Patents by Inventor KENNETH HARLAN GRIESS

KENNETH HARLAN GRIESS 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).

  • Internal tooling for composite parts
    Patent number: 11358345
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for composite part fabrication. One embodiment is a method for fabricating a composite part. The method includes selecting a tool with sides made of a core material in a desired size and shape, disposing a preform of a fiber reinforced material that surrounds the tool, resulting in a lamina assembly comprising the preform and the tool, heating the tool and the preform, co-bonding the tool to the fiber reinforced material within the lamina assembly, and hardening the preform and the tool into a hybrid composite part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Gary E. Georgeson, Kenneth Harlan Griess
  • Multi-layer metallic structure and composite-to-metal joint methods
    Patent number: 11084269
    Abstract: A composite structure comprises stacked sets of laminated fiber reinforced resin plies and metal sheets. Edges of the resin plies and metal sheets are interleaved to form a composite-to-metal joint connecting the resin plies with the metal sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Harlan Griess, Gary E. Georgeson
  • MULTI-LAYER METALLIC STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITE-TO-METAL JOINT METHODS
    Publication number: 20210101381
    Abstract: A composite structure comprises stacked sets of laminated fiber reinforced resin plies and metal sheets. Edges of the resin plies and metal sheets are interleaved to form a composite-to-metal joint connecting the resin plies with the metal sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2018
    Publication date: April 8, 2021
    Inventors: Kenneth Harlan Griess, Gary E. Georgeson
  • Apparatus configured as a structure comprising a skin including a bond without a splice plate
    Patent number: 10793250
    Abstract: A composite structure comprises stacked sets of laminated fiber reinforced resin plies and metal sheets. Edges of the resin plies and metal sheets are interleaved to form a composite-to-metal joint connecting the resin plies with the metal sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Gary Ernest Georgeson, Kenneth Harlan Griess
  • INTERNAL TOOLING FOR COMPOSITE PARTS
    Publication number: 20200207031
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for composite part fabrication. One embodiment is a method for fabricating a composite part. The method includes selecting a tool with sides made of a core material in a desired size and shape, disposing a preform of a fiber reinforced material that surrounds the tool, resulting in a lamina assembly comprising the preform and the tool, heating the tool and the preform, co-bonding the tool to the fiber reinforced material within the lamina assembly, and hardening the preform and the tool into a hybrid composite part.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 2, 2019
    Publication date: July 2, 2020
    Inventors: Gary E. Georgeson, Kenneth Harlan Griess
  • Multi-layer metallic structure and composite-to-metal joint methods
    Patent number: 10112373
    Abstract: A composite structure comprises stacked sets of laminated fiber reinforced resin plies and metal sheets. Edges of the resin plies and metal sheets are interleaved to form a composite-to-metal joint connecting the resin plies with the metal sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2018
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Harlan Griess, Gary E. Georgeson
  • Structural repair having optical witness and method of monitoring repair performance
    Patent number: 9931827
    Abstract: A structural repair includes a tell-tale optical witness that allows the health of the repair to be visually monitored. The optical witness includes a stress sensitive fluorescent dye that shows changes in local strain/stress patterns when the repair is subjected to electromagnetic energy of a particular wavelength. The dyes fluoresce more or less strongly as a function of the local stress/strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Date of Patent: April 3, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Gary E. Georgeson, Kenneth Harlan Griess, Russell Lee Keller, Everett A. Westerman
  • Process for inhibiting galvanic corrosion of an aluminum structure connected, without using a splice plate, to a composite structure having a fiber including graphite
    Patent number: 9919507
    Abstract: A composite structure comprises stacked sets of laminated fiber reinforced resin plies and metal sheets. Edges of the resin plies and metal sheets are interleaved to form a composite-to-metal joint connecting the resin plies with the metal sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2018
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Gary Ernest Georgeson, Kenneth Harlan Griess
  • Process for Inhibiting Galvanic Corrosion of an Aluminum Structure Connected, Without Using a Splice Plate, to a Composite Structure Having a Fiber Including Graphite
    Publication number: 20170136757
    Abstract: A composite structure comprises stacked sets of laminated fiber reinforced resin plies and metal sheets. Edges of the resin plies and metal sheets are interleaved to form a composite-to-metal joint connecting the resin plies with the metal sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: May 18, 2017
    Inventors: Gary Ernest Georgeson, Kenneth Harlan Griess
  • Apparatus Configured as a Structure Comprising a Skin Including a Bond without a Splice Plate
    Publication number: 20170100909
