Patents by Inventor Merrill W. Hogg

Merrill W. Hogg 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).

  • Composite member defining a contour surface
    Patent number: 8318291
    Abstract: A composite member and an associated method for forming the composite member are provided. The composite member is formed of a plurality of elongate tapes. Each tape is disposed a path defined by a plurality of natural path segments, each of which defines a non-natural offset angle relative to the adjacent segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Merrill W. Hogg
  • Composite Member Defining a Contour Surface
    Publication number: 20110014429
    Abstract: A composite member and an associated method for forming the composite member are provided. The composite member is formed of a plurality of elongate tapes. Each tape is disposed a path defined by a plurality of natural path segments, each of which defines a non-natural offset angle relative to the adjacent segments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 27, 2010
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventor: Merrill W. Hogg
  • Method for laying composite tape
    Patent number: 7842145
    Abstract: A composite member and an associated method for forming the composite member are provided. The composite member is formed of a plurality of elongate tapes. Each tape is disposed a path defined by a plurality of natural path segments, each of which defines a non-natural offset angle relative to the adjacent segments.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2010
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventor: Merrill W. Hogg
  • Multihead composite material application machine programming method and apparatus for manufacturing composite structures
    Patent number: 7376480
    Abstract: A composite part program generator includes a computer-aided design (CAD) system interface, a path generator, a course head manager, a post-processor and a machine simulator. The composite part program generator produces composite part programs for use on a multihead composite material application machine, such as a composite tape lamination machine or an automated fiber placement (AFP) machine, to manufacture a complex composite parts, including relatively flat, contoured, or generally cylindrical composite parts. This programming method can reduce the labor and time required to produce a composite part program for a multihead composite material application machine by an order of magnitude with respect to manual or existing automated programming methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2008
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Allen B. Hagen, Merrill W. Hogg, Alan K. Jones, Jung Soo Park, legal representative, Alan S. Locke, Paul J. Shirron, Wei-Pai Tang, Roger L. Williams, In Kon Kim