Patents by Inventor Charles Bybee

Charles Bybee 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).

  • Metal lamination method and structure
    Patent number: 6857558
    Abstract: A method of forge welding laminates of titanium and titanium alloys includes interleaving first and second pluralities of metal pieces in an enclosure, filling the enclosure with an inert gas, heating the enclosure and the first and second pluralities of metal pieces, and mechanically pressing the enclosure on a first axis with a force sufficient to cause the first and second pluralities of metal pieces to forge-weld together. The first and second pluralities of metal pieces may be metallurgically dissimilar from each other, and may each comprise a percentage of titanium.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 22, 2005
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Ferry, III, William Cottrell, Charles Bybee
  • Metal lamination method and structure
    Publication number: 20030162050
    Abstract: A method of forge welding laminates of titanium and titanium alloys includes interleaving first and second pluralities of metal pieces in an enclosure, filling the enclosure with an inert gas, heating the enclosure and the first and second pluralities of metal pieces, and mechanically pressing the enclosure on a first axis with a force sufficient to cause the first and second pluralities of metal pieces to forge-weld together. The first and second pluralities of metal pieces may be metallurgically dissimilar from each other, and may each comprise a percentage of titanium.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2003
    Publication date: August 28, 2003
    Inventors: Robert Thomas Ferry, William Cottrell, Charles Bybee