Patents by Inventor Patrick Dunleavy

Patrick Dunleavy 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).

  • Publication number: 20240042671
    Abstract: A method for continuously manufacturing a complex acoustic multi-element panel for an acoustic attenuation structure, the method including supplying a thermoplastic resin film at the entry of a stamping system including at least one pair of complementary cylinders, a heating of the thermoplastic resin film upstream of the entry of the stamping system, and a passage of the thermoplastic resin film between the at least one pair of complementary cylinders, the pair of complementary cylinders including a male cylinder with teeth radially protruding from the cylinder and a female cylinder with cavities on its radial surface, the cavities of the female cylinder being of shapes complementary to the shapes of the teeth of the male cylinder and a separation of the stamped film at the exit of the stamping system using a separator disposed at the exit of the stamping system between the stamped film and the female cylinder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 13, 2022
    Publication date: February 8, 2024
    Inventors: Nicolas Pierre LANFANT, Hugues Laurent ALGLAVE, Patrick DUNLEAVY
  • Publication number: 20230364868
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a composite material part having a cellular structure that includes at least one cell delimited by walls. The method includes supplying at least a first core, providing a web of a first fibrous reinforcement comprising a plurality of long discontinuous fibers randomly distributed in a plane, and producing at least one strip of the first fibrous reinforcement. The method further includes producing a second fibrous reinforcement in the shape of a sock, inserting the first core into the sock, draping the strip around the sock containing the first core, placing the sock containing the first core and the wrapped strip in a mold, and thermocompression.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2021
    Publication date: November 16, 2023
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Nicolas Pierre LANFANT, Patrick DUNLEAVY
  • Publication number: 20230252869
    Abstract: A utility security apparatus includes a body defining a first cavity, a second cavity and a third cavity. A security member including a first end fixedly secured in the third cavity, and an opposing second end. A lock assembly is structured to be at least partially positioned in the first cavity the lock assembly comprising a barrel operatively coupled to a lock pin. A movement of at least a portion of the barrel is configured to control a movement of the lock assembly between a locked position and an unlocked position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2023
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Applicant: Scorpion Security Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Franklyn W. Gulick, JR., Patrick McEwen, Patrick Dunleavy, Gary R. Page
  • Publication number: 20230151647
    Abstract: A security apparatus for securing a portable electronic device for retail display includes a base assembly extending along a base assembly axis and structured to couple to a display fixture. The base assembly includes a base portion structured to move along the base assembly axis. A body extends along a body axis and is structured configured to couple to the base portion. A first securing member is coupled to the body and a second securing member is coupled to the body. At least one of the first and second securing members moves along the body axis relative to the body. The first and second securing members each include a device engagement portion structured to at least partially surround a portion of the portable electronic device. The base portion is structured to move the body along the base assembly axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2023
    Publication date: May 18, 2023
    Applicant: Scorpion Security Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Franklyn W. Gulick, Gary R. Page, Patrick McEwen, Andy Bartoszewski, Patrick Dunleavy, Adam Bixby
  • Publication number: 20230131268
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing an acoustic attenuation structure including a complex acoustic multi-element panel extending along a horizontal and a vertical direction and an acoustic skin covering one of horizontal faces of the complex acoustic multi-element panel, the complex acoustic multi-element panel including complex acoustic elements each having a shape gradually narrowing between a base and a tip and partitions surrounding each complex acoustic element to form a plurality of acoustic cells, the partitions extending along the vertical direction from the base of the complex acoustic elements, the complex acoustic multi-element panel being produced by injection of a filled or unfilled thermoplastic or thermosetting material. The complex acoustic multi-element panel and the plurality of partitions are produced as a single part by injection of a filled or unfilled thermoplastic or thermosetting material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2021
    Publication date: April 27, 2023
    Inventors: Hugues Laurent ALGLAVE, Patrick DUNLEAVY, Nicolas Pierre LANFANT, Cédric Pierre Michel THOMAS
  • Publication number: 20220307292
    Abstract: A security apparatus for securing a piece of sports equipment includes a housing and an extension having a first end that extends from the housing and a second end this is positioned within the housing. A lock assembly includes a barrel having a first end and a second end. A lock body is positioned within the housing and is operatively coupled to the barrel. When the lock assembly is in the locked state, the first end of the extension member engages a first portion of the piece of sports equipment, the lock body engages the second end of the extension member to inhibit axial movement of the extension member to secure the first portion of the piece of sports equipment against the extension member, and the lock body extends from the housing to engage a second portion of the piece of sports equipment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2022
    Publication date: September 29, 2022
    Applicant: Scorpion Security Products, Inc.
