Patents by Inventor Valerie Donal

Valerie Donal 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: 5975465
    Abstract: An asymmetrical, one-piece, hollow metal structure, such as the trailing edge of an aircraft wing leading edge slat comprises two outer skins (16; 18) having different curvatures, interconnected by an edge (20) and moving progressively away from one another. The structure also comprises inner reinforcements defining pairs of cavities (26, 28) separated by a median bulkhead. Manufacture takes place by diffusion welding and superplastic moulding or forming, without opening the tools. In order to take account of the asymmetry, cutouts (40, 42) are made in the skin (18), which is elongated most during forming and the cut parts (44, 46) are joined to the other skin (16).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 1997
    Date of Patent: November 2, 1999
    Assignee: Aerospatiale Societe National Industrielle
    Inventors: Valerie Donal, Joel Rene Andre, Jacques Bouriquet