Patents by Inventor Carl Gibbons

Carl Gibbons 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).

  • Injectable rib foot cleat
    Patent number: 12110107
    Abstract: A rib foot cleat for sealing around a stringer passing through a rib mouse hole in an aircraft assembly. The rib foot cleat has a body for attaching to a rib at a rib mouse hole and defines a cleat channel configured to be arranged over the stringer. The rib foot cleat also has an injection hole through the cleat body which is in fluid communication with the cleat channel, to allow sealant material to be injected through the injection hole in to the cleat channel for sealing around the stringer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2024
    Assignee: AIRBUS OPERATIONS LIMITED
    Inventors: Benjamin Humphrys, Dave Gibbons, Carl Rice, James Powis, Martin Cribb, David Nathaniel Wilson, Michael Reilly
  • High Pressure Stranding Die
    Publication number: 20080095873
    Abstract: A perforated resin extrusion end plate (10) with a curved or arcuate perforated section suitable for use in making extruded foamed polymer strand foam bodies, extruded filled polymer strand articles of manufacture or extruded composites of fibrous organic material and a thermoplastic material such as a wood-plastic composite. The die plate does not fracture under conditions that produce fracturing of a flat perforated die plate with the same perforated area and thickness.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2006
    Publication date: April 24, 2008
    Inventors: Carl Gibbons, Martin Tusim, Andrew Brush