    Inventors: Franklyn W. Gulick, JR., Gary R. Page, Patrick McEwen, Patrick Dunleavy, Andrew Bartoszewski, Grant William Gulick
  • Patent number: 11072432
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing of a part made of composite material including pre-compacting to a predetermined shape of a mixture of a first thermosetting resin with discontinuous long fibers so as to form a first preform, pre-curing the first preform until an intermediate conversion stage corresponding to a solidification of said first resin, contacting the first preform with a second preform including a fiber structure of continuous fibers impregnated with a second thermosetting resin, polymerizing the first and second preforms so as to form a part made of composite material including a body made of composite material including reinforcement made of continuous fibers consolidated by an organic matrix provided with a portion made of composite material including reinforcement made of discontinuous long fibers consolidated by an organic matrix.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2021
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Robin Mandel, Patrick Dunleavy, Emilie Trousset
  • Patent number: 10016912
    Abstract: A single-piece woven fiber structure for fabricating an axisymmetric part of varying diameter made out of composite material, the fiber structure having a portion of frustoconical shape with a large diameter and a small diameter, the ratio between the large diameter and the small diameter being not less than 2. The fiber structure is formed by winding layers of warp and weft yarns that are woven on a mandrel having a profile that is defined as a function of the profile of the part to be fabricated with warp yarn take-up. For each layer of yarns, the weft yarns are angularly distributed on a single diameter in a zone of the large diameter of the portion of frustoconical shape and on at least two different diameters in a zone of the small diameter of the portion of frustoconical shape in order to form at least two superposed plies of weft yarns.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignees: SAFRAN, AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Patrick Dunleavy, Bertrand Desjoyeaux
  • Patent number: 10017244
    Abstract: Provided is a method of fabricating a force transfer part including at least one lug made of composite material that is to receive a pin for making a pivot connection with another part. The method includes making a fiber preform for a main body of the part and making a preform for a reinforcing ring out of discontinuous long fibers, making the reinforcing ring preform to match the dimensions of at least one bore in the preform of the main body, inserting the reinforcing ring preform in the bore of the preform of the main body, and polymerizing the reinforcing ring and main body preforms in injection tooling. A force transfer part obtained by such a method is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 10, 2018
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Robin Mandel, Patrick Dunleavy, Mathieu Renaud
  • Patent number: 9850939
    Abstract: A method for producing by pultrusion a hollow main body of a rotary movement transmission shaft made of a composite material, the method including: impregnating a reinforcement; arranging a reinforcing fabric around a pultrusion chuck to wrap the pultrusion chuck, the fabric including circumferential fibers arranged in planes orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the chuck; and then depositing the impregnated reinforcement around the reinforcing fabric.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2017
    Assignee: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Cedric Thomas, Patrick Dunleavy, Wouter Balk
  • Publication number: 20170254212
    Abstract: A guide vane for a gas turbine engine, the guide vane including an airfoil made of composite material having fiber reinforcement densified by a matrix, the fiber reinforcement being obtained from pre-impregnated long fibers agglomerated in the form of a mat, the airfoil being provided at least on a leading edge with a reinforcing strip, the reinforcing strip being made from a single strip of unidirectional fabric or of textile, or by stacking a plurality of pre-impregnated plies of unidirectional fabric or of textile made of carbon fibers or of glass fibers, and at least one platform positioned at a radial end of the airfoil, the platform being made of composite material having fiber reinforcement densified by a matrix, the fiber reinforcement being obtained from pre-impregnated long fibers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 20, 2015
    Publication date: September 7, 2017
    Applicants: SAFRAN AIRCRAFT ENGINES, SAFRAN
    Inventors: Sébastien PAUTARD, Maxime BRIEND, Emilie TROUSSET, Patrick DUNLEAVY
  • Publication number: 20170247115
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing of a part made of composite material including pre-compacting to a predetermined shape of a mixture of a first thermosetting resin with discontinuous long fibers so as to form a first preform, pre-curing the first preform until an intermediate conversion stage corresponding to a solidification of said first resin, contacting the first preform with a second preform including a fiber structure of continuous fibers impregnated with a second thermosetting resin, polymerizing the first and second preforms so as to form a part made of composite material including a body made of composite material including reinforcement made of continuous fibers consolidated by an organic matrix provided with a portion made of composite material including reinforcement made of discontinuous long fibers consolidated by an organic matrix.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 2, 2015
    Publication date: August 31, 2017
    Inventors: Robin MANDEL, Patrick DUNLEAVY, Emilie TROUSSET
  • Patent number: 9726186
    Abstract: A method and system improving energy efficiency of a turbojet engine by optimizing rotating speed of a fan and operability of an engine, by freeing the fan from exclusive control of a low-pressure (LP) shaft by providing combined control with a high-pressure (HP) shaft when cruising power has been reached. The turbojet engine include at least one LP turbine and one HP turbine coupled to coaxial LP shafts and HP shafts, respectively, which can drive LP and HP compressors, respectively. The LP compressors include a fan that forms a first primary air-intake compression stage. The LP and HP shafts are mounted on one of two driving mechanisms, an inner ring gear, and a planet carrier for a planetary gear train for driving the fan, the HP shaft being mounted on a disengagement mechanism and the fan being coupled to the planetary gear train via an outer driven ring gear.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Richard Masson, Patrick Dunleavy, Jean-Pierre Serey
