Patents by Inventor Catherine Van Dine

Catherine Van Dine 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).

  • Segmented composite impeller/propeller arrangement and manufacturing method
    Patent number: 6854960
    Abstract: In the embodiments described in the specification, an impeller is manufactured by providing a mold for one angular segment containing one vane of an impeller and corresponding hub and rim portions, injection-molding fiber-reinforced polymer composite resin material into the mold to produce a plurality of substantially identical segments, and assembling the segments into an impeller by bonding corresponding mating end surfaces of the hub and rim portions of the segments. A veil cloth is applied to the outer surface of the rim portion and impregnated with resin material to complete the impeller structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 15, 2005
    Assignee: Electric Boat Corporation
    Inventors: Pieter Van Dine, Catherine Van Dine
  • Segmented composite impeller/propeller arrangement and manufacturing method
    Publication number: 20030235502
    Abstract: In the embodiments described in the specification, an impeller is manufactured by providing a mold for one angular segment containing one vane of an impeller and corresponding hub and rim portions, injection-molding fiber-reinforced polymer composite resin material into the mold to produce a plurality of substantially identical segments, and assembling the segments into an impeller by bonding corresponding mating end surfaces of the hub and rim portions of the segments. A veil cloth is applied to the outer surface of the rim portion and impregnated with resin material to complete the impeller structure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 24, 2002
    Publication date: December 25, 2003
    Inventors: Pieter Van Dine, Catherine Van Dine