D. Nicholson, Brent L. Keller, Martha A. Bauer, Jeffrey C. Roberts