Patents by Inventor Jennifer Sue Noel
Jennifer Sue Noel 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).
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Patent number: 10882262Abstract: A composite manufacturing system for aircraft structures is provided. The composite manufacturing system comprises a tool for forming a composite structure, a vacuum bag, and a tool base. The tool comprises cured composite planks and layers of flexible material. The cured composite planks run parallel to each other. The layers of flexible material are positioned between and bonded to the cured composite planks. The vacuum bag surrounds the tool and is configured to apply pressure to the tool during curing of the composite structure. The tool is configured to deform in response to the pressure and prevent poor quality laminate and/or anomalies from developing in the composite structure during curing. The tool base is configured to hold the tool in place as it deforms.Type: GrantFiled: August 22, 2018Date of Patent: January 5, 2021Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Michael A. Lee, Jennifer Sue Noel, John Dempsey Morris
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Publication number: 20200061939Abstract: A composite manufacturing system for aircraft structures is provided. The composite manufacturing system comprises a tool for forming a composite structure, a vacuum bag, and a tool base. The tool comprises cured composite planks and layers of flexible material. The cured composite planks run parallel to each other. The layers of flexible material are positioned between and bonded to the cured composite planks. The vacuum bag surrounds the tool and is configured to apply pressure to the tool during curing of the composite structure. The tool is configured to deform in response to the pressure and prevent poor quality laminate and/or anomalies from developing in the composite structure during curing. The tool base is configured to hold the tool in place as it deforms.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 22, 2018Publication date: February 27, 2020Inventors: Michael A. Lee, Jennifer Sue Noel, John Dempsey Morris
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Patent number: 10425997Abstract: A composite part is cured out-of-autoclave using an inductively heated, stand-alone tooling. The part in placed on a tool and is covered by a heating blanket. One side of the part is heated by inductive coil circuits in the tool, and the other side of the part is heated by inductive coil circuits in the blanket.Type: GrantFiled: February 1, 2016Date of Patent: September 24, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Marc Rollo Matsen, Robert James Miller, Mark Alan Negley, Jennifer Sue Noel
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Patent number: 10155347Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing composite parts. An expandable tool with a transfer system may be moved on a surface of the expandable tool into an outer mold line tool with a composite material laid up on the outer mold line tool. The expandable tool may be expanded in the outer mold line tool to change the surface from a retracted state to an expanded state. The transfer system may be transferred from the expandable tool with the surface in the expanded state to the outer mold line tool.Type: GrantFiled: May 6, 2016Date of Patent: December 18, 2018Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Joseph D. Brennan, Donald Chester Darrow, Kenneth M. Dull, William S. Hollensteiner, Jennifer Sue Noel, Brian G. Robins, Darrell D. Jones
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Publication number: 20160243768Abstract: An apparatus for manufacturing composite parts. An expandable tool with a transfer system may be moved on a surface of the expandable tool into an outer mold line tool with a composite material laid up on the outer mold line tool. The expandable tool may be expanded in the outer mold line tool to change the surface from a retracted state to an expanded state. The transfer system may be transferred from the expandable tool with the surface in the expanded state to the outer mold line tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 6, 2016Publication date: August 25, 2016Inventors: Joseph D. Brennan, Donald Chester Darrow, Kenneth M. Dull, William S. Hollensteiner, Jennifer Sue Noel, Brian G. Robins, Darrell D. Jones
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Publication number: 20160157302Abstract: A composite part is cured out-of-autoclave using an inductively heated, stand-alone tooling. The part in placed on a tool and is covered by a heating blanket. One side of the part is heated by inductive coil circuits in the tool, and the other side of the part is heated by inductive coil circuits in the blanket.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 1, 2016Publication date: June 2, 2016Inventors: Marc Rollo Matsen, Robert James Miller, Mark Alan Negley, Jennifer Sue Noel
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Patent number: 9346221Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing composite parts. An expandable tool with a transfer system may be moved on a surface of the expandable tool into an outer mold line tool with a composite material laid up on the outer mold line tool. The expandable tool may be expanded in the outer mold line tool to change the surface from a retracted state to an expanded state. The transfer system may be transferred from the expandable tool with the surface in the expanded state to the outer mold line tool.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: May 24, 2016Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Joseph D. Brennan, Donald Chester Darrow, Kenneth M. Dull, William S. Hollensteiner, Jennifer Sue Noel, Brian G. Robins, Darrell D Jones
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Patent number: 9259886Abstract: A composite part is cured out-of-autoclave using an inductively heated, stand-alone tooling. The part in placed on a tool and is covered by a heating blanket. One side of the part is heated by inductive coil circuits in the tool, and the other side of the part is heated by inductive coil circuits in the blanket.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2011Date of Patent: February 16, 2016Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Marc Rollo Matsen, Robert James Miller, Mark Alan Negley, Jennifer Sue Noel
