Patents by Inventor Neil L. Hancox

Neil L. Hancox 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).

  • Reinforced plastics artificial limb component and method for making same
    Patent number: 4397048
    Abstract: An artificial limb component having one portion with an open channel cross-section and method for making the component in which woven sheets of carbon fibre reinforced plastics material in prepreg form are laid up on an inflatable expandable moulded mandrel, which is then placed in a lower mould half, a corresponding upper mould half being placed on the lower half to complete the mould. Air pressure is applied via pipe to the interior of the mandrel which is expanded within the mould halves to compress the prepreg sheets to the required shape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 1981
    Date of Patent: August 9, 1983
    Assignee: Chas. A. Blatchford & Sons Limited
    Inventors: Eric Brown, Neil L. Hancox