Patents by Inventor Geoffrey Allen Butler

Geoffrey Allen Butler 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).

  • Patent number: 10927543
    Abstract: An acoustic attenuation structure comprises a gas permeable composite facesheet, a cellular core, and an impermeable backing. The gas permeable composite facesheet has a designated porosity. The designated porosity causes the permeability of the gas permeable composite facesheet. The gas permeable composite facesheet comprises a carbon fiber fabric. The cellular core is bonded to the gas permeable composite facesheet using a resin of the gas permeable composite facesheet without any additional adhesive. The impermeable backing is connected to the cellular core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Date of Patent: February 23, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Geoffrey Allen Butler, Justin Honshune Lan
  • Patent number: 10828851
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are presented. The method locally compensates for cure related deformations in a composite skin by laying up a composite material on a compensation surface of a slip sheet designed to form a modified outer mold line different from a designed shape, wherein the slip sheet is held against a forming surface of a layup tool, wherein the forming surface is designed to form an outer mold line of the designed shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 10, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Max U. Kismarton, Karl Marius Nelson, Geoffrey Allen Butler
  • Patent number: 10363726
    Abstract: An acoustic liner having a honeycomb core is fabricated by forming septa in a sheet of material, and assembling the sheet of material and the core. During the assembly process, the septa are respectively inserted as a group into cells of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Date of Patent: July 30, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Geoffrey Allen Butler, Justin Honshune Lan, Noel T. Gerken, Garry M. Duschl, Benjamin Julius Day
  • Publication number: 20190030839
    Abstract: A method and an apparatus are presented. The method locally compensates for cure related deformations in a composite skin by laying up a composite material on a compensation surface of a slip sheet designed to form a modified outer mold line different from a designed shape, wherein the slip sheet is held against a forming surface of a layup tool, wherein the forming surface is designed to form an outer mold line of the designed shape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2017
    Publication date: January 31, 2019
    Inventors: Max U. Kismarton, Karl Marius Nelson, Geoffrey Allen Butler
  • Publication number: 20190003177
    Abstract: An acoustic attenuation structure comprises a gas permeable composite facesheet, a cellular core, and an impermeable backing. The gas permeable composite facesheet has a designated porosity. The designated porosity causes the permeability of the gas permeable composite facesheet. The gas permeable composite facesheet comprises a carbon fiber fabric. The cellular core is bonded to the gas permeable composite facesheet using a resin of the gas permeable composite facesheet without any additional adhesive. The impermeable backing is connected to the cellular core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 19, 2017
    Publication date: January 3, 2019
    Inventors: Geoffrey Allen Butler, Justin Honshune Lan
  • Patent number: 9943992
    Abstract: An apparatus may comprise a tool capable of holding a part during curing of the part, and a passive temperature control system. The passive temperature control system may have a phase change material selected as having a phase change temperature that may be capable of controlling heat generated by the part during curing of the part held by the tool.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Karl M. Nelson, Geoffrey Allen Butler
  • Patent number: 9643392
    Abstract: An acoustic liner having a honeycomb core is fabricated by forming septa in a sheet of material, and assembling the sheet of material and the core. During the assembly process, the septa are respectively inserted as a group into cells of the core.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2017
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Geoffrey Allen Butler, Justin Honshune Lan, Noel T. Gerken, Garry M. Duschl, Benjamin Julius Day
  • Publication number: 20170072674
    Abstract: An acoustic liner having a honeycomb core is fabricated by forming septa in a sheet of material, and assembling the sheet of material and the core. During the assembly process, the septa are respectively inserted as a group into cells of the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Geoffrey Allen Butler, Justin Honshune Lan, Noel T. Gerken, Garry M. Duschl, Benjamin Julius Day
  • Patent number: 9277594
    Abstract: The thermal cycle time for curing a thermoset composite part in an autoclave is reduced by placing a heating blanket in proximity to an area of the composite part that is slow-to-heat, and inductively heating the area of the composite part that is slow-to-heat using the heating blanket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2013
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2016
    Inventors: Marc Rollo Matsen, Robert James Miller, Brian W. Smith, Geoffrey Allen Butler, Karl Marius Nelson
  • Publication number: 20150027629
    Abstract: An acoustic liner having a honeycomb core is fabricated by forming septa in a sheet of material, and assembling the sheet of material and the core. During the assembly process, the septa are respectively inserted as a group into cells of the core.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Geoffrey Allen Butler, Justin Honshune Lan, Noel T. Gerken, Garry M. Duschl, Benjamin Julius Day
  • Publication number: 20150030803
    Abstract: A composite laminate has a pattern of holes therein. The holes are formed by laying down plies of unidirectional pre-preg material having varying fiber orientations. The tows are spaced apart and located to form holes through the laminate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Geoffrey Allen Butler, Brice A. Johnson, Jessica R. Hughes, Justin Honshune Lan
  • Publication number: 20120227247
    Abstract: An apparatus may comprise a tool capable of holding a part during curing of the part, and a passive temperature control system. The passive temperature control system may have a phase change material selected as having a phase change temperature that may be capable of controlling heat generated by the part during curing of the part held by the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2012
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Karl M. Nelson, Geoffrey Allen Butler
  • Publication number: 20100140842
    Abstract: An apparatus may comprise a tool capable of holding a part during curing of the part, and a passive temperature control system. The passive temperature control system may have a phase change material selected as having a phase change temperature that may be capable of controlling heat generated by the part during curing of the part held by the tool.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 9, 2008
    Publication date: June 10, 2010
    Inventors: Karl M. Nelson, Geoffrey Allen Butler