Patents by Inventor Sharon L. Faulkner

Sharon L. Faulkner 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).

  • Light-weight, high-strength, stiff panels
    Patent number: 5547737
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a light-weight panel, e.g. for aircraft, comprising preparing a panel preform having a pair of surface members or skins (29, 30) separated and supported by an internal core (26-28) in which spaces or interconnected pores provide vents to an edge of the panel, the wall surface members and the core comprising fibrous material, which may be carbon fibre, and using a pyrolysis process such as CVD to form a pyrolyric matrix around the fibres within the fibrous material, there being a flow of gas through the vents during the pyrolysis process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 1994
    Date of Patent: August 20, 1996
    Assignee: Dunlop Limited
    Inventors: Maurice J. Evans, Sharon L. Faulkner, Ronald Fisher, Trevor C. Wells, Paul Hadlum
  • Method of producing light-weight high-strength stiff panels
    Patent number: 5360500
    Abstract: A method for the manufacture of a light-weight panel, e.g. for aircraft, comprising preparing a panel preform having a pair of surface members or skins separated and supported by an internal core in which spaces or interconnected pores provide vents to an edge of the panel, the wall surface members and the core comprising fibrous material, which may be carbon fiber, and using a pyrolysis process such as CVD to form a pyrolytic matrix around the fibers within the fibrous material, there being a flow of gas through the vents during the pyrolysis process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 1994
    Date of Patent: November 1, 1994
    Assignee: Dunlop Limited
    Inventors: Maurice J. Evans, Sharon L. Faulkner, Ronald Fisher, Trevor C. Wells, Paul Hadlum