Patents by Inventor Victor Leemon

Victor Leemon 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).

  • Flexible, deployment rate damped hinge
    Patent number: 8074324
    Abstract: A flexible hinge including a first set of plies and a second set of plies, and a hinge area where the first set of plies and the second set of plies bend. A damping material is disposed between plies of the first set and the second set at least at the hinge area thereof to control the deployment of the hinge.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2011
    Assignee: Foster-Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Peter A. Warren, John Williams, Victor Leemon, Michael Winter
  • Flexible, deployment rate damped hinge
    Publication number: 20050022465
    Abstract: A flexible hinge including a first set of plies and a second set of plies, and a hinge area where the first set of plies and the second set of plies bend. A damping material is disposed between plies of the first set and the second set at least at the hinge area thereof to control the deployment of the hinge.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Publication date: February 3, 2005
    Inventors: Peter Warren, John Williams, Victor Leemon, Michael Winter
  • Device for ultrasonically consolidating fiber reinforced composite structures
    Patent number: 6511563
    Abstract: A bi-directional device for ultrasonically consolidating a fiber reinforced composite structure including a horn which can be angled relative to the composite structure. The horn includes a tip at the distal end of the horn which terminates in a rounded face. The rounded face of the horn contacts the composite structure enabling the horn to be driven bi-directionally over the composite structure at an angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: Foster-Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Margaret E. Roylance, John C. Player, Victor Leemon, Douglas T. Thomson
  • Ultrasonic method of fabricating a thermosetting matrix fiber-reinforced composite structure and the product thereof
    Patent number: 6432236
    Abstract: A method of fabricating a thermosetting matrix, fiber reinforced composite structure wherein a stack of fiber reinforced thermosetting material plies are assembled; an ultrasonic horn is engaged with a top surface of the upper most ply, oriented at an acute angle with respect to the top surface, and energized to induce a shear wave in the plies to heat the plies. The horn is moved along the upper most ply to consolidate the plies and the energy level applied to the horn is sufficient to reduce the viscosity of the thermoset resin to the point where the plies can be debulked but not high enough to fully cross-link the resin so that another ply can still be fully cross-linked to the uppermost ply. Pressure is applied to the plies as the horn moves to debulk the plies.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 13, 2002
    Assignee: Foster-Miller, Inc.
    Inventors: Victor Leemon, Daniel E. Bullock, Margaret E. Roylance, Jack A. Woods, Joseph S. Boyce, John C. Player
  • Device for ultrasonically consolidating fiber reinforced composite structures
    Publication number: 20010011570
    Abstract: A bi-directional device for ultrasonically consolidating a fiber reinforced composite structure including a horn which can be angled relative to the composite structure. The horn includes a tip at the distal end of the horn which terminates in a rounded face. The rounded face of the horn contacts the composite structure enabling the horn to be driven bi-directionally over the composite structure at an angle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 5, 2001
    Publication date: August 9, 2001
    Inventors: Margaret E. Roylance, John C. Player, Victor Leemon, Douglas T. Thomson