Patents by Inventor Wesley Crow

Wesley Crow 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).

  • Consolidation device and method
    Publication number: 20050205568
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for consolidating a composite workpiece are provided. The apparatus includes an electromagnetic field generator for inducing a current and thereby heating a susceptor in thermal communication with the workpiece. The workpiece is supported by one or more support tools, each of which transmits the electromagnetic field so that the support tools are not substantially heated by the electromagnetic field. Thus, the time and energy required for heating the workpiece are reduced relative to conventional consolidation techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 29, 2005
    Publication date: September 22, 2005
    Inventors: Ronald Brown, Wesley Crow, Marc Matsen, Stephen Moore, David Nansen, Charles Newquist, Juris Verzemnieks
  • Variable length socket
    Publication number: 20050160882
    Abstract: A variable length socket includes a first member with first and second sections and a second member for cooperating with the first member and including third and fourth sections. One of the first and second sections and one of the third and fourth sections include cooperating splines. The other of the first and second sections is configured to receive to a workpiece to be manipulated by the socket. The splines of the one of the first and second sections extend partly along the length of the first member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Publication date: July 28, 2005
    Inventor: Wesley Crow
  • Consolidation device and method
    Publication number: 20050035116
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for consolidating a composite workpiece are provided. The apparatus includes an electromagnetic field generator for inducing a current and thereby heating a susceptor in thermal communication with the workpiece. The workpiece is supported by one or more support tools, each of which transmits the electromagnetic field so that the support tools are not substantially heated by the electromagnetic field. Thus, the time and energy required for heating the workpiece are reduced relative to conventional consolidation techniques.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 13, 2003
    Publication date: February 17, 2005
    Inventors: Ronald Brown, Marc Matsen, Wesley Crow, Stephen Moore, David Nansen, Charles Newquist, Juris Verzemnieks