Patents by Inventor Patrick Carl Mcculloch

Patrick Carl Mcculloch 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 of thermoforming fiber reinforced thermoplastic sandwich panels, thermoformed articles, and modular container structure assembled therefrom
    Publication number: 20110180959
    Abstract: A method is disclosed utilizing off the shelf constant cross section thickness sandwich panels comprised of Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic (FRTP) resin skins and low density thermoplastic (TP) core material wherein the steps of selectively and controllably exposing the panels to heat and incrementally thermoforming the skin-core into a consolidated composite edge or intra-panel area in consideration of subsequent mating and attachment of the FRTP sandwich panel to other structures is achieved. The exact configuration of articles so thermoformed is design optimized to overcome manufacturing, assembly, weight, in-service and structural performance shortcomings of prior art and FRP sandwich panel structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 28, 2011
    Inventors: Matthew William Donnelly, William Andrew Kasoff, Patrick Carl McCulloch, Frederick Truman Williams
  • Modular container assembled from fiber reinforced thermoplastic sandwich panels
    Patent number: 7311216
    Abstract: An improved, load bearing, modular design container structure assembled from thermoformed FRTP sandwich panels in which is utilized the unique core-skin edge configuration of the present invention in consideration of improved load bearing performance, improved useful load volume, reduced manufacturing costs, structural weight savings, impact and damage tolerance and repair and replace issues.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2007
    Assignee: Aerobox Composites Structures, LLC
    Inventors: Mathew William Donnelly, William Andrew Kasoff, Patrick Carl Mcculloch, Frederick Truman Williams
  • Method of thermoforming fiber reinforced thermoplastic sandwich panels, thermoformed articles, and modular container structure assembled therefrom
    Publication number: 20040112907
    Abstract: A method is disclosed utilizing off the shelf constant cross section thickness sandwich panels comprised of Fiber Reinforced Thermoplastic (FRTP) resin skins and low density thermoplastic (TP) core material wherein the steps of selectively and controllably exposing the panels to heat and incrementally thermoforming the skin-core into a consolidated composite edge or intra-panel area in consideration of subsequent mating and attachment of the FRTP sandwich panel to other structures is achieved. The exact configuration of articles so thermoformed is design optimized to overcome manufacturing, assembly, weight, in-service and structural performance shortcomings of prior art and FRP sandwich panel structures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2003
    Publication date: June 17, 2004
    Inventors: Matthew William Donnelly, William Andrew Kasoff, Patrick Carl Mcculloch, Frederick Truman Williams