Patents by Inventor Nicholas J. Zayas

Nicholas J. Zayas 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 for forming a composite structure
    Patent number: 11305859
    Abstract: A method for forming a composite structure includes the steps of: forming a fiber-reinforced polymer paste to a shape of a cavity of a dry fiber preform structure; heating said dry fiber preform structure having said fiber-reinforced polymer in said cavity to an infusion temperature; infusing resin into said dry fiber preform structure and around said fiber-reinforced polymer; and curing said resin-infused fiber preform structure and said fiber-reinforced polymer at a cure temperature higher than said infusion temperature.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 19, 2022
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Weidong Song, Gerard J. Gallo, Gwen Marie Lanphere Gross, Jamie J. Langabeer, Jason J. McBain, Stephen L. Metschan, Jeffrey H. Olberg, Max M. Osborne, Richard V. Phillips, Paul D. Evans, Hugh A. Yap, Nicholas J. Zayas
  • METHOD FOR FORMING A COMPOSITE STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20190300141
    Abstract: A method for forming a composite structure includes the steps of: forming a fiber-reinforced polymer paste to a shape of a cavity of a dry fiber preform structure; heating said dry fiber preform structure having said fiber-reinforced polymer in said cavity to an infusion temperature; infusing resin into said dry fiber preform structure and around said fiber-reinforced polymer; and curing said resin-infused fiber preform structure and said fiber-reinforced polymer at a cure temperature higher than said infusion temperature.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 28, 2018
    Publication date: October 3, 2019
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Weidong Song, Gerard J. Gallo, Gwen Marie Lanphere Gross, Jamie J. Langabeer, Jason J. McBain, Stephen L. Metschan, Jeffrey H. Olberg, Max M. Osborne, Richard V. Phillips, Paul D. Evans, Hugh A. Yap, Nicholas J. Zayas