Patents by Inventor Casey Grant Litaker

Casey Grant Litaker 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).

  • Coefficient of thermal expansion control structure
    Patent number: 7968021
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to the incorporation of a substructure into tooling for constructing composite structures in order to control thermal expansion of the tooling during aerospace manufacturing processes. Substructure, such as headers and/or gussets is added to the tooling to constrain the growth of the laminate expansion and/or control the diametric growth of the tool during the curing cycle. The thickness of the face-sheet of the tooling also may be reduced in order to further reduce the effective coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) of the tooling.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: William Russell Cleary, Jr., Casey Grant Litaker, Todd Leland Newkirk, Joshua Joseph Doyon