Patents by Inventor Richard K. Ellis

Richard K. Ellis 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).

  • Adhesive bonding of structures
    Patent number: 4980010
    Abstract: A method of forming composite articles from components (12, 14, 16) is described in which the components are joined by adhesive at their interfaces (18). The components have cavities (22) and the adhesive is compressed while it sets by placing magnetically attractable particulate material (20) into the cavities on one side of the interface and placing magnets (26) on the other side of the interface so that the attraction between the magnets and the particulate material compresses the adhesive. The particulate material may be removed from the cavities after the adhesive has set through apertures (24).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 24, 1990
    Date of Patent: December 25, 1990
    Assignee: British Aerospace plc
    Inventors: Richard K. Ellis, Duncan R. Finch