Patents by Inventor Bruno Miguel Costa Moniz

Bruno Miguel Costa Moniz 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).

  • AEROSPACE COMPONENT JOINTS FOR AIRCRAFT AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20230159151
    Abstract: The aerospace component joints comprise a first component member comprising a first bonding face, a second component member comprising a second bonding face, one or more bond-enhancing features, and an adhesive layer forming a bond between the first and second bonding faces. The one or more bond-enhancing features comprises a plurality of reinforcing protrusions integral with the first component member, projecting from the first bonding face through the adhesive layer, and into the component member and/or one or more adhesive-receiving recesses defined in the first or second bonding faces and filled by the adhesive layer. The methods of preparing a component member for an aerospace component joint comprise integrating one or more bond-enhancing features into the component member. The methods of forming the aerospace component joint comprise positioning and adhesive-bonding the first bonding face to the second bonding face, and integrating the bond-enhancing feature(s) into the aerospace component joint.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2021
    Publication date: May 25, 2023
    Inventors: Jens Bold, Bruno Miguel Costa Moniz, Angelo Esposito, Fernando Ricardo C. Leite
  • Aircraft
    Patent number: D1009696
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Aurora Flight Sciences Corporation, a subsidiary of The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Tony Shuo Tao, William Cooper Thalheimer, Robert William Parks, Adrian Hachen, Bruno Miguel Costa Moniz