Patents by Inventor Roscoe C. Litchard, III

Roscoe C. Litchard, III 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).

  • Stiffened panels
    Patent number: 10814566
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a stiffened panel. Layers of composite material are placed on a surface of an inner-mold-line tool having protrusions that extend from the surface of the inner-mold-line tool. The layers of composite material laid-up on the surface of the inner-mold-line tool are compacted to form compacted layers of composite material. The compacted layers of composite material are cured to form an inner-mold-line layer having corresponding protrusions. The inner-mold-line layer is joined to an outer-mold-line layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Thomas Karl Tsotsis, Roscoe C. Litchard, III
  • Stiffened Panels
    Publication number: 20190077093
    Abstract: A method for fabricating a stiffened panel. Layers of composite material are placed on a surface of an inner-mold-line tool having protrusions that extend from the surface of the inner-mold-line tool. The layers of composite material laid-up on the surface of the inner-mold-line tool are compacted to form compacted layers of composite material. The compacted layers of composite material are cured to form an inner-mold-line layer having corresponding protrusions. The inner-mold-line layer is joined to an outer-mold-line layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2017
    Publication date: March 14, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Karl Tsotsis, Roscoe C. Litchard, III