Patents by Inventor Professor Graham COCKERHAM

Professor Graham COCKERHAM 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).

  • APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A LAMINATE
    Publication number: 20150375491
    Abstract: An apparatus (100) for forming a laminate of pre-preg composite material comprises supply means (200) to supply pre-preg strip (400) to a stationary mandrel (300). The pre-preg strip (400) is formed into a tube (410) on the mandrel (300), and is driven to both rotate relative to the mandrel and to move axially along the mandrel. In this way it can be dispensed from an end of the mandrel (300) and formed in to a further pre-preg strip (420) with off-axis fibres.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 12, 2014
    Publication date: December 31, 2015
    Inventors: Philip MCDONALD, Professor Graham COCKERHAM, Barry RICHARDSON, Gordon GREEN