Patents by Inventor James Niemann Buttrick

James Niemann Buttrick 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: 11801621
    Abstract: A system for curing a thermoset composite may include a tooling die configured to receive and support an uncured thermoset composite part and to heat the uncured thermoset composite part; a pressure media bag configured to be placed over the uncured thermoset composite part disposed on the tooling die and including a pressure media; and a mechanical press configured to apply a consolidation pressure to the uncured thermoset composite part disposed on the tooling die, the pressure media bag may be configured to distribute the consolidation pressure applied by the mechanical press to the uncured thermoset composite part disposed on the tooling die.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Adriana Willempje Blom-Schieber, James Niemann Buttrick, Jr., Michael David Galuska
  • Patent number: 8464434
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for measuring diameters of holes and countersinks. A tip of a countersink measurement system may be moved to engage a countersink for a hole. A diameter of the countersink may be measured in response to the tip of the countersink measurement system engaging the countersink. A probe may be moved through the tip of the countersink measurement system into a channel for the hole, while the tip is engaged with the countersink. A number of diameters for the channel may be measured as the probe moves in the hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 15, 2010
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2013
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Paul G. Kostenick, Dario I. Valenzuela, James Niemann Buttrick, Arlen Ray Pumphrey, Michael M. Stepan