Patents by Inventor Simon Baxter

Simon Baxter 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).

  • Blind stitching apparatus and composite material manufacturing methods
    Patent number: 5829373
    Abstract: A composite component is made up by laying pre-forms one on top of the other and tacking the pre-forms together at spaced, discrete locations by blind stitches which tack an upper pre-form layer to the one beneath it, using a stitching head. The stitching head 16 includes a curved needle 18 reciprocally movable in one plane and a looper 30 reciprocally movable in a transverse plane. In use the looper catches the thread from the needle as it emerges from the material and draws it into a loop around the next entry point for the needle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 1996
    Date of Patent: November 3, 1998
    Assignee: British Aerospace Public Limited Co.
    Inventor: Simon Baxter