Patents by Inventor Noel Timothy Gerken
Noel Timothy Gerken 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).
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Patent number: 10828882Abstract: A composite acoustic liner has a septumized cellular core. Septa are installed in the core as the individual core cells are being formed. Individual tools are used to both form the cells of the core and index the septa within the cells. The septa and the cellular core are cocured.Type: GrantFiled: January 24, 2018Date of Patent: November 10, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Noel Timothy Gerken, Eric Herrera, Nicholas John Patz
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Patent number: 10542363Abstract: A laser cuts overlapping ribbons of acoustic material into acoustic devices. An automatically controlled manipulator includes an end effector having groups of placement tools for simultaneously placing multiple acoustic devices in a cellular core. The placement tools include mandrels provided with vacuum pickups for picking up and holding the acoustic devices during transport to the core. A vision system aligns the placement tools with the cells of the core. The end effector includes a thermal radiation device for bonding the acoustic devices to the core.Type: GrantFiled: June 26, 2017Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Eric Herrera, Noel Timothy Gerken, John Scott Bauman
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Patent number: 10513347Abstract: A method and apparatus comprising a first composite layer and a second composite layer in which the second composite layer is associated with the first composite layer. The first composite layer and the second composite layer form a structure. The second composite layer has a conductivity configured to dissipate an electric charge on a surface of the structure and limit a flow of an electrical current in the second composite layer in which the electrical current is caused by an electromagnetic event.Type: GrantFiled: December 1, 2017Date of Patent: December 24, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Noel Timothy Gerken, Quynhgiao Nguyen Le
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Patent number: 10327084Abstract: A laser cuts overlapping ribbons of acoustic material into acoustic devices. An automatically controlled manipulator includes an end effector having groups of placement tools for simultaneously placing multiple acoustic devices in a cellular core. The placement tools include mandrels provided with vacuum pickups for picking up and holding the acoustic devices during transport to the core. A vision system aligns the placement tools with the cells of the core. The end effector includes a thermal radiation device for bonding the acoustic devices to the core.Type: GrantFiled: June 27, 2017Date of Patent: June 18, 2019Assignee: The Boeing CompanyInventors: Eric Herrera, Noel Timothy Gerken, John Scott Bauman
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Publication number: 20180162112Abstract: A composite acoustic liner has a septumized cellular core. Septa are installed in the core as the individual core cells are being formed. Individual tools are used to both form the cells of the core and index the septa within the cells. The septa and the cellular core are cocured.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 24, 2018Publication date: June 14, 2018Inventors: Noel Timothy Gerken, Eric Herrera, Nicholas John Patz
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Patent number: 9931825Abstract: A composite acoustic liner has a septumized cellular core. Septa are installed in the core as the individual core cells are being formed. Individual tools are used to both form the cells of the core and index the septa within the cells. The septa and the cellular core are cocured.Type: GrantFiled: July 9, 2014Date of Patent: April 3, 2018Inventors: Noel Timothy Gerken, Eric Herrera, Nicholas John Patz
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Publication number: 20180086479Abstract: A method and apparatus comprising a first composite layer and a second composite layer in which the second composite layer is associated with the first composite layer. The first composite layer and the second composite layer form a structure. The second composite layer has a conductivity configured to dissipate an electric charge on a surface of the structure and limit a flow of an electrical current in the second composite layer in which the electrical current is caused by an electromagnetic event.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 1, 2017Publication date: March 29, 2018Inventors: Noel Timothy Gerken, Quynhgiao Nguyen Le
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Patent number: 9840338Abstract: A method and apparatus comprising a first composite layer and a second composite layer in which the second composite layer is associated with the first composite layer. The first composite layer and the second composite layer form a structure. The second composite layer has a conductivity configured to dissipate an electric charge on a surface of the structure and limit a flow of an electrical current in the second composite layer in which the electrical current is caused by an electromagnetic event.Type: GrantFiled: January 4, 2012Date of Patent: December 12, 2017Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Noel Timothy Gerken, Quynhgiao Nguyen Le
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Patent number: 9802714Abstract: A method, apparatus, and composite fuel tank for manufacturing a structure is provided. A first composite layer and a second composite layer are placed on a mold. The second composite layer and the first composite layer are cured. The first composite layer and the second composite layer form the structure. The second composite layer is configured to dissipate an electric charge on a surface of the structure.Type: GrantFiled: December 3, 2010Date of Patent: October 31, 2017Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Noel Timothy Gerken, Patrice K. Ackerman, William O'Neil Price, Eddie Kwon, Peter Raymond Rimbey
