Patents by Inventor Michael John Cloud

Michael John Cloud 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).

  • Modular thermoforming system
    Patent number: 11235508
    Abstract: A thermoforming system and related methods for manufacturing thermoplastic parts, such as interior panels for aircraft, may include a roll-to-roll operation and a forming press having at least one selectively rotatable tool. The rotatable tool, which may include a mold and/or a die, may be multifaceted, such that different faces of the tool have different mold arrangements for different forming characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 1, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Karen L. Hills, Sergio H. Sanchez, Douglas Alan Brown, Jason Christopher Lail, Michael John Cloud, Jason Turner, Richard V. Phillips, Robert Cook, Hun Sok Basom, DeWayne F. Wendt
  • Composite laminate structure having a cellular core formed using a continuous compression molding process
    Patent number: 11104085
    Abstract: A composite laminate structure includes a cellular core and a first laminate layer coupled to the cellular core. The first laminate layer includes a first thermoplastic layer and a first fiber-reinforced polymer layer, where a first surface of the first fiber-reinforced polymer layer is thermally consolidated to a second surface of the first thermoplastic layer. A first surface of the first thermoplastic layer is directly in contact with and bound to a first surface of the cellular core by temperature reduction of the first thermoplastic layer below a glass transition temperature of the first thermoplastic layer while the cellular core is pressed against the first thermoplastic layer when the first thermoplastic layer is above the glass transition temperature of the first thermoplastic layer and the cellular core is below a temperature where materials of the cellular core flow or degrade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Christopher Harold Childers, Nicholas Sondker, Michael John Cloud, Jason Turner
  • MODULAR THERMOFORMING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20200198218
    Abstract: A thermoforming system and related methods for manufacturing thermoplastic parts, such as interior panels for aircraft, may include a roll-to-roll operation and a forming press having at least one selectively rotatable tool. The rotatable tool, which may include a mold and/or a die, may be multifaceted, such that different faces of the tool have different mold arrangements for different forming characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2020
    Publication date: June 25, 2020
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Karen L. Hills, Sergio H. Sanchez, Douglas Alan Brown, Jason Christopher Lail, Michael John Cloud, Jason Turner, Richard V. Phillips, Robert Cook, Hun Sok Basom, DeWayne F. Wendt
  • COMPOSITE LAMINATE STRUCTURE HAVING A CELLULAR CORE FORMED USING A CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION MOLDING PROCESS
    Publication number: 20200156333
    Abstract: A composite laminate structure includes a cellular core and a first laminate layer coupled to the cellular core. The first laminate layer includes a first thermoplastic layer and a first fiber-reinforced polymer layer, where a first surface of the first fiber-reinforced polymer layer is thermally consolidated to a second surface of the first thermoplastic layer. A first surface of the first thermoplastic layer is directly in contact with and bound to a first surface of the cellular core by temperature reduction of the first thermoplastic layer below a glass transition temperature of the first thermoplastic layer while the cellular core is pressed against the first thermoplastic layer when the first thermoplastic layer is above the glass transition temperature of the first thermoplastic layer and the cellular core is below a temperature where materials of the cellular core flow or degrade.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2018
    Publication date: May 21, 2020
    Inventors: Christopher Harold Childers, Nicholas Sondker, Michael John Cloud, Jason Turner
  • Modular thermoforming system
    Patent number: 10576680
    Abstract: A thermoforming system and related methods for manufacturing thermoplastic parts, such as interior panels for aircraft, may include a roll-to-roll operation and a forming press having at least one selectively rotatable tool. The rotatable tool, which may include a mold and/or a die, may be multifaceted, such that different faces of the tool have different mold arrangements for different forming characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Karen L. Hills, Sergio H. Sanchez, Douglas Alan Brown, Jason Christopher Lail, Michael John Cloud, Jason Turner, Richard V. Phillips, Robert Cook, Hun Sok Basom, DeWayne F. Wendt
  • MODULAR THERMOFORMING SYSTEM
    Publication number: 20170144361
    Abstract: A thermoforming system and related methods for manufacturing thermoplastic parts, such as interior panels for aircraft, may include a roll-to-roll operation and a forming press having at least one selectively rotatable tool. The rotatable tool, which may include a mold and/or a die, may be multifaceted, such that different faces of the tool have different mold arrangements for different forming characteristics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 19, 2015
    Publication date: May 25, 2017
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Karen L. Hills, Sergio H. Sanchez, Douglas Alan Brown, Jason Christopher Lail, Michael John Cloud, Jason Turner, Richard V. Phillips, Robert Cook, Hun Sok Basom, DeWayne F. Wendt