Patents by Inventor Noah T. Matsumoto

Noah T. Matsumoto 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).

  • Laminated composite structures with interlaminar corrugations to improve impact damage resistance
    Patent number: 11801656
    Abstract: There is provided a laminated composite structure having improved impact damage resistance and improved strength. The laminated composite structure has a plurality of stacked layers of a composite material. The plurality of stacked layers have one or more interlaminar corrugations formed within the plurality of stacked layers. Each interlaminar corrugation has a substantially sinusoidal shaped profile, and has a depth and a length dependent on a size of the laminated composite structure formed. The laminated composite structure with the one or more interlaminar corrugations has improved strength and improved impact damage resistance at an exposed edge of the laminated composite structure, when the exposed edge is subjected to an impact force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 31, 2023
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Noah T. Matsumoto, Bernice E. Terrell, Michael A. Lee, John D. Morris
  • LAMINATED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES WITH INTERLAMINAR CORRUGATIONS TO IMPROVE IMPACT DAMAGE RESISTANCE
    Publication number: 20210316517
    Abstract: There is provided a laminated composite structure having improved impact damage resistance and improved strength. The laminated composite structure has a plurality of stacked layers of a composite material. The plurality of stacked layers have one or more interlaminar corrugations formed within the plurality of stacked layers. Each interlaminar corrugation has a substantially sinusoidal shaped profile, and has a depth and a length dependent on a size of the laminated composite structure formed. The laminated composite structure with the one or more interlaminar corrugations has improved strength and improved impact damage resistance at an exposed edge of the laminated composite structure, when the exposed edge is subjected to an impact force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2021
    Publication date: October 14, 2021
    Inventors: Noah T. Matsumoto, Bernice E. Terrell, Michael A. Lee, John D. Morris
  • Laminated composite structures with interlaminar corrugations to improve impact damage resistance, and system and method of forming the same
    Patent number: 10933595
    Abstract: There is provided a laminated composite structure having improved impact damage resistance and improved strength. The laminated composite structure has a plurality of stacked layers of a composite material. The plurality of stacked layers have one or more interlaminar corrugations formed within the plurality of stacked layers. Each interlaminar corrugation has a substantially sinusoidal shaped profile, and has a depth and a length dependent on a size of the laminated composite structure formed. The laminated composite structure with the one or more interlaminar corrugations has improved strength and improved impact damage resistance at an exposed edge of the laminated composite structure, when the exposed edge is subjected to an impact force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 2, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Noah T. Matsumoto, Bernice E. Terrell, Michael A. Lee, John D. Morris
  • LAMINATED COMPOSITE STRUCTURES WITH INTERLAMINAR CORRUGATIONS TO IMPROVE IMPACT DAMAGE RESISTANCE, AND SYSTEM AND METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME
    Publication number: 20200061937
    Abstract: There is provided a laminated composite structure having improved impact damage resistance and improved strength. The laminated composite structure has a plurality of stacked layers of a composite material. The plurality of stacked layers have one or more interlaminar corrugations formed within the plurality of stacked layers. Each interlaminar corrugation has a substantially sinusoidal shaped profile, and has a depth and a length dependent on a size of the laminated composite structure formed. The laminated composite structure with the one or more interlaminar corrugations has improved strength and improved impact damage resistance at an exposed edge of the laminated composite structure, when the exposed edge is subjected to an impact force.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 15, 2018
    Publication date: February 27, 2020
    Inventors: Noah T. Matsumoto, Bernice E. Terrell, Michael A. Lee, John D. Morris