Patents by Inventor Tyler J. Zimmerman

Tyler J. Zimmerman 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 determining a quality of an abrasive surface preparation of a composite surface using electrical resistance and surface resistivity
    Patent number: 11204334
    Abstract: There is provided a method for determining a quality of an abrasive surface preparation of a composite surface, prior to the composite surface undergoing a post-processing operation. The method includes fabricating levels of abrasive surface preparation standards for a reference composite surface; using a surface analysis tool in the form of an ohm meter, to create target values for quantifying the levels; and measuring, with the surface analysis tool, one or more abrasive surface preparation locations on the composite surface of a test composite structure, to measure one or more of, electrical resistance and surface resistivity, of the composite surface, to obtain test result measurement(s). The method further includes comparing the test result measurement(s) to the levels, to obtain test result level(s); determining if the test result level(s) meet the target value(s); and determining whether the composite surface is acceptable to proceed with the post-processing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 21, 2021
    Assignee: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Eileen O. Kutscha, Tyler J. Zimmerman, Richard A. Miller, II, Kay Y. Blohowiak
  • METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING A QUALITY OF AN ABRASIVE SURFACE PREPARATION OF A COMPOSITE SURFACE USING ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE AND SURFACE RESISTIVITY
    Publication number: 20210055244
    Abstract: There is provided a method for determining a quality of an abrasive surface preparation of a composite surface, prior to the composite surface undergoing a post-processing operation. The method includes fabricating levels of abrasive surface preparation standards for a reference composite surface; using a surface analysis tool in the form of an ohm meter, to create target values for quantifying the levels; and measuring, with the surface analysis tool, one or more abrasive surface preparation locations on the composite surface of a test composite structure, to measure one or more of, electrical resistance and surface resistivity, of the composite surface, to obtain test result measurement(s). The method further includes comparing the test result measurement(s) to the levels, to obtain test result level(s); determining if the test result level(s) meet the target value(s); and determining whether the composite surface is acceptable to proceed with the post-processing operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2019
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Eileen O. Kutscha, Tyler J. Zimmerman, Richard A. Miller, II, Kay Y. Blohowiak
  • SHAPE MEMORY ALLOY/FIBER REINFORCED POLYMERIC COMPOSITE STRUCTURES AND METHOD FOR FORMING
    Publication number: 20110300358
    Abstract: A carbon fiber composite structure including a first plurality of carbon fiber prepreg plies; and a second plurality of sheets of shape memory alloy interleaved with the first plurality of carbon fiber prepreg plies.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 2, 2010
    Publication date: December 8, 2011
    Inventors: KAY Y. BLOHOWIAK, Tyler J. Zimmerman, James H. Mabe, Frederick T. Calkins, Matthew A. Dilligan