    Abstract: A composite structure comprises stacked sets of laminated fiber reinforced resin plies and metal sheets. Edges of the resin plies and metal sheets are interleaved to form a composite-to-metal joint connecting the resin plies with the metal sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2016
    Publication date: April 13, 2017
    Inventors: Gary Ernest Georgeson, Kenneth Harlan Griess
  • Methods for making composite structures having composite-to-metal joints
    Patent number: 9522512
    Abstract: A composite structure comprises stacked sets of laminated fiber reinforced resin plies and metal sheets. Edges of the resin plies and metal sheets are interleaved to form a composite-to-metal joint connecting the resin plies with the metal sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Gary Ernest Georgeson, Kenneth Harlan Griess
  • Peel-resistant mechanism for use in bonding components
    Patent number: 9440422
    Abstract: A peel-resistant mechanism includes a body and a plurality of arms extending from the body such that a recess is defined between each pair of adjacent arms. At least one of the arms is positionable to facilitate restricting an edge disbond from spreading across the body of the patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Harlan Griess, Gary E. Georgeson, Russell Lee Keller
  • STRUCTURAL REPAIR HAVING OPTICAL WITNESS AND METHOD OF MONITORING REPAIR PERFORMANCE
    Publication number: 20150338296
    Abstract: A structural repair includes a tell-tale optical witness that allows the health of the repair to be visually monitored. The optical witness includes a stress sensitive fluorescent dye that shows changes in local strain/stress patterns when the repair is subjected to electromagnetic energy of a particular wavelength. The dyes fluoresce more or less strongly as a function of the local stress/strain.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 27, 2015
    Publication date: November 26, 2015
    Inventors: Gary E. Georgeson, Kenneth Harlan Griess, Russell Lee Keller, Everett A. Westerman
  • Structural repair having optical witness and method of monitoring repair performance
    Patent number: 9085052
    Abstract: A structural repair includes a tell-tale optical witness that allows the health of the repair to be visually monitored. The optical witness includes a stress sensitive fluorescent dye that shows changes in local strain/stress patterns when the repair is subjected to electromagnetic energy of a particular wavelength. The dyes fluoresce more or less strongly as a function of the local stress/strain.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: July 21, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Gary E. Georgeson, Kenneth Harlan Griess, Russell Lee Keller, Everett A. Westerman, Jr.
  • MULTI-LAYER METALLIC STRUCTURE AND COMPOSITE-TO-METAL JOINT METHODS
    Publication number: 20150129113
    Abstract: A composite structure comprises stacked sets of laminated fiber reinforced resin plies and metal sheets. Edges of the resin plies and metal sheets are interleaved to form a composite-to-metal joint connecting the resin plies with the metal sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Kenneth Harlan Griess, Gary E. Georgeson
  • Multi-layer metallic structure and composite-to-metal joint methods
    Patent number: 8993084
    Abstract: A composite structure comprises stacked sets of laminated fiber reinforced resin plies and metal sheets. Edges of the resin plies and metal sheets are interleaved to form a composite-to-metal joint connecting the resin plies with the metal sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Harlan Griess, Gary E. Georgeson
  • PEEL-RESISTANT MECHANISM FOR USE IN BONDING COMPONENTS
    Publication number: 20150041044
    Abstract: A peel-resistant mechanism includes a body and a plurality of arms extending from the body such that a recess is defined between each pair of adjacent arms. At least one of the arms is positionable to facilitate restricting an edge disbond from spreading across the body of the patch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2014
    Publication date: February 12, 2015
    Inventors: Kenneth Harlan Griess, Gary E. Georgeson, Russell Lee Keller
  • Composite Structures having Composite-to-Metal Joints and Method for Making the Same
    Publication number: 20150024160
    Abstract: A composite structure comprises stacked sets of laminated fiber reinforced resin plies and metal sheets. Edges of the resin plies and metal sheets are interleaved to form a composite-to-metal joint connecting the resin plies with the metal sheets.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2014
    Publication date: January 22, 2015
    Inventors: Gary Ernest Georgeson, Kenneth Harlan Griess
  • Composite structures having composite-to-metal joints and method for making the same
    Patent number: 8894801
    Abstract: A composite structure comprises stacked sets of laminated fiber reinforced resin plies and metal sheets. Edges of the resin plies and metal sheets are interleaved to form a composite-to-metal joint connecting the resin plies with the metal sheets.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Harlan Griess, Gary E. Georgeson
  • Peel-resistant mechanism for use in bonding components
    Patent number: 8895130
    Abstract: A peel-resistant mechanism includes a body and a plurality of arms extending from the body such that a recess is defined between each pair of adjacent arms. At least one of the arms is positionable to facilitate restricting an edge disbond from spreading across the body of the patch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kenneth Harlan Griess, Gary E. Georgeson, Russell Lee Keller