Patents by Inventor Paul Stevenson Gregg

Paul Stevenson Gregg 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).

  • Patent number: 10322564
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a sandwich structure is presented. A sandwich structure comprises a metallic core layer and a thermoplastic layer on a first side of the metallic core layer. The thermoplastic layer is consolidated against the first side of the metallic core layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: June 18, 2019
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Marc Rollo Matsen, Jeffery Lee Marcoe, Max U. Kismarton, Paul Stevenson Gregg, Lee Charles Firth
  • Publication number: 20170297305
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a sandwich structure is presented. A sandwich structure comprises a metallic core layer and a thermoplastic layer on a first side of the metallic core layer. The thermoplastic layer is consolidated against the first side of the metallic core layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 12, 2016
    Publication date: October 19, 2017
    Inventors: Marc Rollo Matsen, Jeffery Lee Marcoe, Max U. Kismarton, Paul Stevenson Gregg, Lee Charles Firth
  • Patent number: 9469087
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a sandwich structure is presented. A sandwich structure comprises a metallic core layer and a thermoplastic layer on a first side of the metallic core layer. The thermoplastic layer is consolidated against the first side of the metallic core layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2016
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Marc Rollo Matsen, Jeffery Lee Marcoe, Max U. Kismarton, Paul Stevenson Gregg, Lee Charles Firth
  • Patent number: 9403239
    Abstract: Methods of manufacture include welding two or more elongate members together to define an elongate weldment, wherein the welding results in a weld region that is in tension and regions adjacent to the weld region that are in compression, and longitudinally stretching the elongate weldment. Tools and systems for manufacturing elongate weldments, as well as apparatuses, such as aircraft, that include elongate weldments, also are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Paul Stevenson Gregg, Kirk B. Kajita
  • Publication number: 20150030381
    Abstract: Methods of manufacture include welding two or more elongate members together to define an elongate weldment, wherein the welding results in a weld region that is in tension and regions adjacent to the weld region that are in compression, and longitudinally stretching the elongate weldment. Tools and systems for manufacturing elongate weldments, as well as apparatuses, such as aircraft, that include elongate weldments, also are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 29, 2013
    Publication date: January 29, 2015
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Paul Stevenson Gregg, Kirk B. Kajita
  • Publication number: 20150017362
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for forming a sandwich structure is presented. A sandwich structure comprises a metallic core layer and a thermoplastic layer on a first side of the metallic core layer. The thermoplastic layer is consolidated against the first side of the metallic core layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: January 15, 2015
    Inventors: Marc Rollo Matsen, Jeffery Lee Marcoe, Max U. Kismarton, Paul Stevenson Gregg, Lee Charles Firth