Patents by Inventor Robert Wayne Murray

Robert Wayne Murray 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).

  • Demolding
    Patent number: 11701796
    Abstract: A system includes a mandrel contoured to define a tapering tubular shape of a workpiece cured on the mandrel and a demolding tool. The demolding tool is configured to remove the workpiece from the mandrel after the workpiece is cured on the mandrel and cut longitudinally. The demolding tool is configured to remove the workpiece from the mandrel by deforming a first end of the workpiece to at least partially disengage the first end of the workpiece from a first end of the mandrel, and subsequently, deforming a second end of the workpiece to at least partially disengage the second end of the workpiece from a second end of the mandrel. The first end of the workpiece may have a first cross-sectional area that is smaller than a second cross-sectional area of the second end of the workpiece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: THE BOEING COMPANY
    Inventors: Courtney Michele Fix, Robert Wayne Murray, Paul Diep, Robert E. Lee, Richard A. Skilton, Ronald Leroy McGhee, Zachary Nathaniel Stoddard, Patrick B. Stone, Phillip Andrew Taylor, Nickolas Scott Ellerbeck
  • DEMOLDING
    Publication number: 20220193958
    Abstract: A system includes a mandrel contoured to define a tapering tubular shape of a workpiece cured on the mandrel and a demolding tool. The demolding tool is configured to remove the workpiece from the mandrel after the workpiece is cured on the mandrel and cut longitudinally. The demolding tool is configured to remove the workpiece from the mandrel by deforming a first end of the workpiece to at least partially disengage the first end of the workpiece from a first end of the mandrel, and subsequently, deforming a second end of the workpiece to at least partially disengage the second end of the workpiece from a second end of the mandrel. The first end of the workpiece may have a first cross-sectional area that is smaller than a second cross-sectional area of the second end of the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2021
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Courtney Michele Fix, Robert Wayne Murray, Paul Diep, Robert E. Lee, Richard A. Skilton, Ronald Leroy McGhee, Zachary Nathaniel Stoddard, Patrick B. Stone, Phillip Andrew Taylor, Nickolas Scott Ellerbeck