Patents by Inventor Ichwan M. Zuardy

Ichwan M. Zuardy 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).

  • System for monitoring flow of a matrix material in a molding tool using a scattering optical signal transmitted along at least one optical fiber during production of a component
    Patent number: 9533453
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a fiber-reinforced composite component in production or in service. The system includes a composite component having reinforcing fibers which are encompassed by a matrix material; at least one optical fiber arranged to extend in a continuous path over a monitoring area of the composite component for contact with the matrix material; a signal generator configured to transmit an optical signal along the at least one optical fiber; and a detector device configured to detect scattering, and in particular backscattering, of the optical signal transmitted along the at least one optical fiber.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2017
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Ichwan M. Zuardy, Pierre C. Zahlen, Clemens Bockenheimer, Oliver Bullinger
  • System and method for monitoring a component in production and/or in service
    Publication number: 20130341497
    Abstract: A system for monitoring a fiber-reinforced composite component in production or in service. The system includes a composite component having reinforcing fibers which are encompassed by a matrix material; at least one optical fiber arranged to extend in a continuous path over a monitoring area of the composite component for contact with the matrix material; a signal generator configured to transmit an optical signal along the at least one optical fiber; and a detector device configured to detect scattering, and in particular backscattering, of the optical signal transmitted along the at least one optical fiber.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2013
    Publication date: December 26, 2013
    Inventors: Ichwan M. Zuardy, Pierre C. Zahlen, Clemens Bockenheimer, Oliver Bullinger