Patents by Inventor Michael K. Louie

Michael K. Louie 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).

  • CURE TOOL WITH INTEGRATED EDGE BREATHER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20150129136
    Abstract: A tool for curing a composite layup comprises a tool body having a surface adapted to support a composite layup thereon. The tool includes an integrated breather for allowing removal of air from the layup during curing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2015
    Publication date: May 14, 2015
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Dull, Michael K. Louie, Gordon M. Cox
  • Cure tool with integrated edge breather and method of making the same
    Patent number: 8992207
    Abstract: A tool for curing a composite layup comprises a tool body having a surface adapted to support a composite layup thereon. The tool includes an integrated breather for allowing removal of air from the layup during curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Dull, Michael K. Louie, Gordon M. Cox
  • Vacuum Bag Processing of Composite Parts Using a Conformable Vacuum Bag Assembly
    Publication number: 20150008624
    Abstract: A vacuum bag assembly is used to process the composite part. The vacuum bag assembly includes a stretchable vacuum bag attached to a stretchable breather.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Michael K. Louie, Kenneth M. Dull, Timothy David Aquino, Phillip Keller Lathrop
  • Method of making a cure tool with integrated edge breather
    Patent number: 8298473
    Abstract: A method of making a tool for curing a composite layup and a method of removing air and volatiles from a composite layup during curing. The tool includes a tool body having a surface adapted to support a composite layup and includes an integrated breather for allowing removal of air from the layup during curing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Dull, Michael K. Louie, Gordon M. Cox
  • Silicone composition and devices incorporating same
    Patent number: 8257827
    Abstract: A silicone composition having anti-microbial properties contains well distributed silica and nanoparticles of a noble metal. Silica and nanoparticles of a noble metal are added to liquid vinyl-terminated polydimethylsiloxane. A coupling agent is then added to the mixture and heated, the coupling agent comprising trialkoxysilane having a formula R1Si(OR2)3, wherein R1 is vinyl or allyl, and R2 is an alkyl radical having from 1 to 3 carbon atoms. In one embodiment, trimethylsiloxy terminated polymethylhydrosiloxane is then added to the mixture and heated in the presence of a catalyst so as to cross-link and cure the same into a silicone elastomer. In another embodiment, in place of the trimethylsiloxy terminated polymethylhydrosiloxane, a peroxide is added to mixture and heated to form the silicone. In this later example, no catalyst is needed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 4, 2012
    Assignee: The Regents of the University of California
    Inventors: Frank Shi, Ralph Clayman, Michael K. Louie, Yeong-Her Lin, Yuan-Chang Lin
  • CURE TOOL WITH INTEGRATED EDGE BREATHER AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20100291258
    Abstract: A tool for curing a composite layup comprises a tool body having a surface adapted to support a composite layup thereon. The tool includes an integrated breather for allowing removal of air from the layup during curing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 15, 2009
    Publication date: November 18, 2010
    Inventors: Kenneth M. Dull, Michael K. Louie, Gordon M. Cox