Patents by Inventor Travis Joe Burchett

Travis Joe Burchett 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 for septumizing injection molded thermoplastic core
    Patent number: 7998389
    Abstract: A method of fabricating and using a honeycomb core structure for aircrafts. The honeycomb core structure may comprise a septum positioned within and integral to a honeycomb core. The method may comprise sandwiching the septum between two sections of a die. Each section of the die may comprise a plurality of spaced apart columns, each having a hexagonal cross-section. The method may further comprise injecting melted thermoplastic throughout both sections of the die between the columns and cooling the thermoplastic, thereby hardening and integrating the thermoplastic and the septum together to form the honeycomb core structure. The method may also comprise affixing the honeycomb core structure within an aircraft structure to provide a structural load path for a primary component of the aircraft.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Spirit Aerosystems, Inc.
    Inventors: Travis Joe Burchett, Randall R. Clark, Randy R. Kysar
  • METHOD FOR SEPTUMIZING INJECTION MOLDED THERMOPLASTIC CORE
    Publication number: 20110012290
    Abstract: A method of fabricating and using a honeycomb core structure for aircrafts. The honeycomb core structure may comprise a septum positioned within and integral to a honeycomb core. The method may comprise sandwiching the septum between two sections of a die. Each section of the die may comprise a plurality of spaced apart columns, each having a hexagonal cross-section. The method may further comprise injecting melted thermoplastic throughout both sections of the die between the columns and cooling the thermoplastic, thereby hardening and integrating the thermoplastic and the septum together to form the honeycomb core structure. The method may also comprise affixing the honeycomb core structure within an aircraft structure to provide a structural load path for a primary component of the aircraft.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 17, 2009
    Publication date: January 20, 2011
    Applicant: SPIRIT AEROSYSTEMS, INC.
    Inventors: Travis Joe Burchett, Randall R. Clark, Randy R. Kysar