Patents by Inventor Michael Alexander Smith

Michael Alexander Smith 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).

  • Resin infusion process for manufacturing fiber-reinforced composites
    Patent number: 11123936
    Abstract: A resin infusion method that incorporates a melt-on-demand approach. The method includes: (a) providing a curable resin composition in the form of a block of frozen resin (20); (b) coupling the block of frozen resin (20) to an inlet port of a heated extruder (22), which comprises at least one rotating screw (24) housed within a heated barrel (25); (c) progressively melting the block of frozen resin (20) at the inlet port and concurrently feeding the melt resin through the heated barrel (25) to produce a liquid resin having a viscosity suitable for resin infusion; (d) continuously feeding the liquid resin exiting from the extruder to a mold, which contains a fibrous preform; and (e) introducing the liquid resin into the fibrous preform, wherein the block of frozen resin (20) provides an amount of resin composition sufficient for infusing the entire fibrous preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Date of Patent: September 21, 2021
    Assignee: CYTEC INDUSTRIES INC.
    Inventors: Jonathan Edward Meegan, Michael Alexander Smith, Scott Alfred Rogers, Jeffrey Jon Rose
  • RESIN INFUSION PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING FIBER-REINFORCED COMPOSITES
    Publication number: 20180272628
    Abstract: A resin infusion method that incorporates a melt-on-demand approach. The method includes: (a) providing a curable resin composition in the form of a block of frozen resin (20); (b) coupling the block of frozen resin (20) to an inlet port of a heated extruder (22), which comprises at least one rotating screw (24) housed within a heated barrel (25); (c) progressively melting the block of frozen resin (20) at the inlet port and concurrently feeding the melt resin through the heated barrel (25) to produce a liquid resin having a viscosity suitable for resin infusion; (d) continuously feeding the liquid resin exiting from the extruder to a mold, which contains a fibrous preform; and (e) introducing the liquid resin into the fibrous preform, wherein the block of frozen resin (20) provides an amount of resin composition sufficient for infusing the entire fibrous preform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2016
    Publication date: September 27, 2018
    Inventors: Jonathan Edward MEEGAN, Michael Alexander SMITH, Scott Alfred ROGERS, Jeffrey Jon ROSE
  • Integral retaining foot for rammed post or pole
    Patent number: 7594782
    Abstract: By attaching a formed steel plate in the shape of a tapered arrowhead with fins at each of the four corners, to the base of a post it is possible to ram a post with a integral foot that will secure it in the ground and for that post or pole to resist both upward and rotational pressure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 29, 2009
    Inventors: Michael Alexander Smith, Carolyn Yndra Smith
  • Integral retaining foot for rammed post or pole
    Publication number: 20080010914
    Abstract: By attaching a formed steel plate in the shape of a tapered arrowhead with fins at each of the four corners, to the base of a post it is possible to ram a post with a integral foot that will secure it in the ground and for that post or pole to resist both upward and rotational pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2007
    Publication date: January 17, 2008
    Inventors: Michael Alexander Smith, Carolyn Yndra Smith