Patents by Inventor Kenneth D. Ervin

Kenneth D. Ervin 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).

  • Method for manufacture of truss core sandwich structures and related structures thereof
    Patent number: 7424967
    Abstract: An embodiment provides a method of constructing a cellular structure having nodes therein comprising: providing at least one truss layer comprised of at least one truss unit, at least one of the truss units being comprised of truss members; providing at least one panel in mechanical communication with the at least one truss unit of the at least one truss layer, the mechanical communication defines contact regions wherein the at least one truss unit is coupled to the at least one panel; the nodes being defined as intersections existing among any of the truss members and the nodes also being defined by the contact regions; providing at least one node pin, the at least one node pin spanning between two desired the nodes; and diffusion bonding at least one of the truss layer to the at least one panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: University of Virginia Patent Foundation
    Inventors: Kenneth D. Ervin, Haydn N. G. Wadley