Patents by Inventor Gerard Sisani

Gerard Sisani 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).

  • Machine for bonding an adhesive protective edging on the edge of a multilayer panel such as a spacecraft heat shield
    Patent number: 5527420
    Abstract: The protection of the straight edges of multilayer panels (10), such as spacecraft thermal protection panels or heat shields, is ensured by an adhesive protection edging (14) having two adhesive, lateral zones bonded to the faces of the panel and a non-adhesive zone (18) placed on the edge of the panel. Following the removal of a non-adhesive protection (30b), a first adhesive, lateral zone (20b) is brought onto a working plane (22), through a slot (32), and is progressively bonded to the lower face of a panel (10) moving on said plane. The second lateral, adhesive zone is then turned down and pressed onto the upper face of the panel, after which the non-adhesive protection (30a) of said zone is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 7, 1995
    Date of Patent: June 18, 1996
    Assignee: Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle
    Inventors: Daniel A. Mauduit, Gerard Sisani
  • Process for bonding an adhesive protective edging on the edge of a multilayer panel such as a spacecraft heat shield
    Patent number: 5514238
    Abstract: The protection of the straight edges of multilayer panels (10), such as spacecraft thermal protection panels or heat shields, is ensured by an adhesive protection edging (14) having two adhesive, lateral zones bonded to the faces of the panel and a non-adhesive zone (18) placed on the edge of the panel. Following the removal of a non-adhesive protection (30b), a first adhesive, lateral zone (20b) is brought onto a working plane (22), through a slot (32), and is progressively bonded to the lower face of a panel (10) moving on said plane. The second lateral, adhesive zone is then turned down and pressed onto the upper face of the panel, after which the non-adhesive protection (30a) of said zone is removed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 1994
    Date of Patent: May 7, 1996
    Assignee: Aerospatiale Societe Nationale Industrielle
    Inventors: Daniel A. Mauduit, Gerard Sisani