Patents by Inventor Elizabeth D. Blahut

Elizabeth D. Blahut 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 APPARATUS FOR MECHANICALLY JOINING METAL COMPONENTS AND COMPOSITE COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20120201999
    Abstract: A method for joining a composite structure and a metallic structure is described. The method includes aligning the composite structure and the metallic structure, drilling a hole through the aligned structures creating an aligned hole, and inserting an interference fit fastener through the aligned hole such that the interference fit fastener engages a cylindrical wall in the composite structure formed by the drilling of the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2011
    Publication date: August 9, 2012
    Inventors: Mark A. Woods, John E. Inman, Edward E. Feikert, Julie R. Jones, Elizabeth D. Blahut