Patents by Inventor RAKESH KUMAR GOYAL

RAKESH KUMAR GOYAL 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).

  • Fatigue life improvement of adhesively bonded joints
    Patent number: 11951687
    Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing an adhesively bonded structure including first and second components including first and second outer surfaces, respectively, at least the first component being a first metal component, the first and second outer surfaces facing one another and partially overlapping, and the adhesively bonded structure including an adhesive layer received between overlapping portions of the first and second outer surfaces. The method includes deforming the first outer surface of the first metal component along a first isolated path extending beside the first edge of the adhesive layer along at least a majority of a length of the first edge of the adhesive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 9, 2024
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Nathan Tortorella, Rakesh Kumar Goyal
  • FATIGUE LIFE IMPROVEMENT OF ADHESIVELY BONDED JOINTS
    Publication number: 20220212417
    Abstract: A method is provided for manufacturing an adhesively bonded structure including first and second components including first and second outer surfaces, respectively, at least the first component being a first metal component, the first and second outer surfaces facing one another and partially overlapping, and the adhesively bonded structure including an adhesive layer received between overlapping portions of the first and second outer surfaces. The method includes deforming the first outer surface of the first metal component along a first isolated path extending beside the first edge of the adhesive layer along at least a majority of a length of the first edge of the adhesive layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2021
    Publication date: July 7, 2022
    Inventors: NATHAN TORTORELLA, RAKESH KUMAR GOYAL