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Patent number: 9199417Abstract: Methods of assembling a stiffened composite structure include loading, with a stiffener loading tool, a respective stiffener from a supply of stiffeners onto an inner mold line layup mandrel; repeating the loading to load a plurality of stiffeners onto the inner mold line layup mandrel; and following the repeating, affixing a respective skin segment from a supply of skin segments to the plurality of stiffeners loaded on the inner mold line layup mandrel to form at least a portion of the stiffened composite structure. Systems for assembling stiffened composite structures include a supply of stiffeners; an inner mold line layup mandrel; and a stiffener loading tool configured to load the respective stiffener onto the inner mold line layup mandrel.Type: GrantFiled: January 2, 2013Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Daniel M. Rotter, Jennifer Sue Noel, Brian G. Robins, Kimberlee Madden, Henry Macias, Brad A. Coxon, Stephen K. Kirchmeier, Joseph D. Anderson, Kurtis S. Willden
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Patent number: 9199418Abstract: Systems and methods for assembling a skin of a composite structure on an outer surface of an inner mold line layup mandrel. The systems and methods include receiving a plurality of ply kits, assembling the plurality of ply kits to form a skin segment that defines a portion of the skin, and affixing the skin segment to the outer surface of the layup mandrel. The assembling includes transferring a respective ply kit of the plurality of ply kits to a non-planar transfer tool, compacting the respective ply kit on the non-planar transfer tool, and repeating the transferring and the compacting for each ply kit in the plurality of ply kits to form the skin segment.Type: GrantFiled: January 23, 2015Date of Patent: December 1, 2015Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Daniel M. Rotter, Paul Chih-Yung Chang, Brad A. Coxon, Paul E. Nelson, Kimberlee Madden, Henry Macias, Jennifer Sue Noel, Eugene H. Jeppesen, Kurtis S. Willden, Arvid J. Berg, Richard V. Phillips, Stephen Lee Metschan, Stephen K. Kirchmeier, Joseph D. Anderson, Scott A. Boner
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Patent number: 8974618Abstract: Systems and methods for assembling a skin of a composite structure on an outer surface of an inner mold line layup mandrel. The systems and methods include receiving a plurality of ply kits, assembling the plurality of ply kits to form a skin segment that defines a portion of the skin, and affixing the skin segment to the outer surface of the layup mandrel. The assembling includes transferring a respective ply kit of the plurality of ply kits to a non-planar transfer tool, compacting the respective ply kit on the non-planar transfer tool, and repeating the transferring and the compacting for each ply kit in the plurality of ply kits to form the skin segment.Type: GrantFiled: December 4, 2012Date of Patent: March 10, 2015Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Daniel M. Rotter, Paul Chih-Yung Chang, Brad A. Coxon, Paul E. Nelson, Kimberlee Madden, Henry Macias, Jennifer Sue Noel, Eugene H. Jeppesen, Kurtis S. Willden, Arvid J. Berg, Richard V. Phillips, Stephen Lee Metschan, Stephen K. Kirchmeier, Joseph D. Anderson, Scott A. Boner
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Patent number: 8454870Abstract: A method for manufacturing composite parts. A temporary removal layer may be placed on an inner mold line tool. A composite material may be laid up on the inner mold line tool for a composite part. The inner mold line tool may be positioned with the composite part inside an outer mold line tool. The composite part and the temporary removal layer may be transferred from the inner mold line tool to the outer mold line tool. The inner mold line tool and the temporary removal layer may be removed from inside of the outer mold line tool after transferring the composite part and the temporary removal layer to the outer mold line tool.Type: GrantFiled: December 19, 2008Date of Patent: June 4, 2013Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: William S. Hollensteiner, Joseph D. Brennan, Jennifer Sue Noel, Kurtis Shuldberg Willden, Daniel M. Rotter, Shane Edward Arthur, Brian G. Robins, Darrell D. Jones
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Publication number: 20120145703Abstract: A composite part is cured out-of-autoclave using an inductively heated, stand-alone tooling. The part in placed on a tool and is covered by a heating blanket. One side of the part is heated by inductive coil circuits in the tool, and the other side of the part is heated by inductive coil circuits in the blanket.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 29, 2011Publication date: June 14, 2012Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Marc Rollo Matsen, Robert James Miller, Mark Alan Negley, Jennifer Sue Noel
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Publication number: 20100155984Abstract: A method for manufacturing composite parts. A temporary removal layer may be placed on an inner mold line tool. A composite material may be laid up on the inner mold line tool for a composite part. The inner mold line tool may be positioned with the composite part inside an outer mold line tool. The composite part and the temporary removal layer may be transferred from the inner mold line tool to the outer mold line tool. The inner mold line tool and the temporary removal layer may be removed from inside of the outer mold line tool after transferring the composite part and the temporary removal layer to the outer mold line tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: William S. Hollensteiner, Joseph D. Brennan, Jennifer Sue Noel, Kurtis Shuldberg Willden, Daniel M. Rotter, Shane Edward Arthur, Brian G. Robins, Darrell D. Jones
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Publication number: 20100154990Abstract: A method and apparatus for manufacturing composite parts. An expandable tool with a transfer system may be moved on a surface of the expandable tool into an outer mold line tool with a composite material laid up on the outer mold line tool. The expandable tool may be expanded in the outer mold line tool to change the surface from a retracted state to an expanded state. The transfer system may be transferred from the expandable tool with the surface in the expanded state to the outer mold line tool.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 19, 2008Publication date: June 24, 2010Inventors: Joseph D. Brennan, Donald Chester Darrow, Kenneth M. Dull, William S. Hollensteiner, Jennifer Sue Noel