Patents by Inventor Marcelo Galvão do Prado

Marcelo Galvão do Prado 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).

  • Aircraft fuselage structural components and methods of making same
    Patent number: 8844871
    Abstract: Aircraft fuselage structures have reinforcement members in the vicinity of the stringer openings formed in frame members and are rigidly lap joined to a surface region of the frame members by a friction stir weld region. Such aircraft fuselage structural components may thus be provided with plural longitudinally spaced-apart frame members defining a transversal cross-section of an aircraft fuselage section, the frame members having a plurality of stringer holes therethrough, and plural longitudinally oriented stringers each being positioned within a respective one of the stringer holes of the frame member. The reinforcement members are lap joined to corresponding surfaces of frame members in the vicinity of the stringer holes such that the reinforcement members are joined rigidly to the corresponding surfaces of the frame members by a friction stir weld region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 30, 2014
    Assignee: Embraer S.A.
    Inventors: Fernando Ferreira Fernandez, Sadao Takanashi, Lucio Camargo Fortes, Marcio Cruz, Marcelo Galvão do Prado, Clovis Augusto Eça Ferreira, José Donizette Aguiar
  • AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME
    Publication number: 20090266936
    Abstract: Aircraft fuselage structures have reinforcement members in the vicinity of the stringer openings formed in frame members and are rigidly lap joined to a surface region of the frame members by a friction stir weld region. Such aircraft fuselage structural components may thus be provided with plural longitudinally spaced-apart frame members defining a transversal cross-section of an aircraft fuselage section, the frame members having a plurality of stringer holes therethrough, and plural longitudinally oriented stringers each being positioned within a respective one of the stringer holes of the frame member. The reinforcement members are lap joined to corresponding surfaces of frame members in the vicinity of the stringer holes such that the reinforcement members are joined rigidly to the corresponding surfaces of the frame members by a friction stir weld region.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2008
    Publication date: October 29, 2009
    Inventors: Fernando Ferreira Fernandez, Sadao Takanashi, Lucio Camargo Fortes, Marcio Cruz, Marcelo Galvao do Prado, Clovis Augusto Eca Ferreira, Jose Donizette Aguiar