Patents by Inventor Richard M. Fenton

Richard M. Fenton 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).

  • Rigidized, low density, insulation
    Patent number: 5540996
    Abstract: A thermal insulating device for use as the exterior coating of a space vehicle which consists essentially of a rigid carbon-carbon foam having an elastomeric foam bonded to the rear surface thereof and having a chemically vapor deposited coating applied to the front and side surfaces thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 1983
    Date of Patent: July 30, 1996
    Assignee: The United States of America as represented by the Secretary of The Air Force
    Inventors: Richard A. Tanzilli, Joseph J. Gebhardt, Richard M. Fenton, James C. Kreitz, Jr.
  • Method for reinforcing conical shaped object
    Patent number: 4857125
    Abstract: Radially extending fibers are disposed over a conical surface at predetermined sites. The sites correspond to vertices of a pattern of contiguous congruent squares inscribed onto the surface of a sector of a circle which may be conformally mapped into the conical surface. Vertices of the pattern coincide along the join line meridian of the conical surface. Fibers are disposed along element paths between the radially extending fibers and preferably, a continuous fiber is used. The material obtained is without any seams or discontinuities and exhibits an invariant fiber volume fraction along the axis and circumference of the conical surface. The material may be used to reinforce an object having a conical surface or to fabricate a preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 1987
    Date of Patent: August 15, 1989
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Richard M. Fenton
  • Method for reinforcing conical shaped object and object formed therewith
    Patent number: 4751135
    Abstract: Radially extending fibers are disposed over a conical surface at predetermined sites. The sites correspond to vertices of a pattern of contiguous congruent squares inscribed onto the surface of a sector of a circle which may be conformally mapped into the conical surface. Vertices of the pattern coincide along the join line meridian of the conical surface. Fibers are disposed along element paths between the radially extending fibers and preferably, a continuous fiber is used. The material obtained is without any seams or discontinuities and exhibits an invariant fiber volume fraction along the axis and circumference of the conical surface. The material may be used to reinforce an object having a conical surface or to fabricate a preform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1986
    Date of Patent: June 14, 1988
    Assignee: General Electric Company
    Inventor: Richard M. Fenton