Patents by Inventor Everette Gray

Everette Gray 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).

  • Filament fastener that cures with composite part
    Patent number: 11772360
    Abstract: Systems and methods for filament fastener that cures with composite part. One embodiment is a method of fabricating a composite part. The method includes placing layers of reinforcement fibers over a tool to form a laminate of composite material to be cured with a first resin, forming a filament fastener comprising bundled fibers with one or more texture elements around the bundled fibers, and coating the filament fastener with a second resin that is chemically compatible with the first resin. The method also includes inserting the filament fastener into the laminate through a plurality of the layers, and curing the filament fastener within the laminate to bind the plurality of the layers of the laminate with the one or more texture elements of the filament fastener via bonding of the first resin and the second resin to form the composite part with delamination resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 3, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jerry Chungbin, Mark Rogalski, Everette Gray
  • FILAMENT FASTENER THAT CURES WITH COMPOSITE PART
    Publication number: 20220305758
    Abstract: Systems and methods for filament fastener that cures with composite part. One embodiment is a method of fabricating a composite part. The method includes placing layers of reinforcement fibers over a tool to form a laminate of composite material to be cured with a first resin, forming a filament fastener comprising bundled fibers with one or more texture elements around the bundled fibers, and coating the filament fastener with a second resin that is chemically compatible with the first resin. The method also includes inserting the filament fastener into the laminate through a plurality of the layers, and curing the filament fastener within the laminate to bind the plurality of the layers of the laminate with the one or more texture elements of the filament fastener via bonding of the first resin and the second resin to form the composite part with delamination resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Inventors: Jerry Chungbin, Mark Rogalski, Everette Gray
  • Filament fastener that cures with composite part
    Patent number: 11446900
    Abstract: Systems and methods for filament fastener that cures with composite part. One embodiment is a method of fabricating a composite part. The method includes placing layers of reinforcement fibers over a tool to form a laminate of composite material to be cured with a first resin, forming a filament fastener comprising bundled fibers with one or more texture elements around the bundled fibers, and coating the filament fastener with a second resin that is chemically compatible with the first resin. The method also includes inserting the filament fastener into the laminate through a plurality of the layers, and curing the filament fastener within the laminate to bind the plurality of the layers of the laminate with the one or more texture elements of the filament fastener via bonding of the first resin and the second resin to form the composite part with delamination resistance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Jerry Chungbin, Mark Rogalski, Everette Gray
  • FILAMENT FASTENER THAT CURES WITH COMPOSITE PART
    Publication number: 20210008835
    Abstract: Systems and methods for filament fastener that cures with composite part. One embodiment is a method of fabricating a composite part. The method includes placing layers of reinforcement fibers over a tool to form a laminate of composite material to be cured with a first resin, forming a filament fastener comprising bundled fibers with one or more texture elements around the bundled fibers, and coating the filament fastener with a second resin that is chemically compatible with the first resin. The method also includes inserting the filament fastener into the laminate through a plurality of the layers, and curing the filament fastener within the laminate to bind the plurality of the layers of the laminate with the one or more texture elements of the filament fastener via bonding of the first resin and the second resin to form the composite part with delamination resistance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2019
    Publication date: January 14, 2021
    Inventors: Jerry Chungbin, Mark Rogalski, Everette Gray