Patents by Inventor Frederick K. Klein

Frederick K. Klein 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).

  • Tape course generation method and apparatus for programming a composite tape lamination machine
    Patent number: 7869982
    Abstract: A method of defining a composite tape course to form at least a portion of a composite part ply comprises approximating a contoured surface with a reference plane. The method further includes selecting a three-dimensional reference surface to approximate the contoured surface and defining a first function to correlate a first point from the contoured surface to a first intermediate point on the reference surface. The method includes selecting the reference plane to approximate the reference surface, defining a second function to correlate the first intermediate point to a reference point in the reference plane, and mapping a ply boundary from the contoured surface to a reference ply boundary in the reference plane. A tape boundary may be mapped from the contoured surface to a reference tape boundary in the reference plane.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 11, 2011
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael Drumheller, Alan K. Jones, Frederick K. Klein