Patents by Inventor Timothy Dean King

Timothy Dean King 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 and system for forming a complex monolithic thermoset part
    Patent number: 8377248
    Abstract: A system and method for forming a hollow, complex, monolithic composite part. Composite material may be placed around the mandrel, then an internal impermeable membrane may be placed into and/or through tunnels formed in the mandrel. Next, an external impermeable membrane may be placed around the composite material and sealed against itself and the internal impermeable membrane such that the mandrel and the composite material are both contained in an airtight manner between the internal and external impermeable membranes. Air may then be removed from within the sealed impermeable membranes, compressing the impermeable membranes against the mandrel and/or the composite material. The consolidated composite material may be hardened to form the composite part. Finally, the impermeable membrane may be removed from around the hollow composite part and from within the mandrel, followed by removal of the mandrel from within the composite part by breaking it up into smaller pieces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: Spirit AeroSystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Robert Alexander Coleman, Timothy Dean King, Steven Fillmore Hanson, Leonard Lloyd Baca
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORMING A COMPLEX MONOLITHIC THERMOSET PART
    Publication number: 20110308711
    Abstract: A system and method for forming a hollow, complex, monolithic composite part. Composite material may be placed around the mandrel, then an internal impermeable membrane may be placed into and/or through tunnels formed in the mandrel. Next, an external impermeable membrane may be placed around the composite material and sealed against itself and the internal impermeable membrane such that the mandrel and the composite material are both contained in an airtight manner between the internal and external impermeable membranes. Air may then be removed from within the sealed impermeable membranes, compressing the impermeable membranes against the mandrel and/or the composite material. The consolidated composite material may be hardened to form the composite part. Finally, the impermeable membrane may be removed from around the hollow composite part and from within the mandrel, followed by removal of the mandrel from within the composite part by breaking it up into smaller pieces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 16, 2010
    Publication date: December 22, 2011
    Applicant: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Robert Alexander Coleman, Timothy Dean King, Steven Fillmore Hanson, Leonard Lloyd Baca