  • Patent number: 9387623
    Abstract: A method of fabricating an aircraft landing gear rocker beam comprising a body having a clevis (24) with two lugs (19, 21) parallel to a direction that is radial relative to the body, the method comprising the steps of: forming a first mandrel; applying one or more first braided fiber layers (11) on the first mandrel; fitting a second mandrel element on the assembly as constituted in this way, the second mandrel element extending between the two lugs (19, 21) of the clevis (24) that is to be formed; applying one or more second braided fiber layers (17) on the assembly as constituted in this way; injecting resin into the various layers (11, 17) and polymerizing the resin; and machining the resulting workpiece blank in order to cut away a region of the second braided layers (17) in order to separate the two lugs (19, 21) of the clevis (24) from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2016
    Assignee: MESSIER-BURGATTI-DOWTY
    Inventors: Richard Masson, Thierry Rougier, Patrick Dunleavy
  • Publication number: 20160114884
    Abstract: The invention provides a method of fabricating a force transfer part (100) including at least one lug (108) made of composite material that is to receive a pin for making a pivot connection with another part, the method comprising making a fiber preform for a main body of the part and making a preform for a reinforcing ring out of discontinuous long fibers, making the reinforcing ring preform to match the dimensions of at least one bore in the preform of the main body, inserting the reinforcing ring preform in the bore of the preform of the main body, and polymerizing the reinforcing ring and main body preforms in injection tooling. The invention also provides a force transfer part obtained by such a method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 23, 2015
    Publication date: April 28, 2016
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Robin MANDEL, Patrick Dunleavy, Mathieu Renaud
  • Patent number: 9321537
    Abstract: A beam for suspending a turboshaft engine from an aircraft structure, including a first attachment mechanism configured to be secured to the aircraft structure and at least one second attachment mechanism configured to be secured to the engine. The beam is at least partially made from a metal-matrix composite material including reinforcing fibers. In one embodiment, the beam takes a form of a circle arc.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: SNECMA
    Inventors: Patrick Dunleavy, Guillaume Lefort, Richard Masson, Thibaut Francois Roux, Guilhem Seize
  • Publication number: 20150377282
    Abstract: A method for producing by pultrusion a hollow main body of a rotary movement transmission shaft made of a composite material, the method including: impregnating a reinforcement; arranging a reinforcing fabric around a pultrusion chuck to wrap the pultrusion chuck, the fabric including circumferential fibers arranged in planes orthogonal to a longitudinal axis of the chuck; and then depositing the impregnated reinforcement around the reinforcing fabric.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Applicant: SAFRAN
    Inventors: Cedric THOMAS, Patrick DUNLEAVY, Wouter BALK
  • Publication number: 20150354103
    Abstract: A single-piece woven fiber structure for fabricating an axisymmetric part of varying diameter made out of composite material, the fiber structure having a portion of frustoconical shape with a large diameter and a small diameter, the ratio between the large diameter and the small diameter being not less than 2. The fiber structure is formed by winding layers of warp and weft yarns that are woven on a mandrel having a profile that is defined as a function of the profile of the part to be fabricated with warp yarn take-up. For each layer of yarns, the weft yarns are angularly distributed on a single diameter in a zone of the large diameter of the portion of frustoconical shape and on at least two different diameters in a zone of the small diameter of the portion of frustoconical shape in order to form at least two superposed plies of weft yarns.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2014
    Publication date: December 10, 2015
    Applicants: SAFRAN, AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Patrick DUNLEAVY, Bertrand DESJOYEAUX
  • Publication number: 20150314553
    Abstract: A structural component is made of composite material, including at least one assembly orifice, the component being composed of a stack of plies of fibers which include at least one layer of plies of regular fibers and at least one reinforcing ply. The reinforcing ply is composed of a woven composite textile preform formed by a weave obtained by assembling a plurality of circumferential warp fibers that form a path around the assembly orifice and weft fibers that extend radially with respect to the center of the orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2015
    Publication date: November 5, 2015
    Applicant: AIRCELLE
    Inventors: Bertrand DESJOYEAUX, Patrick DUNLEAVY
  • Patent number: 9127337
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing a mechanical component, and winding device to implementing the method. The component includes at least one insert of metal matrix composite, within which matrix ceramic fibers extend, the composite insert obtained from a plurality of coated filaments each including a ceramic fiber coated with a metal sheath. The method manufactures an insert preform by winding a bonded lap or bundle of coated filaments about a cylindrical component. At least some of the winding is performed in at least one rectilinear direction. The method further inserts the insert preform in a first container; performs hot isostatic compaction of the first container; and machines the first container to form a rectilinear insert.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2015
    Assignees: SNECMA, MESSIER-BUGATTI-DOWTY
    Inventors: Patrick Dunleavy, Jean-Michel Patrick Maurice Franchet, Gilles Charles Casimir Klein, Richard Masson