Patents by Inventor Peter D. WINTON

Peter D. WINTON 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).

  • Adhesive fastening elements for holding a workpiece and methods of de-bonding a workpiece from an adhesive fastening element
    Patent number: 8821672
    Abstract: An adhesive fastening element includes a first member and a second member adjacent to the first member and movable relative to the first member along a longitudinal axis of the adhesive fastening element, wherein a bond is formed by an adhesive between the workpiece and the first and second members of the adhesive fastening element. A method for de- bonding a workpiece from an adhesive fastening element includes moving the second member away from the workpiece and breaks the bond between the second member and the workpiece and moving the first and second members such that the second member moves towards the workpiece and applies a force to the workpiece so as to break the bond between the first member and the workpiece, and lo de-bond the workpiece from the adhesive fastening element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2014
    Assignee: Rolls-Royce PLC
    Inventors: Mark H. Raffles, Dragos Axinte, Peter D. Winton, Helen L. Llewellyn-Powell
  • ADHESIVE FASTENING ELEMENTS FOR HOLDING A WORKPIECE AND METHODS OF DE-BONDING A WORKPIECE FROM AN ADHESIVE FASTENING ELEMENT
    Publication number: 20130008614
    Abstract: An adhesive fastening element includes a first member and a second member adjacent to the first member and movable relative to the first member along a longitudinal axis of the adhesive fastening element, wherein a bond is formed by an adhesive between the workpiece and the first and second members of the adhesive fastening element. A method for debonding a workpiece from an adhesive fastening element includes moving the second member away from the workpiece and breaks the bond between the second member and the workpiece and moving the first and second members such that the second member moves towards the workpiece and applies a force to the workpiece so as to break the bond between the first member and the workpiece, and to de-bond the workpiece from the adhesive fastening element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 20, 2012
    Publication date: January 10, 2013
    Applicant: ROLLS-ROYCE PLC
    Inventors: Mark H. RAFFLES, Dragos A. AXINTE, Peter D. WINTON, Helen L. LLEWELLYN-POWELL