Patents by Inventor Kenneth Dull

Kenneth Dull 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).

  • System and method of vacuum bagging composite parts
    Patent number: 9511519
    Abstract: A vacuum bag assembly may include a bagging film and a tube bag. The bagging film may have a bagging film length and may be positioned over a composite layup and sealed to a tool surface having an inside corner. The tube bag may have opposing tube ends and a tube bag length and may be positioned over the composite layup along a length of the inside corner. Each one of the tube ends may be sealed to the tool surface along a first portion of a tube end perimeter edge and may be sealed to the bagging film along a second portion of the tube end perimeter edge such that each one of the tube ends is openable to atmosphere.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael Louie, Kenneth Dull, Timothy Aquino
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD OF VACUUM BAGGING COMPOSITE PARTS
    Publication number: 20150217487
    Abstract: A vacuum bag assembly may include a bagging film and a tube bag. The bagging film may have a bagging film length and may be positioned over a composite layup and sealed to a tool surface having an inside corner. The tube bag may have opposing tube ends and a tube bag length and may be positioned over the composite layup along a length of the inside corner. Each one of the tube ends may be sealed to the tool surface along a first portion of a tube end perimeter edge and may be sealed to the bagging film along a second portion of the tube end perimeter edge such that each one of the tube ends is openable to atmosphere.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2014
    Publication date: August 6, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Michael Louie, Kenneth Dull, Timothy Aquino