Patents by Inventor Dorekia Martin

Dorekia Martin 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).

  • METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR FORMING COMPOSITE PARTS FROM MULTI-PLY PREPREG COMPOSITE CHARGES
    Publication number: 20220118720
    Abstract: A method of forming a composite part from a mufti-ply prepreg composite charge comprises reducing pressure inside a bladder, located in a chamber that is at atmospheric pressure, below the atmospheric pressure. The method also comprises placing the multi-ply prepreg composite charge, having a first shape, in the chamber and reducing pressure inside the chamber below the atmospheric pressure. The method additionally comprises, while maintaining pressure inside the chamber below the atmospheric pressure, expanding the bladder within the chamber by increasing pressure inside the bladder to the atmospheric pressure, so that the multi-ply prepreg composite charge is compressed between the bladder and a forming tool, which is located inside the chamber, and the multi-ply prepreg composite charge is configured by the forming tool to a second shape, different from the first shape. The method also comprises curing the multi-ply prepreg composite charge, having the second shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 23, 2021
    Publication date: April 21, 2022
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Andrew E. Modin, Dorekia Martin, Richard E. Heath, Eric C. Anderson, Caleb J. Handolescu, Richard Alexander Prause, Michael C. Hargrove, Justin H. Register