Patents by Inventor Jonathon Komadina

Jonathon Komadina 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: 8580170
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a substantially shell-shaped component, from substantially carbon-fiber-reinforced synthetic material having at least one local reinforcing zone and at least one stiffening element, in particular a fuselage shell, a wing shell, a vertical stabilizer shell or horizontal stabilizer shell of an aircraft or the like. The process according to the invention comprises the following steps: arranging at least one doubler which has already been cured, on an at most partially cured shell skin to form the local reinforcing zone, applying at least one stiffening element which has already been cured, and placing at least one at most partially cured connecting angle bracket against the at least one stiffening element at least in the region of the at least one doubler, and curing the shell skin and the connecting angle bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Barnaby Law, Kai Schumacher, Jonathon Komadina, Jochen Mueller, Norbert Heltsch
  • Publication number: 20090115088
    Abstract: Disclosed is a process for producing a substantially shell-shaped component, from substantially carbon-fiber-reinforced synthetic material having at least one local reinforcing zone and at least one stiffening element, in particular a fuselage shell, a wing shell, a vertical stabilizer shell or horizontal stabilizer shell of an aircraft or the like. The process according to the invention comprises the following steps: arranging at least one doubler which has already been cured, on an at most partially cured shell skin to form the local reinforcing zone, applying at least one stiffening element which has already been cured, and placing at least one at most partially cured connecting angle bracket against the at least one stiffening element at least in the region of the at least one doubler, and curing the shell skin and the connecting angle bracket.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 30, 2006
    Publication date: May 7, 2009
    Inventors: Barnaby Law, Kai Schumacher, Jonathon Komadina, Jochen Mueller, Norbert Heltsch