Patents by Inventor Scott Clair

Scott Clair 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).

  • Method for manufacturing a structural element for a fuselage of an aircraft
    Patent number: 12448108
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a structural element for a fuselage of an aircraft. To improve the manufacture of structural elements, a method includes laying up textile material members on a mandrel to form a plurality of structural element preforms that are space apart along an extended direction of the mandrel. The structural element preforms form closed loops and are subsequently cured to obtain annular structural elements. The annular structural elements are used as basic building blocks for stiffening panel members or are directly used as structural frame elements reinforcing cut-outs in a fuselage for windows and/or doors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2025
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Scott Clair, Andreas Jespersen, Paul Jörn, Norbert Heltsch
  • METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A STRUCTURAL ELEMENT FOR A FUSELAGE OF AN AIRCRAFT
    Publication number: 20230026741
    Abstract: A method for manufacturing a structural element for a fuselage of an aircraft. To improve the manufacture of structural elements, a method includes laying up textile material members on a mandrel to form a plurality of structural element preforms that are space apart along an extended direction of the mandrel. The structural element preforms form closed loops and are subsequently cured to obtain annular structural elements. The annular structural elements are used as basic building blocks for stiffening panel members or are directly used as structural frame elements reinforcing cut-outs in a fuselage for windows and/or doors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2022
    Publication date: January 26, 2023
    Inventors: Scott Clair, Andreas Jespersen, Paul Jörn, Norbert Heltsch