Patents by Inventor Vanessa Germaine Bickerstaff

Vanessa Germaine Bickerstaff 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).

  • Object production
    Patent number: 10647070
    Abstract: Producing an object (2), comprising: providing a tool (10) having a mould surface (14); applying uncured composite material (12) to the mould surface (14) to form an assembly (8); curing the assembly (8) to produce cured composite material (12?) having a surface (16?) the same shape as the mould surface (14); providing a digital model (24) of the object (2) specifying a first surface (4) and a second surface (6) of the object (2), the first surface (4) being the same shape as the mould surface (14); and, while the cured composite material (12?) is held against the mould surface (14), machining, using the digital model (24), a further surface (18?) of the cured composite material (12?) such that it has the same shape as the second surface (6) and the same position relative to the mould surface (14) as the second surface (6) relative to the first surface (4).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2020
    Assignee: BAE Systems plc
    Inventors: Steven Neil Sanderson, Vanessa Germaine Bickerstaff
  • OBJECT PRODUCTION
    Publication number: 20180194085
    Abstract: Producing an object (2), comprising: providing a tool (10) having a mould surface (14); applying uncured composite material (12) to the mould surface (14) to form an assembly (8); curing the assembly (8) to produce cured composite material (12?) having a surface (16?) the same shape as the mould surface (14); providing a digital model (24) of the object (2) specifying a first surface (4) and a second surface (6) of the object (2), the first surface (4) being the same shape as the mould surface (14); and, while the cured composite material (12?) is held against the mould surface (14), machining, using the digital model (24), a further surface (18?) of the cured composite material (12?) such that it has the same shape as the second surface (6) and the same position relative to the mould surface (14) as the second surface (6) relative to the first surface (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 17, 2015
    Publication date: July 12, 2018
    Inventors: Steven Neil Sanderson, Vanessa Germaine Bickerstaff