Patents by Inventor Charnwit Tridech

Charnwit Tridech 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).

  • Composite material suitable for a morphing skin
    Patent number: 10479478
    Abstract: A morphing skin for an air vehicle structure, the skin being formed by a composite material which includes: a multiplicity of fibers, a matrix incorporating the fibers, and a thermo-sensitive material, such as a thermo-plastic. The thermo-sensitive material can be reversibly transitionable in response to a change in temperature, between (i) an ambient temperature mode in which the thermo-sensitive material is capable of transferring loads in the composite material, and (ii) a heated mode in which the ability of the thermo-sensitive material to transfer the loads is reduced. This can allow the stiffness of the skin to be temporarily reduced to enable the skin to be morphed into a different shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Assignees: MBDA UK Limited, Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine
    Inventors: Mohammed Azad Hussain, Anthony Machell, Paul Robinson, Henry Alexander Maples, Charnwit Tridech, Alexander Bismarck