Patents by Inventor Trevor David Charest

Trevor David Charest 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).

  • CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION MOLDING MACHINES AND METHODS OF CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION MOLDING A CONSOLIDATED THERMOPLASTIC MATRIX COMPOSITE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20240123657
    Abstract: Continuous compression molding machines (CCMMs) and methods of continuous compression molding a consolidated thermoplastic matrix composite material are disclosed herein. The CCMMs include a mold, a heat zone heating structure, a consolidation zone heating structure, and a stress relaxation zone heating structure. The CCMMs also include a press structure, a demold structure, and a supply structure. The methods include providing a thermoplastic matrix composite material (TMCM) that includes a thermoplastic material to a CCMM. During the providing, the methods also include heating the TMCM within a heat zone of the CCMM, cooling and consolidating the TMCM within a consolidation zone of the CCMM, relaxing stress within the TMCM within a stress relaxation zone of the CCMM, demolding the TMCM within a demold zone of the CCMM at a mold temperature that is greater than a glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic material, and periodically compressing the TMCM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2023
    Publication date: April 18, 2024
    Inventors: Trevor David Charest, Aaron Ross Cowin, Gregory James Schoepen Hickman, Justin Joseph Schell, Randall Dow Wilkerson
  • Continuous compression molding machines and methods of continuous compression molding a consolidated thermoplastic matrix composite material
    Patent number: 11904510
    Abstract: Continuous compression molding machines (CCMMs) and methods of continuous compression molding a consolidated thermoplastic matrix composite material are disclosed herein. The CCMMs include a mold, a heat zone heating structure, a consolidation zone heating structure, and a stress relaxation zone heating structure. The CCMMs also include a press structure, a demold structure, and a supply structure. The methods include providing a thermoplastic matrix composite material (TMCM) that includes a thermoplastic material to a CCMM. During the providing, the methods also include heating the TMCM within a heat zone of the CCMM, cooling and consolidating the TMCM within a consolidation zone of the CCMM, relaxing stress within the TMCM within a stress relaxation zone of the CCMM, demolding the TMCM within a demold zone of the CCMM at a mold temperature that is greater than a glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic material, and periodically compressing the TMCM.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 20, 2024
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Trevor David Charest, Aaron Ross Cowin, Gregory James Schoepen Hickman, Justin Joseph Schell, Randall Dow Wilkerson
  • CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION MOLDING MACHINES AND METHODS OF CONTINUOUS COMPRESSION MOLDING A CONSOLIDATED THERMOPLASTIC MATRIX COMPOSITE MATERIAL
    Publication number: 20230249384
    Abstract: Continuous compression molding machines (CCMMs) and methods of continuous compression molding a consolidated thermoplastic matrix composite material are disclosed herein. The CCMMs include a mold, a heat zone heating structure, a consolidation zone heating structure, and a stress relaxation zone heating structure. The CCMMs also include a press structure, a demold structure, and a supply structure. The methods include providing a thermoplastic matrix composite material (TMCM) that includes a thermoplastic material to a CCMM. During the providing, the methods also include heating the TMCM within a heat zone of the CCMM, cooling and consolidating the TMCM within a consolidation zone of the CCMM, relaxing stress within the TMCM within a stress relaxation zone of the CCMM, demolding the TMCM within a demold zone of the CCMM at a mold temperature that is greater than a glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic material, and periodically compressing the TMCM.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 10, 2022
    Publication date: August 10, 2023
    Inventors: Trevor David Charest, Aaron Ross Cowin, Gregory James Schoepen Hickman, Justin Joseph Schell, Randall Dow Wilkerson