Patents by Inventor Paul Shirron

Paul Shirron 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).

  • Multihead composite material application machine programming method and apparatus for manufacturing composite structures
    Publication number: 20070106418
    Abstract: A composite part program generator includes a computer-aided design (CAD) system interface, a path generator, a course head manager, a post-processor and a machine simulator. The composite part program generator produces composite part programs for use on a multihead composite material application machine, such as a composite tape lamination machine or an automated fiber placement (AFP) machine, to manufacture a complex composite parts, including relatively flat, contoured, or generally cylindrical composite parts. This programming method can reduce the labor and time required to produce a composite part program for a multihead composite material application machine by an order of magnitude with respect to manual or existing automated programming methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2005
    Publication date: May 10, 2007
    Inventors: Allen Hagen, Merrill Hogg, Alan Jones, In Kim, Jung Park, Alan Locke, Paul Shirron, Wei-Pai Tang, Roger Williams