Patents by Inventor Richard B. Mullininx

Richard B. Mullininx 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).

  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING OBJECTS HAVING A CORE AND AN OUTER SURFACE STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20180126610
    Abstract: A method of making at least partially foam-filled sandwich panels includes providing a panel shell, moving at least one of a portion of a first and/or second panel facer or a side member away from the panel volume, thereby defining an opening between the volume and an exterior area. A dispenser proximate the opening moves across at least a portion of the opening while dispensing an amount of a foam agent into the volume through the opening. A press has three platens, a third platen of which is secured to at least one of a portion of the first and/or second facer and the at least one side member and is moveable with respect to the first platen and the second platen in response to a control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2018
    Publication date: May 10, 2018
    Inventors: Richard B. Mullininx, P. Alan Whiten
  • Method and apparatus for forming objects having a core and an outer surface structure
    Patent number: 9862126
    Abstract: A method of making at least partially foam-filled sandwich panels includes providing a panel shell, moving at least one of a portion of a first and/or second panel facer or a side member away from the panel volume, thereby defining an opening between the volume and an exterior area. A dispenser proximate the opening moves across at least a portion of the opening while dispensing an amount of a foam agent into the volume through the opening. A press has three platens, a third platen of which is secured to at least one of a portion of the first and/or second facer and the at least one side member and is moveable with respect to the first platen and the second platen in response to a control system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2018
    Assignee: GREAT DANE LLC
    Inventors: Richard B. Mullininx, P. Alan Whiten
  • Thermal-insulated wall and liner
    Patent number: 9827750
    Abstract: A thermal insulated composite wall panel for use in insulated trailers, containers and insulated compartments, including a first liner panel, a second liner panel having a layer of fibers and at least one structural polymer resin layer disposed coplanar to and bonded with the layer of fibers, thereby forming a laminate liner panel, and an insulated core layer disposed intermediate to and bonded with the first and the second liner panels. The layer of fibers is adjacent the insulated core layer and is lofted prior to being bonded to the insulated core layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2017
    Assignee: GREAT DANE LLC
    Inventors: Cory R. Lookebill, Richard B. Mullininx
  • METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING OBJECTS HAVING A CORE AND AN OUTER SURFACE STRUCTURE
    Publication number: 20150266215
    Abstract: A method of making at least partially foam-filled sandwich panels includes providing a panel shell, moving at least one of a portion of a first and/or second panel facer or a side member away from the panel volume, thereby defining an opening between the volume and an exterior area. A dispenser proximate the opening moves across at least a portion of the opening while dispensing an amount of a foam agent into the volume through the opening. A press has three platens, a third platen of which is secured to at least one of a portion of the first and/or second facer and the at least one side member and is moveable with respect to the first platen and the second platen in response to a control system.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2014
    Publication date: September 24, 2015
    Inventors: Richard B. Mullininx, P. Alan Whiten
  • THERMAL-INSULATED WALL AND LINER
    Publication number: 20150246511
    Abstract: A thermal insulated composite wall panel for use in insulated trailers, containers and insulated compartments, including a first liner panel, a second liner panel having a layer of fibers and at least one structural polymer resin layer disposed coplanar to and bonded with the layer of fibers, thereby forming a laminate liner panel, and an insulated core layer disposed intermediate to and bonded with the first and the second liner panels. The layer of fibers is adjacent the insulated core layer and is lofted prior to being bonded to the insulated core layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2015
    Publication date: September 3, 2015
    Inventors: Cory R. Lookebill, Richard B. Mullininx
  • Thermal-insulated wall and liner
    Patent number: 9051014
    Abstract: A thermal insulated composite wall panel for use in insulated trailers, containers and insulated compartments, including a first liner panel, a second liner panel having a layer of fibers and at least one structural polymer resin layer disposed coplanar to and bonded with the layer of fibers, thereby forming a laminate liner panel, and an insulated core layer disposed intermediate to and bonded with the first and the second liner panels. The layer of fibers is adjacent the insulated core layer and is lofted prior to being bonded to the insulated core layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 9, 2015
    Assignee: GREAT DANE LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
    Inventors: Cory R. Lookebill, Richard B. Mullininx
  • THERMAL-INSULATED WALL AND LINER
    Publication number: 20130207413
    Abstract: A thermal insulated composite wall panel for use in insulated trailers, containers and insulated compartments, including a first liner panel, a second liner panel having a layer of fibers and at least one structural polymer resin layer disposed coplanar to and bonded with the layer of fibers, thereby forming a laminate liner panel, and an insulated core layer disposed intermediate to and bonded with the first and the second liner panels. The layer of fibers is adjacent the insulated core layer and is lofted prior to being bonded to the insulated core layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 9, 2012
    Publication date: August 15, 2013
    Inventors: Cory R. Lookebill, Richard B. Mullininx