Patents by Inventor Marvin M. Sutton

Marvin M. Sutton 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).

  • Superplastically formed cellular article
    Patent number: 5139887
    Abstract: Methods of making superplastically formed and diffusion bonded articles are disclosed as well as the articles made from such methods. Metal sheets are superplastically formed and diffusion bonded in a manner such that pillows are formed on respective outer surfaces thereof, providing a cellular structure interconnected by channels permitting control of gas pressure with the cells. The cellular structure can, in one embodiment, be twisted and the cells can be inflated through superplastic forming. The twisted cellular structure is particularly useful as an intermediate stiffener for an airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 16, 1990
    Date of Patent: August 18, 1992
    Assignee: Barnes Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Marvin M. Sutton
  • Method of making superplastically formed and diffusion bonded articles and the articles so made
    Patent number: 4934580
    Abstract: Methods of making superplastically formed and diffusion bonded articles are disclosed as well as the articles made from such methods. Metal sheets are superplastically formed and diffusion bonded in a manner such that pillows are formed on respective outer surfaces thereof, providing a cellular structure interconnected by channels permitting control of gas pressure with the cells. The cellular structure can, in one embodiment, be twisted and the cells can be inflated through superplastic forming. The twisted cellular structure is particularly useful as an intermediate stiffener for an airfoil.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 1988
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1990
    Assignee: Barnes Group, Inc.
    Inventor: Marvin M. Sutton