Patents by Inventor Thomas Meyn

Thomas Meyn 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).

  • Patent number: 10343384
    Abstract: Method and system for applying film to a plastic work piece to be cured, including providing a plastic work piece disposed on a surface of a base member, a free region remaining around the plastic work piece, an application frame having a frame housing with a frame opening and a frame edge enclosing the frame opening, and a film suitable for covering a plastic work piece during the curing thereof. Film is applied on the frame edge where the film covers the frame opening, and a lip region of the film is fastened to the frame edge. The application frame can move relative to the plastic work piece, where the plastic work piece passes through the frame opening until the frame edge, the lip region fastened thereto, is placed on the free region, wherein the film is deformed by the plastic work piece and rests against the plastic work piece.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Date of Patent: July 9, 2019
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Claas De Jong, Hendrik Palm, Thomas Meyn
  • Publication number: 20150321458
    Abstract: Method and system for applying film to a plastic work piece to be cured, including providing a plastic work piece disposed on a surface of a base member, a free region remaining around the plastic work piece, an application frame having a frame housing with a frame opening and a frame edge enclosing the frame opening, and a film suitable for covering a plastic work piece during the curing thereof. Film is applied on the frame edge where the film covers the frame opening, and a lip region of the film is fastened to the frame edge. The application frame can move relative to the plastic work piece, where the plastic work piece passes through the frame opening until the frame edge, the lip region fastened thereto, is placed on the free region, wherein the film is deformed by the plastic work piece and rests against the plastic work piece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 5, 2015
    Publication date: November 12, 2015
    Inventors: Claas De Jong, Hendrik Palm, Thomas Meyn
  • Patent number: 9079366
    Abstract: The invention relates to a production method for producing seamless, integral aircraft fuselage sections. The method comprises the following steps: a) application of a first vacuum film to a stable winding core and evacuation of the first vacuum film, b) depositing of the fuselage section in layers on the winding core by wrapping the same, c) application of an outer mold that is unstable compared to the stable winding core, to the fuselage section, wherein the winding core stabilizes the outer mold, d) application of a second vacuum film to the outer mold, e) aeration of the first vacuum film and evacuation of the second vacuum film in order to draw the fuselage section closer to the outer mold and detach it from the winding core at least in one region, a) curing of the entire arrangement in an autoclave to produce the finished fuselage section.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Date of Patent: July 14, 2015
    Assignee: Airbus Operations GmbH
    Inventors: Carsten Van Vuegt, Christoph Meyer, Georg Lonsdorfer, Thomas Meyn, Helmut Felderhoff
  • Publication number: 20120055617
    Abstract: The invention relates to a production method for producing seamless, integral aircraft fuselage sections. The method comprises the following steps: a) application of a first vacuum film to a stable winding core and evacuation of the first vacuum film, b) depositing of the fuselage section in layers on the winding core by wrapping the same, c) application of an outer mould that is unstable compared to the stable winding core, to the fuselage section, wherein the winding core stabilises the outer mould, d) application of a second vacuum film to the outer mould, e) aeration of the first vacuum film and evacuation of the second vacuum film in order to draw the fuselage section closer to the outer mould and detach it from the winding core at least in one region, a) curing of the entire arrangement in an autoclave to produce the finished fuselage section.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2008
    Publication date: March 8, 2012
    Applicant: AIRBUS OPERATIONS GMBH
    Inventors: Carsten Van Vuegt, Christoph Meyer, Georg Lonsdorfer, Thomas Meyn, Helmut Felderhoff