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Publication number: 20170303059Abstract: A laser cuts overlapping ribbons of acoustic material into acoustic devices. An automatically controlled manipulator includes an end effector having groups of placement tools for simultaneously placing multiple acoustic devices in a cellular core. The placement tools include mandrels provided with vacuum pickups for picking up and holding the acoustic devices during transport to the core. A vision system aligns the placement tools with the cells of the core. The end effector includes a thermal radiation device for bonding the acoustic devices to the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 27, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Eric Herrera, Noel Timothy Gerken, John Scott Bauman
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Publication number: 20170303058Abstract: A laser cuts overlapping ribbons of acoustic material into acoustic devices. An automatically controlled manipulator includes an end effector having groups of placement tools for simultaneously placing multiple acoustic devices in a cellular core. The placement tools include mandrels provided with vacuum pickups for picking up and holding the acoustic devices during transport to the core. A vision system aligns the placement tools with the cells of the core. The end effector includes a thermal radiation device for bonding the acoustic devices to the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 26, 2017Publication date: October 19, 2017Inventors: Eric Herrera, Noel Timothy Gerken, John Scott Bauman
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Patent number: 9693166Abstract: A laser cuts overlapping ribbons of acoustic material into acoustic devices. An automatically controlled manipulator includes an end effector having groups of placement tools for simultaneously placing multiple acoustic devices in a cellular core. The placement tools include mandrels provided with vacuum pickups for picking up and holding the acoustic devices during transport to the core. A vision system aligns the placement tools with the cells of the core. The end effector includes a thermal radiation device for bonding the acoustic devices to the core.Type: GrantFiled: June 24, 2014Date of Patent: June 27, 2017Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Eric Herrera, Noel Timothy Gerken, John Scott Bauman
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Patent number: 9640164Abstract: A method and apparatus for attenuating sound. Air, through which acoustic waves are traveling, is received within a core comprised of a plurality of cells. The sound created by the acoustic waves is attenuated using a set of channels through a number of cell interfaces between cells of the plurality of cells by allowing the air to flow between the cells of the plurality of cells through the set of channels.Type: GrantFiled: February 27, 2015Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Noel Timothy Gerken, Eric Herrera, Garry Michael Duschl
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Publication number: 20160253986Abstract: A method and apparatus for attenuating sound. Air, through which acoustic waves are traveling, is received within a core comprised of a plurality of cells. The sound created by the acoustic waves is attenuated using a set of channels through a number of cell interfaces between cells of the plurality of cells by allowing the air to flow between the cells of the plurality of cells through the set of channels.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2015Publication date: September 1, 2016Inventors: Noel Timothy Gerken, Eric Herrera, Garry Michael Duschl
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Publication number: 20160009067Abstract: A composite acoustic liner has a septumized cellular core. Septa are installed in the core as the individual core cells are being formed. Individual tools are used to both form the cells of the core and index the septa within the cells. The septa and the cellular core are cocured.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2014Publication date: January 14, 2016Inventors: Noel Timothy Gerken, Eric Herrera, Nicholas John Patz
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Publication number: 20150373470Abstract: A laser cuts overlapping ribbons of acoustic material into acoustic devices. An automatically controlled manipulator includes an end effector having groups of placement tools for simultaneously placing multiple acoustic devices in a cellular core. The placement tools include mandrels provided with vacuum pickups for picking up and holding the acoustic devices during transport to the core. A vision system aligns the placement tools with the cells of the core. The end effector includes a thermal radiation device for bonding the acoustic devices to the core.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 24, 2014Publication date: December 24, 2015Inventors: Eric Herrera, Noel Timothy Gerken, John Scott Bauman
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Publication number: 20130009001Abstract: A method and apparatus comprising a first composite layer and a second composite layer in which the second composite layer is associated with the first composite layer. The first composite layer and the second composite layer form a structure. The second composite layer has a conductivity configured to dissipate an electric charge on a surface of the structure and limit a flow of an electrical current in the second composite layer in which the electrical current is caused by an electromagnetic event.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 4, 2012Publication date: January 10, 2013Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Noel Timothy Gerken, Quynhgiao Nguyen Le
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Publication number: 20120138609Abstract: A method, apparatus, and composite fuel tank for manufacturing a structure is provided. A first composite layer and a second composite layer are placed on a mold. The second composite layer and the first composite layer are cured. The first composite layer and the second composite layer form the structure. The second composite layer is configured to dissipate an electric charge on a surface of the structure.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 3, 2010Publication date: June 7, 2012Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANYInventors: Noel Timothy Gerken, Patrice K. Ackerman, William O'Neil Price, Eddie Kwon, Peter Raymond Rimbey