Patents by Inventor Herbert D. Smith

Herbert D. Smith 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).

  • Fabric-reinforced, flexible-walled container and method of making said container
    Patent number: 4435240
    Abstract: A flexible, fabric-reinforced, complex-shaped container comprises a fabric reinforcement material and at least one facing layer of a polymeric or elastomeric material, said fabric comprised of yarns capable of changing their effective lengths upon being shaped to a complex mold configuration and thereafter maintained in that shaped condition by curing of the composite material. The method of the invention comprises applying a differential pressure to the fabric reinforced composite in a concave mold having the desired complex configuration to move the composite into the mold cavities as the effective length of the yarns change to conform to the mold and thereafter curing of the composite so as to set the composite to the mold shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 1982
    Date of Patent: March 6, 1984
    Assignee: Goodyear Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest Knaus, Raymond J. Namsick, Herbert D. Smith
  • Fabric-reinforced, flexible-walled container and method of making said container
    Patent number: 4360124
    Abstract: A flexible, fabric-reinforced, complex-shaped container comprises a fabric reinforcement material and at least one facing layer of a polymeric or elastomeric material, said fabric comprised of yarns capable of changing their effective lengths upon being shaped to a complex mold configuration and thereafter maintained in that shaped condition by curing of the composite material. The method of the invention comprises applying a differential pressure to the fabric reinforced composite in a concave mold having the desired complex configuration to move the composite into the mold cavities as the effective length of the yarns change to conform to the mold and thereafter curing of the composite so as to set the composite to the mold shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 6, 1980
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Assignee: Goodyear Aerospace Corporation
    Inventors: Ernest Knaus, Raymond J. Namsick, Herbert D. Smith