Patents by Inventor Josh E. Loukus

Josh E. Loukus 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).

  • Variable-Density Preforms
    Publication number: 20120227624
    Abstract: Provided are novel devices and methods for making a variable density preform, the methods comprising obtaining a slurry comprising a reinforcement particle component and a liquid component; obtaining a die cavity having at least one inlet opening and at least one exit opening defining at least one die cavity flow path therebetween directed toward the exit opening, the at least one exit opening suitably sized or configured to provide for exit of the at least one liquid component while impeding or blocking exit of the at least one reinforcement particle component; and introducing the slurry under pressure, and for a sufficient time period, through the inlet orifice into the die cavity flow path to provide for a decreasing pressure gradient along the flow path direction, to provide for a variable density of the at least one particle component, the particle density increasing in the at least one flow path direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2011
    Publication date: September 13, 2012
    Applicant: FTF, LLC
    Inventors: Josh E. Loukus, Robert G. Coleman, Charles Benjamin Rau, III, Dallas W. Jolley, JR.
  • Variable-density preforms
    Patent number: 8075827
    Abstract: Provided are novel devices and methods for making a variable density preform, the methods comprising obtaining a slurry comprising a reinforcement particle component and a liquid component; obtaining a die cavity having at least one inlet opening and at least one exit opening defining at least one die cavity flow path therebetween directed toward the exit opening, the at least one exit opening suitably sized or configured to provide for exit of the at least one liquid component while impeding or blocking exit of the at least one reinforcement particle component; and introducing the slurry under pressure, and for a sufficient time period, through the inlet orifice into the die cavity flow path to provide for a decreasing pressure gradient along the flow path direction, to provide for a variable density of the at least one particle component, the particle density increasing in the at least one flow path direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: FTF, LLC
    Inventors: Josh E. Loukus, Bob G. Coleman, Charles Benjamin Rau, III, Dallas W. Jolley, Jr.
  • VARIABLE-DENSITY PREFORMS
    Publication number: 20100001231
    Abstract: Provided are novel devices and methods for making a variable density preform, the methods comprising obtaining a slurry comprising a reinforcement particle component and a liquid component; obtaining a die cavity having at least one inlet opening and at least one exit opening defining at least one die cavity flow path therebetween directed toward the exit opening, the at least one exit opening suitably sized or configured to provide for exit of the at least one liquid component while impeding or blocking exit of the at least one reinforcement particle component; and introducing the slurry under pressure, and for a sufficient time period, through the inlet orifice into the die cavity flow path to provide for a decreasing pressure gradient along the flow path direction, to provide for a variable density of the at least one particle component, the particle density increasing in the at least one flow path direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 3, 2007
    Publication date: January 7, 2010
    Applicant: FTF, LLC
    Inventors: Josh E. Loukus, Bob G. Coleman, Charles Benjamin Rau, III, Dallas W. Jolley, JR.