Patents by Inventor Richard C. Yocky

Richard C. Yocky 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 of making precision geometry advanced composite honeycomb material for spacecraft applications and honeycomb material made thereby
    Patent number: 6579404
    Abstract: A method of making precision geometry honeycomb material formed of a composite material and exhibiting dimensional uniformity, is disclosed. Composite material is molded in the cavity of a single-sided female mold to form a first web with a plurality of honeycomb cell portions of the desired cell shape in the web. The details of the cavity mold configuration are captured to form the honeycomb cell portions in the composite material during molding the web by applying pressure to the composite material in the mold with an elastomeric pressure intensifier. The composite material of the web is stabilized as by curing. First and second molded webs are precisely aligned in a fixture and joined together at facing cell nodes thereof by bonding yielding a honeycomb material with superior geometric platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Corporation
    Inventors: Richard A. Lewis, Richard C. Yocky, Michael Rivera
  • Method of making precision geometry advanced composite honeycomb material for spacecraft applications and honeycomb material made thereby
    Publication number: 20020098321
    Abstract: A method of making precision geometry honeycomb material formed of a composite material and exhibiting dimensional uniformity, is disclosed. Composite material is molded in the cavity of a single-sided female mold to form a first web with a plurality of honeycomb cell portions of the desired cell shape in the web. The details of the cavity mold configuration are captured to form the honeycomb cell portions in the composite material during molding the web by applying pressure to the composite material in the mold with an elastomeric pressure intensifier. The composite material of the web is stabilized as by curing. First and second molded webs are precisely aligned in a fixture and joined together at facing cell nodes thereof by bonding yielding a honeycomb material with superior geometric platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventors: Richard A. Lewis, Richard C. Yocky, Michael Rivera