Patents by Inventor Ross A. KEY

Ross A. KEY 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).

  • USE OF POLYMETHYLPENTENE FILM AS RELEASE FILM IN A METHOD FOR SHAPING COMPOSITE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20240217191
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a single layer polymethylpentene film as release film in a method for shaping a composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: July 4, 2024
    Applicant: Solvay SA
    Inventors: Ross A. Key, Anne-Lise Goffin
  • USE OF FLUOROPOLYMER FILM AS RELEASE FILM IN A METHOD FOR SHAPING COMPOSITE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20240208110
    Abstract: The present invention relates to the use of a single layer fluoropolymer film selected from ethylene tetrafluoroethylene film and polytetrafluoroethylene film as release film in a method for shaping a composite material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2022
    Publication date: June 27, 2024
    Applicant: Solvay SA
    Inventors: Ross A. Key, Anne-Lise Goffin
  • Method of reusing remnant prepreg framework
    Patent number: 10189172
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of reusing prepreg material. The method comprises providing a remnant prepreg, defining a pattern of cutting the remnant prepreg framework to form a continuous strip of the remnant prepreg framework, and cutting the remnant prepreg framework to form a continuous strip of the remnant prepreg framework. The remnant prepreg framework continuous strip may be extruded into a short fiber molding compound (SMC). The SMC may then be used to make parts with lower structural requirements than the parts cut out of the prepreg broadgood. Such SMC parts may be used in industries such as aerospace; automotive; other transportation such as trucks, buses, and motorcycles; sporting goods; and wind.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2019
    Inventors: Thomas Corden, Ross A. Key
  • METHOD OF REUSING REMNANT PREPREG FRAMEWORK
    Publication number: 20180229393
    Abstract: The present invention provides a method of reusing prepreg material. The method comprises providing a remnant prepreg, defining a pattern of cutting the remnant prepreg framework to form a continuous strip of the remnant prepreg framework, and cutting the remnant prepreg framework to form a continuous strip of the remnant prepreg framework. The remnant prepreg framework continuous strip may be extruded into a short fibre molding compound (SMC). The SMC may then be used to make parts with lower structural requirements than the parts cut out of the prepreg broadgood. Such SMC parts may be used in industries such as aerospace; automotive; other transportation such as trucks, buses, and motorcycles; sporting goods; and wind.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2016
    Publication date: August 16, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas CORDEN, Ross A. KEY