Patents by Inventor Max Osborne

Max Osborne 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).

  • Forming tools that mix multi-part resin for composite parts
    Patent number: 11883983
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for mixing parts of a thermoset resin during impregnation of a composite preform. One embodiment is a method that includes positioning a composite preform at a forming tool, flowing a first part of the thermoset resin into a mixing chamber at the forming tool, flowing a second part of the thermoset resin that is chemically distinct from the first part of the thermoset resin into the mixing chamber, mixing the first part and the second part to form the thermoset resin within the mixing chamber, and infusing the thermoset resin from the mixing chamber into the preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Max Osborne
  • Method for impregnating a preform with resin utilizing a caul plate having a channel for distributing resin
    Patent number: 10882263
    Abstract: Systems and methods for fabricating composite parts. One embodiment is a method that includes selecting a caul plate having a body and a trough disposed at a side of the body which defines a channel that hangs beneath the body, the caul plate further having an opening disposed between the trough and the lower surface to form a fluid pathway for resin within the channel to exit into a preform. The method also includes placing the caul plate atop a preform of dry fiber and aligning the channel with a periphery of the preform, placing resin into the trough, and impregnating the preform with resin from the trough.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 5, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Max Osborne, Jason McBain
  • FORMING TOOLS THAT MIX MULTI-PART RESIN FOR COMPOSITE PARTS
    Publication number: 20200262106
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for mixing parts of a thermoset resin during impregnation of a composite preform. One embodiment is a method that includes positioning a composite preform at a forming tool, flowing a first part of the thermoset resin into a mixing chamber at the forming tool, flowing a second part of the thermoset resin that is chemically distinct from the first part of the thermoset resin into the mixing chamber, mixing the first part and the second part to form the thermoset resin within the mixing chamber, and infusing the thermoset resin from the mixing chamber into the preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 14, 2019
    Publication date: August 20, 2020
    Inventor: Max Osborne
  • CAUL PLATES THAT DEFINE CHANNELS FOR DISTRIBUTING RESIN TO COMPOSITE PARTS
    Publication number: 20190299548
    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for fabricating composite parts. One embodiment is a method that includes selecting a caul plate having a body and a trough disposed at a side of the body which defines a channel that hangs beneath the body, the caul plate further having an opening disposed between the trough and the lower surface to form a fluid pathway for resin within the channel to exit into a preform. The method also includes placing the caul plate atop a preform of dry fiber and aligning the channel with a periphery of the preform, placing resin into the trough, and impregnating the preform with resin from the trough.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Inventors: Max Osborne, Jason McBain