Patents by Inventor Michael A. Rigdon

Michael A. Rigdon 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).

  • Method of fabricating fiber-reinforced metal composites
    Patent number: 4655384
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a fiber-reinforced metal matrix composite including the steps of mounting of a braided fiber tube on a substrate, wrapping a braze foil about the braided fiber tube to form an assembly that is encapsulated by a metal capsule which is creep collapsed onto the assembly at a temperature below the braze foil flowpoint. The encapsulated assembly is subsequently heated to a temperature sufficient to induce flow of the braze foil alloy and later cooled to allow solidification and annealing of the resulting fiber reinforced metal composite.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 1985
    Date of Patent: April 7, 1987
    Assignee: The Babcock & Wilcox Company
    Inventors: Michael A. Rigdon, Clemens F. Zurlippe