Patents by Inventor Robert J. Freeman

Robert J. Freeman 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).

  • Patent number: 8857764
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for providing a fly away caul plate are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for curing a composite structure includes placing a pre-cured caul plate proximate an uncured composite lay-up, the lay-up may or may not include one or more stiffeners extending substantially perpendicular to the lay-up surface, the caul plate including an aperture for receiving the at least one stiffener. A force may be exerted against the caul plate to engage the composite lay-up. Heat and/or pressure may be applied to the composite lay-up to cure the stiffener panel and co-bond the caul plate to the composite lay-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Thomas A. Albertson, Karl R. Bernetich, Robert J. Freeman
  • Publication number: 20120298800
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for providing a fly away caul plate are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for curing a composite structure includes placing a pre-cured caul plate proximate an uncured composite lay-up, the lay-up may or may not include one or more stiffeners extending substantially perpendicular to the lay-up surface, the caul plate including an aperture for receiving the at least one stiffener. A force may be exerted against the caul plate to engage the composite lay-up. Heat and/or pressure may be applied to the composite lay-up to cure the stiffener panel and co-bond the caul plate to the composite lay-up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 9, 2012
    Publication date: November 29, 2012
    Inventors: Thomas A. Albertson, Karl R. Bernetich, Robert J. Freeman
  • Patent number: 8268107
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for providing a fly away caul plate are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for curing a composite structure includes placing a pre-cured caul plate proximate an uncured composite lay-up, the lay-up may or may not include one or more stiffeners extending substantially perpendicular to the lay-up surface, the caul plate including an aperture for receiving the at least one stiffener. A force may be exerted against the caul plate to engage the composite lay-up. Heat and/or pressure may be applied to the composite lay-up to cure the stiffener panel and co-bond the caul plate to the composite lay-up.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 18, 2012
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Thomas A. Albertson, Karl R. Bernetich, Robert J. Freeman
  • Publication number: 20090081410
    Abstract: Techniques and apparatus for providing a fly away caul plate are disclosed. In an embodiment, a method for curing a composite structure includes placing a pre-cured caul plate proximate an uncured composite lay-up, the lay-up may or may not include one or more stiffeners extending substantially perpendicular to the lay-up surface, the caul plate including an aperture for receiving the at least one stiffener. A force may be exerted against the caul plate to engage the composite lay-up. Heat and/or pressure may be applied to the composite lay-up to cure the stiffener panel and co-bond the caul plate to the composite lay-up.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Publication date: March 26, 2009
    Applicant: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Thomas A. Albertson, Karl R. Bernetich, Robert J. Freeman
  • Patent number: 7392174
    Abstract: A computer-parsing system using vectors (lists) to represent natural-language elements, providing a robust, distributed way to score grammaticality of an input string by using as a source material a large corpus of natural-language text. The system uses recombining of asymmetric associations of syntactically similar strings to form the vectors. The system uses equivalence lists for subparts of the string to build equivalence lists for longer strings in an order controlled by the potential parse to be scored. The power of recombination of vector elements in building longer strings provides a means of representing collocational complexity. Grammaticality scoring is based upon the number and similarity of the vector elements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Inventor: Robert J. Freeman
  • Publication number: 20040024583
    Abstract: A computer-parsing system based upon using vectors (lists) to represent natural-language elements, providing a robust, distributed way to score grammaticality of an input string by using as a source material a large corpus of natural-language text. The system uses recombining of asymetric associations of syntactically similar strings to form an the vectors. The system uses equivalence lists for your the organization subparts of the string to build equivalence lists for our the province longer strings in an order controlled by the potential these/parse to be scored. The power of recombination of Entries from: vector elements in building longer strings provides a means of representing collocational complexity. Grammaticality scoring is based upon the number and similarity of the vector elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 20, 2002
    Publication date: February 5, 2004
    Inventor: Robert J Freeman