Patents by Inventor Steven Andrew Cope

Steven Andrew Cope 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).

  • Material preparation device and related methods
    Patent number: 10987882
    Abstract: Material preparation devices and related methods include a material or substrate assembly and an application assembly for applying a fiber material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 27, 2021
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Systems Corporation
    Inventors: Jason K. Slack, Christopher J. Madsen, Don C. Jones, Vernon M. Benson, Peter G. Turner, Ralph Douglas Cope, Kimberly Ann Ferrara, Anthony Dale Johnson, Michael James Case, Jesse Paul Brown, James Gargel, Steven Andrew Cope, Kyle Putnam Tarry
  • MATERIAL PREPARATION DEVICE AND RELATED METHODS
    Publication number: 20190118496
    Abstract: Material preparation devices and related methods include a material or substrate assembly and an application assembly for applying a fiber material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Publication date: April 25, 2019
    Inventors: Jason K. Slack, Christopher J. Madsen, Don C. Jones, Vernon M. Benson, Peter G. Turner, Ralph Douglas Cope, Kimberly Ann Ferrara, Anthony Dale Johnson, Michael James Case, Jesse Paul Brown, James Gargel, Steven Andrew Cope, Kyle Putnam Tarry
  • Material preparation device
    Patent number: 10155348
    Abstract: A material preparation device is provided. The material preparation device includes a bias-ply assembly, a feedstock assembly and an application head. The bias-ply assembly is configured to pass a bias-ply backing material along a first path. The feedstock assembly is configured to pass a feedstock along a second path that crosses the first path at a select angle. The feedstock includes resin pre-impregnated fiber-reinforced material (pre-preg) having the fibers at a first orientation relative to an edge of the feedstock. The application head is configured to transfer the pre-preg from the feedstock to the bias-ply backing material at a location where the first path crosses the second path to form a bias-ply with the fibers of the pre-preg having a second, different orientation relative to an edge of the formed bias-ply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2018
    Assignee: Northrop Grumman Innovation Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason K. Slack, Christopher J. Madsen, Don C. Jones, Vernon M. Benson, Peter G. Turner, Ralph Douglas Cope, Kimberly Ann Ferrara, Anthony Dale Johnson, Michael James Case, Jesse Paul Brown, James Gargel, Steven Andrew Cope, Kyle Putnam Tarry
  • MATERIAL PREPARATION DEVICE
    Publication number: 20160236426
    Abstract: A material preparation device is provided. The material preparation device includes a bias-ply assembly, a feedstock assembly and an application head. The bias-ply assembly is configured to pass a bias-ply backing material along a first path. The feedstock assembly is configured to pass a feedstock along a second path that crosses the first path at a select angle. The feedstock includes resin pre-impregnated fiber-reinforced material (pre-preg) having the fibers at a first orientation relative to an edge of the feedstock. The application head is configured to transfer the pre-preg from the feedstock to the bias-ply backing material at a location where the first path crosses the second path to form a bias-ply with the fibers of the pre-preg having a second, different orientation relative to an edge of the formed bias-ply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2016
    Publication date: August 18, 2016
    Inventors: Jason K. Slack, Christopher J. Madsen, Don C. Jones, Vernon M. Benson, Peter G. Turner, Ralph Douglas Cope, Kimberly Ann Ferrara, Anthony Dale Johnson, Michael James Case, Jesse Paul Brown, James Gargel, Steven Andrew Cope, Kyle Putnam Tarry
  • Automated bias-ply preparation device and process
    Patent number: 9321220
    Abstract: A material preparation device is provided. The material preparation device includes a bias-ply assembly, a feedstock assembly and an application head. The bias-ply assembly is configured to pass a bias-ply backing material along a first path. The feedstock assembly is configured to pass a feedstock along a second path that crosses the first path at a select angle. The feedstock includes resin pre-impregnated fiber reinforced material (pre-preg) having the fibers at a first orientation relative to an edge of the feedstock. The application head is configured to transfer the pre-preg from the feedstock to the bias-ply backing material at a location where the first path crosses the second path to form a bias-ply with the fibers of the pre-preg having a second different orientation relative to an edge of the formed bias-ply.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Orbital ATK, Inc.
    Inventors: Jason Slack, Christopher J. Madsen, Don C. Jones, Vernon M. Benson, Peter G. Turner, Ralph Douglas Cope, Kimberly Ann Ferrara, Anthony Dale Johnson, Michael James Case, Jesse Paul Brown, James Gargel, Steven Andrew Cope, Kyle Putnam Tarry
  • AUTOMATED BIAS-PLY PREPARATION DEVICE AND PROCESS
    Publication number: 20110247743
    Abstract: A material preparation device is provided. The material preparation device includes a bias-ply assembly, a feedstock assembly and an application head. The bias-ply assembly is configured to pass a bias-ply backing material along a first path. The feedstock assembly is configured to pass a feedstock along a second path that crosses the first path at a select angle. The feedstock includes resin pre-impregnated fiber reinforced material (pre-preg) having the fibers at a first orientation relative to an edge of the feedstock. The application head is configured to transfer the pre-preg from the feedstock to the bias-ply backing material at a location where the first path crosses the second path to form a bias-ply with the fibers of the pre-preg having a second different orientation relative to an edge of the formed bias-ply.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2010
    Publication date: October 13, 2011
    Inventors: Jason K. Slack, Christopher J. Madsen, Don C. Jones, Vernon M. Benson, Peter G. Turner, Ralph Douglas Cope, Kimberly Ann Ferrara, Anthony Dale Johnson, Michael James Case, Jesse Paul Brown, James Gargel, Steven Andrew Cope, Kyle Putnam Tarry
  • Winder for elastomeric fibers
    Patent number: 6394383
    Abstract: A winder for elastomeric fibers, which can reciprocate the fiber during winding and provides a substantially constant distance of fiber travel between the point where the fiber leaves the puller roll and the point where the fiber first contacts the contact roll, is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 21, 2000
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2002
    Assignee: E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company
    Inventors: Steven Andrew Cope, Joseph Edward Koskol
  • Force resistant assembly
    Patent number: 3931993
    Abstract: In a laminar polymeric sheet having a passageway which is threaded for part of the thickness of the sheet and a threaded element engaged with the threads in the passageway, the improvement wherein the thread engagement begins at a minimum distance from the top surface of the sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 31, 1974
    Date of Patent: January 13, 1976
    Assignee: E. I. Du Pont de Nemours & Company
    Inventor: Steven Andrew Cope