Patents by Inventor Paul D. Edwards

Paul D. Edwards 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).

  • INTEGRATED ENERGY ABSORBING CASTINGS
    Publication number: 20230373563
    Abstract: An integrated energy absorbing system of a vehicle with a front integrated energy absorbing casting and a back integrated energy absorbing casting. Each front and back casting is a single unified casting that makes up the integrated energy absorbing system. Ribbed sections such as “I” sections and “C” sections make up the castings and are formed from a variety of different techniques and/or formings such as cutout, waveform profile, tapering, flaring and/or rib spacing. Additional sections such as closed section castings may also be integrated in the integrated energy absorbing system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 5, 2021
    Publication date: November 23, 2023
    Inventors: Adip Rai, Sachin Shrimant Sawant, Petter Winberg, Malcolm Burgess, Tom Spencer, Pall Kornmayer, Grant Pattinson, Paul D. Edwards, Carlo Rinaldi, Alexandre Reikher, Charlie Kuehmann, Daniel Moll
  • Welding in preparation for superplastic forming
    Patent number: 10843291
    Abstract: A component is formed by welding a plurality of sheets of metal to form a blank with a number of weld nuggets, placing the blank between a die section and a lid section, heating the die section to heat the blank, and introducing a pressurized gas between the lid section and the die section to press the blank into a mold in the die section to form a component. The number of weld nuggets has a desired thickness ratio between about 1.1 to about 1.25 such that the plurality of sheets of metal and the component formed have a number of characteristics that are substantially the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Daniel G. Sanders, Luis R. Leon, Paul D. Edwards, Gregory L. Ramsey, Gary W. Coleman
  • Welding in Preparation for Superplastic Forming
    Publication number: 20130240609
    Abstract: A component is formed by welding a plurality of sheets of metal to form a blank with a number of weld nuggets, placing the blank between a die section and a lid section, heating the die section to heat the blank, and introducing a pressurized gas between the lid section and the die section to press the blank into a mold in the die section to form a component. The number of weld nuggets has a desired thickness ratio between about 1.1 to about 1.25 such that the plurality of sheets of metal and the component formed have a number of characteristics that are substantially the same.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2009
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Daniel G. Sanders, Luis R. Leon, Paul D. Edwards, Gregory L. Ramsey, Gary W. Coleman