Patents by Inventor Pieter James Van Dine

Pieter James Van Dine 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: 6230775
    Abstract: In the embodiment described in the specification, a high temperature wet filament winding arrangement has a wet bath containing a resin at a temperature above 500° F. and filaments drawn from a spool rack are passed through the wet bath and then through a heated comb which maintains the temperature of the filaments above 500° F., after which the filaments are passed through a heated passage controlled to maintain the temperature above 500° F. A winding eye, also heated to maintain the filament temperature above 500° F., directs the heated fibers onto a mandrel where they are wound in uniform layers into the form of a final product. A mandrel heater heats the mandrel to which the fibers are being applied so as to maintain a uniform temperature above 500° F.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 1999
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2001
    Assignee: Electric Boat Corporation
    Inventors: Mitchell D. Smith, Pieter James Van Dine