Patents by Inventor Erik Jan Kroon

Erik Jan Kroon 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).

  • Publication number: 20100133380
    Abstract: The invention relates to a skin panel (11) of an aircraft (1), comprising a laminate of at least one first metal sheet (40) and preferably first fiber-reinforced polymer layers (41) connected thereto. The skin panel (11) is connected to stiffening elements (4) made of a laminate of second metal sheets (40) and second fiber-reinforced polymer layers (41) connected thereto, provided that the second fiber-reinforced polymer layer comprises fibers having a modulus of elasticity in tension of greater than 110 GPa. The invention also relates to an aircraft or spacecraft provided with such skin sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: June 3, 2010
    Inventors: Geerardus Hubertus Joannes Jozeph Roebroeks, Jan Willem Gunnink, Erik Jan Kroon
  • Publication number: 20080277049
    Abstract: The invention relates to a method for adhering components to a composite molding. The method comprises stacking the components provided with an appropriate bonding means, positioning a heating means (11), provided with at least one cavity (12), over at least a section of the stack, and passing a medium brought to a first temperature through the at least one cavity of the heating means, whereby the stack is brought at least partially to the first temperature, and the components are interconnected to the molding. The invention also relates to a device for implementing the method and a heatable membrane that can be applied in the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 25, 2006
    Publication date: November 13, 2008
    Inventors: Geerardus Hubertus Joannes Jozeph Roebroeks, Erik Jan Kroon