Patents by Inventor Daniel T. McGuiness

Daniel T. McGuiness 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).

  • Method of manufacturing a boat hull
    Patent number: 5526767
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a boat hull having an outer surface and including fiber-reinforced polymer and a plurality of stringers embedded in the fiber-reinforced polymer so that the fiber-reinforced polymer and the stringers define an inner surface of the boat hull, the method comprising the steps of providing a female mold with a periphery and an inner surface having the shape of the hull outer surface, placing dry reinforcement material on the mold inner surface, placing stringers on the dry reinforcement material, the stringers having additional dry reinforcement material thereon, providing a male mold with a periphery and an inner surface having the shape of the hull inner surface, placing the male mold over the stringers and the dry reinforcement material to define a space between the male mold and the female mold, sealing the peripheries of the male mold and the female mold, drawing a vacuum in the space between the male mold and the female mold, injecting resin into the space, and curing the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 2, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: Outboard Marine Coporation
    Inventors: Daniel T. McGuiness, Pierre P. Dubois
  • Method of manufacturing a boat hull
    Patent number: 5433165
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a boat hull having an outer surface and including fiber-reinforced polymer and a plurality of stringers embedded in the fiber-reinforced polymer so that the fiber-reinforced polymer and the stringers define an inner surface of the boat hull, the method comprising the steps of providing a female mold with a periphery and an inner surface having the shape of the hull outer surface, placing dry reinforcement material on the mold inner surface, placing stringers on the dry reinforcement material, the stringers having additional dry reinforcement material thereon, providing a male mold with a periphery and an inner surface having the shape of the hull inner surface, placing the male mold over the stringers and the dry reinforcement material to define a space between the male mold and the female mold, sealing the peripheries of the male mold and the female mold, drawing a vacuum in the space between the male mold and the female mold, injecting resin into the space, and curing the resin.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 1994
    Date of Patent: July 18, 1995
    Assignee: Outboard Marine Corporation
    Inventors: Daniel T. McGuiness, Pierre P. Dubois